Richard Cannon

Richard Cannon (1779–1865) was a British compiler and military historian who is chiefly remembered for assembling regimental records for the British Army. Rather than writing fiction or personal memoirs, he devoted his efforts to documenting the histories, service, and traditions of individual regiments.

His name is most closely linked with the long-running Historical Record series, which gathered information on many British Army regiments and made that material more accessible to readers of the time. These volumes helped preserve details that might otherwise have been scattered or lost, and they are still referenced by people researching military history.

Although not a household name today, Cannon played an important part in recording the institutional memory of the Army. For listeners drawn to battles, uniforms, and the lives of soldiers and regiments, his work offers a window into how 19th-century Britain remembered its military past.