Harold William Hailstone (14 July 1897 – 21 November 1982) was a British

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and

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, who served as an official war artist. He was born on 14 July 1897 in London, England. His father William Edward Hailstone was a

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. He was educated at The Judd School. During World War I he served first in the army and then as a trainee pilot in the

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. He subsequently attended Goldsmiths College alongside Graham Sutherland. His work was published in journals including the '' Illustrated London News'', '' Punch'', '' The Sketch'', ''

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'', and '' Tatler''. He returned to military service immediately before and during World War II, joining the Royal Air Force from 1938 to 1945, being a

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from 1940,Service number 90492 and was appointed a war artist in 1944. After the war, he was a staff cartoonist for the '' Daily Mirror''. In retirement he lived at Corneys Cottage, Hadlow, Kent, where he died on 21 November 1982. Some of his works are in the collection of the

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. His younger brother was the portraitist

Bernard Hailstone Bernard Hailstone (6 October 1910 – 27 December 1987) was an English painter, best known for his Second World War portraits of transport and civil defence workers painted in Britain, his portraits of members of the Armed Forces painted overse ...

Books illustrated by Hailstone

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References

External links

UK National Archives catalogue entry
for "Officer Cadet Harold William HAILSTONE - Royal Flying Corps"
Imperial War Museum holdings
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hailstone, Harold 1897 births 1982 deaths 20th-century English artists 20th-century war artists Artists from London English cartoonists English illustrators People educated at The Judd School Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London British Army personnel of World War I British war artists Daily Mirror people People from Hadlow Punch (magazine) cartoonists Royal Air Force officers Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Royal Flying Corps officers Sibling artists