ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Charnwood Great War Centenary Project is a partnership led by Charnwood Arts: CEO Kevin Ryan FRSA, administrator Terry Allen, book design and layout Natalie Chabaud. Principal authors: Bill Brookman, Janet Grant, Penny White, Alison Mott and Kevin Ryan. Research coordinator, community history and communications: Janet Grant. All Saints Parish Church: Chris Harvey and Revd. Wendy Dalrymple from an original idea by Revd. Rachel Ross and Janet Grant. Heritage, partnerships and outreach: Dr Madeleine Coburn, Participation in Action. Principal researchers: Penny White, Dennis Powdrill, Dr Duncan MacNeil, Alison Mott, Val Wilson, Anne Williams, Hazel Fish, Dr Eric Macintyre, John Brindley and many others. We are indebted to Mel Gould, curator of the Carillon Memorial Museum, Peter Minshall, Marigold Cleve, Karen Ette, Derrick Hewitt, Kevin Mitchell, Phillip Thorne and Rebecca Abrahams. Additional photography by Dennis Powdrill, Bill Brookman and Kevin Ryan. Illustrations by Paul Gent and Peter Massey. Proofing by Gail Hastilow, Jennifer Sturdy, Malcolm Barsby, Jenny Jones and others. Responsibility for errors is our own but we are indebted to the following for their expertise: the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire Colonel R M L Colville TD DL, Brigadier W J Hurrell CBE DL, Professor Matthew Seligmann, Michael Woods MA, Professor John Young, Dr John Sutton, Dr Jim Beach, Cynthia Brown, East Midlands Oral History Archive, Simon Lake Curator of Fine Art Leicester City Council, David Humberston, Valerie Jacques, Roy Birch and others from the Western Front Association (Leicester Branch). There are many more, including: Chris Knight, Alan Emberson, Trevor Shaw and Maureen McKenzie, Churchwardens at All Saints, Rosemary Parry, the Bill Brookman Foundation, Charnwood Orchestra, Loughborough Choir and Church Choirs, Loughborough Children’s Choir, Maria’s Singers, Jan Robertson, Claire Gregson, Anila Sisodia, Sam Biswas, Birstall Library Crafts Group, Margaret Baker, Lynne Dyer and finally Joan Ward, parishioner and Hilda Onions, aged 106 who both died during the creation of this book. Architects: Acanthus Clews. Conservators: Sally Strachey Conservation. Contractors: Norman & Underwood.
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