Richard van Emden is a British

United Kingdom

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 author and television documentary producer who specialises in the First World War. Born in Nottingham

Nottingham

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 in 1965, Van Emden specialises in first-person testimonies of people who lived through World War I.

In writing his histories, he has interviewed over 270 veterans of The Great War. As of 2007, he has visited the Somme

Somme

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 and Ypres

Ypres

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 every year since 1985 and has an expert knowledge of the First World War battlefields.

He lives in London

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External links

• http://www.richardvanemden.com
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/spotlight/2002/03/the_trench.shtml
• http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article380489.ece