''The War Illustrated'' was a British war magazine published in
London
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Viscount Camrose
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and owner of ''
The Daily Telegraph
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''). It was first released on 22 August 1914, eighteen days after the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, and regular issues continued throughout the
First World War
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. The magazine was discontinued after the 8 February 1919 issue, but returned 16 September 1939 following the start of the
Second World War
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. 255 issues were published over the course of the Second World War before the magazine permanently ceased production on 11 April 1947.
Background
The magazine offers a pictorial record of both World War I and World War II and includes numerous maps, photographs and illustrations, and the work of war artists, weekly reporting, and editorials on the conduct, events, and consequences of global conflict.
Subtitled "A Pictorial Record of the Conflict of the Nations", ''The War Illustrated'' was at first sensationalistic and patriotic. Although it contained articles, the main focus was on photographs and illustrations, most notably those of Stanley Wood dramatising (or in some cases fabricating) events involving German troops. The magazine became more diligent in properly verifying its reports from 1916 onwards.
Both versions of ''The War Illustrated'' were edited by John Hammerton, who also contributed articles throughout the magazine's run. The magazine contained personal accounts of the war by war correspondents such as
Hamilton Fyfe
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Victoria Cross
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Winston Churchill
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("The Right View of Verdun"). It was extremely popular: at its peak at the end of World War I, ''The War Illustrated'' had a circulation of 750,000.
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Contributors
* Stanley Llewellyn Wood (1866–1928), illustrator of many covers of the World War I editions. Most bound editions omitted the cover-pages.
* Paul Nash (1889–1946), artist and photographer
* Julien Bryan (1899–1974), American photographer
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Sidney Low
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Biography
Low was born to Jewish parents Therese ( née Schacherl; 1835–1887) and Maximillian Loewe (1830–1900), who emigrated ...
(1857–1932), British journalist and historian
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Jerome K. Jerome
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(1859–1927), English writer
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Fred T. Jane
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(1865–1916), English writer
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Philip Gibbs
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* Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (1881–1931), English war correspondent during World War I
* Ernest Brooks (1876–1957), British photographer, known for his war photography from World War I
Illustrations
File:The_Great_Aerial_Exploit_of_Lieut_Warneford.jpg , An artist's impression of the destruction of German
Zeppelin
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by Sub-Lieutenant Rex Warneford on 7 June 1915 → June 19, 1915, 2 (44): 423
File:Lancashire Fusiliers boat Gallipoli May 1915.jpg , Photo by Ernest Brooks – viewing from the deck of the Transport SS ''Nile'' – of the
Lancashire Fusiliers
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Cape Helles
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on May 5, 1915 → June 12, 1915, 2 (43): 383
File:Royal Naval Division trench.jpg , Photo by Ernest Brooks of the Infantry from the Royal Naval Division in training on the Greek island of
Lemnos
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Cape Helles
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,
Gallipoli
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, in 1915 → August 7, 1915, 2 (51): 584
File:John George Smyth VC drawing.jpg , Drawing of Lieutenant John George Smyth → August 14, 1915, 2 (52): 605
File:Aerial_view_Dardanelles_town_1915_1.jpg , Aerial view of
Dardanelles
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→ August 14, 1915, 2 (52): 599
File:Émilienne Moreau-Evrard French heroine of WWI painted by Stanley L Wood.png,
Émilienne Moreau-Evrard
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, illustrated by Stanley L. Wood → December 4, 1915, 3 (68): 365
Bibliography
Annotations
Notes
References
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Second World War
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*''The war illustrated album de luxe; the story of the great European war told by camera, pen and pencil'' Volumes 1-10 at the
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