Naval & Military Press

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Naval & Military Press
StatusActive
Founded1991;33 years ago (1991)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters location Uckfield, Sussex, England
DistributionSelf-distributed (UK)
Key peopleChris Buckland [1]
Publication typesBooks, CD-ROMs
Nonfiction topics Military history, naval and maritime history, aviation, local history, family history, collectables and antiques, nostalgia and railway

The Naval and Military Press, also stylised as Naval & Military Press, is a British publisher which specialises in printing and distributing books in both hardback and softback on military history, militaria and other niche subjects, primarily focused on the United Kingdom.

Contents

Operations

Publishing of printed books

In many instances, it republishes books that have been long out of print. Its founder would seek these out, and issue 'affordable new editions, putting unusual, unfamiliar and long sought for texts within the grasp, and the budget, of students of conflict around the world, both amateur and professional.' [1] It has partnered with the Imperial War Museum to republish official histories. [2] As of 2008 it had 2000 titles in print. [1]

In addition to military titles, it has its imprint, Rediscovery Books. In partnership with the Royal Geographic Society, there are print runs of books covering 'epic journeys and expeditions form the golden age of exploration in the Victorian era.' [1]

Digital publication

Several years after the launch of the company, it started digital publishing. In collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, it published trench maps in 2000 and 2008. [3] [4] [5] It has created and sold databases, made available in CD-ROM format, that are of interest to researchers of British military genealogy. It commenced with the digitisation of the Soldiers who Died in the Great War publication from 1921. [6] [7] Subsequent projects would result in the digitisation of record sets held in the archives of The National Archives (United Kingdom), at the time of the First World War centenary period. The rolls of recipients of the Silver War Badge were similarly transcribed. [8] The same was done with the WW1 campaign medal rolls of the War Office. [9] [10] Plans to digitise the war diaries of the western front were announced in early 2014. [11] The war diaries became available in printed format in 2016. [12] [13] It is now possible to access these online via a subscription service. It provides a low cost offering for online genealogy, comparable to those brands of GenesReunited and ForcesWarRecords of Findmypast and Ancestry.com respectively. [14] Several of these datasets are licenced to Findmypast. [15]

Bookseller

As well as a publishing house, it also operates as an online vendor of books. In addition to its own reprints, it also sells the newly published books from its contemporary Pen and Sword Books, and other publishers. As of December 2023, they had 'Over 7000 military books available online.' [16] As a bookseller, they are seen as offering an extensive range, that is competitively priced. The despatched items are well packaged, but there are occasional delays. [17]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "NAVAL AND MILITARY PRESS COMPLETE CATALOGUE 2008". 13 February 2009.
  2. ↑ "Official History - Military Operations - Other Theatres - DVD". Books and Book Reviews. Great War Forum. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "Trench map archive on CD-ROM". 2000 – via awm.gov.au.
  4. ↑ "British Trench Map Atlas. The Western Front 1914-18". Naval and Military Press. 2008 – via Abe books. In the eight years that have elapsed since the release of our groundbreaking first Trench Map CD-ROM computer technology has taken a huge stride forwards
  5. ↑ "Military maps of the First World War" . Retrieved 21 October 2024– via The National Archives UK.
  6. ↑ "SDGW?". Great War Forum. 13 November 2004. Retrieved 21 October 2024. Soldiers Died in the Great War was published in 1921 in 81 parts covering the various regiments/corps in the British army. It's now available on CD ROM from the Naval and Military Press.
  7. ↑ Baker, Chris (7 July 2020). ""Soldiers Died in the Great War"" – via The long, long trail.
  8. ↑ "Silver War Badge Roll on CD-Rom - anyone have any more info?". Books and Book Reviews. Great War Forum. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  9. ↑ Nixon, Paul (25 June 2014). "WW1 campaign medal rolls - on CD ROM!" – via Army Ancestry Research.
  10. ↑ "WO 329 Medal Rolls 1914-20". Great War Forum. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  11. ↑ "The War Diaries". Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. The War Diaries of the battalions who fought the Great War on The Western Front. Coming soon! Register below for updates
  12. ↑ Baker, Chris (8 June 2016). "Naval & Military Press printed war diaries" – via The long, long trail. The Naval & Military Press of Uckfield in Sussex, for many years the most innovative producer of digital tools of value to military researchers, has announced availability of full-colour printed copies of unit war diaries.
  13. ↑ "The War Diaries". Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. the Naval & Military Press has fulfilled its mission to bring this premier resource to the public domain in four different formats: • Online • In Print • DVD-ROM • Amazon Kindle • The largest printed project ever undertaken covering the Great War
  14. ↑ Baker, Chris (12 January 2020). "Review of digital services from Naval & Military Press" – via The long, long trail. N&MP has capitalised in their investment in creating the databases by making them available online through a subscription service.Overall, the website is well designed and easy to use; the search and results are clear and well presented; and I'd say good value for money. But nmarchive.com has a second part and it is a gem... I'd say the annual subscription to the Naval and Military Archive is worth it for the war diaries alone.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Press". www.findmypast.co.uk/articles. Retrieved 21 October 2024. Findmypast is delighted to be working in partnership with this established press. Below is a full list of the Naval & Military Press records available to search on Findmypast
  16. ↑ "N&MP full catalogue issue 188" (PDF). December 2023.
  17. ↑ "[Review of] Naval & Military Press Ltd" . Retrieved 22 October 2024– via Cylex.
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