IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Some of the photos in this book come from the Imperial War Museum's huge collections which cover all aspects of conflict involving Britain and the Commonwealth since the start of the twentieth century. All enquiries should be addressed to: Scorpio Gallery, PO Box 475, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 2SL, UK The Publishers regret that they can enter into no correspondence upon this matter. The Publishers retain all reproduction copyright whatsoever. Unless otherwise stated all photographs used in this book are from my own collection.ĪRTIST'S NOTE Readers may care to note that the original paintings from which the colour plates in this book were prepared are available for private sale. And for the colour artwork that illustrates this book I must express my gratitude to the artist, Christa Hook, who has translated my simple ideas and thoughts into beautiful works of art. I would also like to thank Martin Worel in Austria for his help with German translations and Marton Szigeti in Germany whose great knowledge of the 'Giant' bombers proved invaluable. As ever Colin Ablett has been most generous with access to his extensive library, and thanks are due to Claire Frankland of the Museum of London Docklands and Caroline Brick of the London Transport Museum for answering my tricky questions. Please support our continuing book publishing programme by using this pdf responsibly.ĭEDICATION Dedicated to the memory of William 'Bill' Stone (1900-2009), Henry Ailing ham (1896-2009) and Henry 'Harry' Patch (1898-2009), the last three surviving UK-based veterans of World War I who all passed away during the preparation of this book.ĪCKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my thanks to a number of individuals who have contributed to this project. Osprey Publishing reserves all rights to its digital content and no part of these products may be copied, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise (except as permitted here), without the written permission of the publisher. Please don't upload this pdfto a peer-to-peer site, email it to everyone you know, or resell it. In return, we ask you that you use it for personal, non-commercial purposes only. Access to this book is not digitally restricted. ISBN: 978 1 84603 682 8 E-book ISBN: 978 1 84908 299 0 Editorial by llios Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK (Page layout by: The Black Spot Index by Sandra Shotter Typeset in Sabon and Myriad Pro Maps by Battlescene illustrations by Christa Hook Originated by PDQ Media Printed in China through Worldprint Ltd 1011 12 13 14 1098765432 1 Osprey Publishing is supporting the Woodland Trust, the UK's leading woodland conservation charity by funding the dedication of trees. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Enquiries should be addressed to the Publishers. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. ILLUSTRATED BY CHRISTA HOOK Series editor Marcus Cowperįirst published in Great Britain in 2010 by Osprey Publishing, Midland House, West Way, Botley, Oxford 0X2 OPH, UK 44-02 23rd St, Suite 219, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA E-mail: © 2010 Osprey Publishing Ltd All rights reserved.
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