Ian F.W. Beckett - Haigs Generals

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Quotations from the Royal Archives appear by gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen. Those from Crown copyright sources in the National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office) and elsewhere appear by permission of the Controller of Her Majestys Stationery Office. The editors and authors are indebted for permission to use and/or quote from other archives in the copyright and/or possession of the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland; the Trustees of the British Library Board; the Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge; the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, Kings College, University of London; the Trustees of the Imperial War Museum; the Trustees of the National Army Museum; the Trustees of the Australian War Memorial; the National Library of Australia; the National Archives of Canada; New Zealand National Archives; Liverpool Central Library; Earl Haig; M.A.F. Rawlinson Esq.; David Smith-Dorrien Esq.; Mrs Macfarland; Mrs Denise Boyes; Major A.J. Congreve; Captain Dugald Malcolm; the Countess de Roany; Mrs Eve Horner; and Mrs Maive Impey. Matthew Hughes also wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Dr Paul Harris.

Professor Ian F.W. Beckett is Professor of History at the University of Northampton, and Chairman of the Army Records Society. His publications include Ypres: The First Battle, 1914 (2004), The Great War, 19141918 (2001) and The First World War: The Essential Guide to Sources in the UK National Archives (2002).

Dr John Bourne is Director of the Centre for First World War Studies at the University of Birmingham. His publications include Britain and the Great War, 19141918 (1989) and (co-edited with Gary Sheffield) Douglas Haig: Diaries and Letters (2004).

Dr Steven J. Corvi is Assistant Professor at the American Military University and is Northeast Area Chairman for Military History in the Popular Culture Association. His specialization is the First World War, especially the military career of Horace Smith-Dorrien. He has published in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research and Journal of Popular Culture.

Dr Nikolas Gardner is Lecturer in History at the University of Salford. His publications include Trial by Fire: Command and the British Expeditionary Force in 1914 (2003). He is currently working on the siege of Kut-al-Amara.

Dr Matthew Hughes is Senior Lecturer in History at Brunel University and editor of the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. His publications include Allenby and British Strategy in the Middle East, 191719 (1999) and Allenby in Palestine (2004).

John Lee is Treasurer of the British Commission for Military History. His publications include The Warlords: Hindenburg and Ludendorff (2005) and A Soldiers Life: General Sir Ian Hamilton (2000).

Dr Helen McCartney is Lecturer in Defence Studies, Kings College, London, based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. Her publications include Citizen Soldiers: The Liverpool Territorials in the First World War (2005).