Donald Graves is a writer and historian specializing in Canadian military history.

Educated at University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...

, he has worked as a historian for the National Historic Sites Service, the National Archives of Canada and the Canadian Forces. He is currently the Managing Director of the Ensign Heritage Group. He served briefly in the Canadian Army militia.

His work has been widely praised. A review by Jon Latimer in Times Literary Supplement (13 April 2007) declared: "Donald E. Graves is probably Canada's foremost military historian."

Selected bibliography

• Century of Service: The History of the South Alberta Light Horse
• Another Place, Another Time : A U-boat Officer's Wartime Album (with Werner Hirschmann)
• In Peril on the Sea: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Battle of the Atlantic
• Guns Across the River: The Battle of the Windmill, 1838
• Field of Glory: The Battle of Crysler's Farm, 1813
• South Albertas: A Canadian Regiment at War
• Where Right and Glory Lead! The Battle of Lundy's Lane, 1814
• Redcoats and Grey Jackets: The Battle of Chippawa, 1814
• Field of Glory: The battle of Cryslers Farm, 1813
• Normandy 1944: The Canadian Summer (with Michael Whitby)