Robert Widders

Robert Widders is an English author, war historian, and veteran of the British Armed Forces from Liverpool, United Kingdom. He is the only man alive of just five who served in all three British armed forces, Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.

He was educated at Belle Vale Primary and Gateacre Comprehensive schools in Liverpool before starting a career in the Armed Forces.

Widders is an author of three books. His memoir, A Few Deeds Short of a Hero, recounts his life and experiences in the British Armed Forces. He has written two historical books on the contribution of Irish soldiers to the British Armed Forces during World War II, Spitting on a Soldier's Grave  and The Emperor's Irish Slaves: Prisoners of the Japanese in the Second World War. Spitting on a Soldier's Grave is held in the collection of the Imperial War Museum.