Rowan G E Thompson

Biographic Data

ID10525941
NAMERowan G E Thompson
GIVEN NAMESRowan G E
FAMILY NAMEThompson
SIGNATURETHOMPSON R G E
AFFILIATIONSNorthumbria University
ORCID0000-0001-7138-3043
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Hiding in Plain Sight? Understanding War Through Ephemera

    Open AccessAnn-Marie Foster, Michael Reeve et al.ARTICLEJournal of War and Culture Studies2026

    When the First World War broke out in 1914, ephemera quickly became a key way of understanding and recording the conflict. From collection drives through to postcards home, people at all levels embraced the communicative nature of ephemera, using it to document, remember, and share understandings of the war. However, this wide-ranging appreciation of ephemeral material has not always been fully appreciated by historians, who are often reticent to…

  • The First World War at Sea

    Open AccessRowan Thompson, Rowan G E ThompsonARTICLEHistory2026

    Despite the ever‐increasing body of work devoted to war memorials, national days of remembrance and the commemoration of the First World War in Britain, academic focus remains firmly on the commemoration of the First World War on land. Yet, while the number of people who died at sea paled in comparison to their counterparts on the battlefield and in the trenches, the Royal Navy remained Britain's senior service after 1918 and continued to occupy …

  • Naval Pageantry, Heritage, and Commemoration in Interwar Britain

    Open AccessRowan Thompson, Rowan G E ThompsonARTICLEThe Historical Journal2024Cited by: 1References: 1

    This article examines how naval pageantry shaped public understanding of British sea power in the interwar years. Rather than being a period in which there was a danger of the Royal Navy becoming ‘lost to view and forgotten’ as some contemporary observers feared, this article instead demonstrates that naval pageantry was a crucial way in which members of the British public engaged with and memorialized aspects of Britain’s naval and national hist…

  • We Must Find a Way to Remember Them Too

    Open AccessRowan Thompson, Rowan G E Thompson et al.ARTICLEJournal of War and Culture Studies2024

  • No more parades? Navy Weeks, naval theatre and navalism, 1927-38

    Open AccessRowan Thompson, Rowan G E ThompsonARTICLEHistorical Research2023

    Despite calls for 'no more parades' following the First World War, and while the period was supposedly inhospitable to militaristic and martial ceremony, 'naval theatre', navalism and cultural displays of militarism all enjoyed significant resonance in the popular civic ritual of interwar Britain. One of the most prominent forms of naval theatre in this period was the annual celebration of Navy Weeks. First staged at Portsmouth, then extended to …

  • Millions of Eyes Were Turned Skywards’

    Open AccessRowan Thompson, Rowan G E ThompsonARTICLETwentieth Century British History2020Cited by: 1

    This article investigates the Air League of the British Empire and its attempts to promote air-mindedness within British society in the late 1930s. It draws attention to the Air League's construction of a distinctly militarized aerial theatre-in the form of Empire Air Day (EAD)-and highlights the extent to which the event was embedded in popular civic ritual. Linking the themes of nation, empire, youth, and air-mindedness, the case of EAD provide…