Neil Richardson
| Address: | Co. Westmeath |
Neil Richardson, from Dublin, lives in Westmeath. His first book, A Coward If I Return, A Hero If I Fall – Stories of Irishmen in WWI, won the Argosy Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year award in 2010, and was followed by Dark Times, Decent Men – Stories of Irishmen in WWII (2012). He lectures on military topics in Ireland and abroad and features on national radio and television. The in-house historian at the Irish Military War Museum in County Meath, Neil is in the Reserve Defence Forces and his family has a military tradition stretching over 150 years