Dr Derek Patrick

Lecturer

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3302

Email

djp6@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

Dr Derek Patrick joined the School in January 2018.

Completed Research Students

• Nicola Cowmeadow, Scottish Noblewomen, the Family and Scottish Politics 1688-1707 (with Professor C. A. Whatley, University of Dundee, PhD, 2012).
• Norman Fraser Brown, 'Fall in the Children': a regional study of the mobilisation of the children of the 42nd Regimental Area during the Great War (with Dr W. Kenefick, University of Dundee, PhD, 2015).
• Ruadhan Scrivener Anderson, 'Highland Chieftans': Officer Selection, Status and Identity in The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), c.1902-1918 (with Professor Sir H. Strachan, University of St Andrews, PhD, 2025).
• Benoit Gaume, Commercial Tensions and International Relations: Louis XIV and the Struggle for Hegemony from the Peace of Nijmegen to the Outbreak of the Nine Years' War (with Professor G. Rowlands, University of St Andrews, PhD, 2026).

PhD supervision

• Emily Amarelo
• Amber Bourke
• Jordan Clark
• Michael Fraser
• Andrew Simpson

Selected publications

• 'And man you're a damn fine type' - Private Charles Craig, one of 'Dundee's Own'

  Patrick, D. J., Dec 2020, The Black Watch and the Great War: Rediscovered Histories From the Regimental Family. Brown, F. & Patrick, D. (eds.). Perth: Tippermuir Books, p. 193-211 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• 'A Remnant of a Regiment': The 9th Black Watch at Loos, 25 September 1915

  Patrick, D. J., Dec 2020, The Black Watch and the Great War: Rediscovered Histories From the Regimental Family. Brown, F. & Patrick, D. (eds.). Perth: Tippermuir Books, p. 225-262 38 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• 'A Sea of Mud and Shell Holes': The 8th Black Watch at Passchendaele, 12 October 1917

  Patrick, D. J., Dec 2020, The Black Watch and the Great War: Rediscovered Histories From the Regimental Family. Brown, F. & Patrick, D. (eds.). Perth: Tippermuir Books, p. 345-350 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other contribution

• 'Fife Soldiers Escape From Captivity'

  Patrick, D. J., Dec 2020, The Black Watch and the Great War: Rediscovered Histories From the Regimental Family. Brown, F. & Patrick, D. (eds.). Perth: Tippermuir Books, p. 357-362 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other contribution

• 'I am proud to belong to the 8th Black Watch': Loos, 25-27 September 1915

  Patrick, D. J., Dec 2020, The Black Watch and the Great War: Rediscovered Histories From the Regimental Family. Brown, F. & Patrick, D. (eds.). Perth: Tippermuir Books, p. 219-223 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other contribution

• The 9th Black Watch at Arras: 'The Crushing Defeat of the Enemy on April 9th [1917] was due to the Discipline, Hard Work, Untiring Energy and Magnificent Gallantry of All Ranks'

  Patrick, D. J., Dec 2020, The Black Watch and the Great War: Rediscovered Histories From the Regimental Family. Brown, F. & Patrick, D. (eds.). Perth: Tippermuir Books, p. 329-332 4 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other contribution

• The 9th Black Watch at Frezenberg, 31 July 1917

  Patrick, D. J., Dec 2020, The Black Watch and the Great War: Rediscovered Histories From the Regimental Family. Brown, F. & Patrick, D. (eds.). Perth: Tippermuir Books, p. 333-337 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other contribution

• The Black Watch and the Great War: Rediscovered Histories From The Regimental Family

  Patrick, D. J. (Editor) & Brown, F. (Editor), Dec 2020, Perth: Tippermuir Books. 418 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• 'Through a Deluge of Fire': The Black Watch at High Wood, 30 July 1916

  Patrick, D. J., Dec 2020, The Black Watch and the Great War: Rediscovered Histories From the Regimental Family. Brown, F. & Patrick, D. (eds.). Perth: Tippermuir Books, p. 311-315 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other contribution

• 'With the Utmost Gallantry': William Richard Tovani, M.C.

  Patrick, D. J., Dec 2020, The Black Watch and the Great War: Rediscovered Histories From the Regimental Family. Brown, F. & Patrick, D. (eds.). Perth: Tippermuir Books, p. 339-344 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other contribution

 

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