David John Fletcher (born 1942) is an English author and military historian specialising in the history of armoured warfare, particularly that of the United Kingdom.

He was an employee of The Tank Museum, Bovington from 1982 until December 2012, becoming the museum's longest serving member of staff. Earlier that year, he was a panellist on Operation Think Tank, an international symposium on tanks, held in California. He also presents contemporary media such as YouTube for the Tank Museum. David Fletcher hosted a regular video series on The Tank Museum YouTube channel called 'Tank Chats', in which he gave viewers a brief insight in to a specific tank in the Museum's collection.

David Fletcher (military historian)

In his final year at Bovington, he was appointed an MBE in the Queens New Year's honours list for services to the history of armoured warfare.

David Fletcher (military historian)

Bibliography

His publication list is extensive, including 30 books.

David Fletcher (military historian)

References

British military historians

Historians of the United Kingdom

Historians of armoured warfare

Living people

Historians of World War I

Historians of World War II

Members of the Order of the British Empire

1942 births

Historians of weapons