Christopher Joll  Christopher Joll is a British military event director and author best known for managing the British Military Tournament. His books include a nine volume series of historical action-adventure stories, The Speedicut Papers, published by AuthorHouse and Uniquely British: A Year in the Life of the Household Cavalry (2012) published by Tricorn Books. Joll was educated at Oxford University and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and served for seven years as an officer in The Life Guards, including four tours of duty in Northern Ireland. He has devised and managed Royal and Military pageants for charities including the Household Cavalry Pageant  and the Royal Hospital Chelsea Pageant. Between 2001 and 2013 he and his partner were responsible for restoring Sham Castle, an 18th-century gothic folly in Shropshire.