Committees and Memberships

I served on the Executive Board of the International Committee of Museums of Arms and Military History (ICOMAM) from 1999 to 2005. This is the Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) that guides and encourages developments in military museums worldwide. I remain a personal member of ICOMAM and attend its annual symposia and triennial congresses, frequently contributing papers to its scholarly sessions.

I serve on the Museum Committee of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) as the regiment's curatorial advisor. I served on the Council of Britain's Society for Army Historical Research from 1998 to 2006 and, from 2003 to 2006, was Chairman of the sub-committee of that Council that awards the Society's annual ‘Templer Prize’ for the best book on the history of the British Army.

I serve periodically as an independent assessor in advising the British government’s Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art.

I am a member of the Society of Genealogists, of the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA) and of the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London.

I am a member of the Society for Army Historical Research, of the Arms and Armour Society of Great Britain, of the Military History Society of Ireland, of La Sabretache: la Société des collectionneurs de figurines et des amis de l'histoire militaire and of the Gesellschaft für Historische Waffen- und Kostümkunde e.V.

I am a member of the British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, of the Eighteenth Century Ireland Society and of the Walpole Society.

I hold current Reader’s tickets to all principal British public archives, reference libraries, national Record Offices and research sources.