# The War Illustrated

The War Illustrated was a British war magazine published in London by William Berry (later Viscount Camrose and owner of The Daily Telegraph). 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. The magazine was discontinued after the 8 February 1919 issue, but returned 16 September 1939 following the start of the Second World War. 255 issues were published throughout 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. It 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 initially 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 and Luigi Barzini, Sr., descriptions and illustrations of Victoria Cross actions (for example those of John Lynn and John George Smyth) and articles by authors such as H. G. Wells ("Why Britain Went To War", "Will The War Change England?") and Winston Churchill ("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.

## Digitized copies online

    Bound magazine copies
    Republished, bound in volumes
* Hammerton, Sir John Alexander, ed. (1915–1919). The War Illustrated Album de Luxe; The Story of the Great European War Told by Camera, Pen and Pencil. The Amalgamated Press, Limited – via Internet Archive . LCCN 15-23051, LCCN 44-45155; OCLC 6460128 (all editions).
* Hammerton, Sir John Alexander (ed.). The War Illustrated – Complete Record of the Conflict by Land and Sea and in the Air (weekly magazine bound in 10 Vols.). Trident Press International – via Internet Archive . LCCN 41-16475 (periodical), LCCN 2002-511310 (bound vols.); OCLC 220168380 (all editions).
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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
* H. G. Wells (1866–1946), English writer
* Sidney Low (1857–1932), British journalist and historian
* Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927), English writer
* Fred T. Jane (1865–1916), English writer
* Philip Gibbs (1877–1962), English journalist
* 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

* World War I
* An artist's impression of the destruction of German Zeppelin LZ 37 by Sub-Lieutenant Rex Warneford on 7 June 1915 → June 19, 1915, 2 (44): 423
* Photo by Ernest Brooks – viewing from the deck of the Transport SS Nile – of the Lancashire Fusiliers aboard the Trawler 318 used in the Dardanelles landings, before disembarking at 'W' and 'V' beaches off Cape Helles on May 5, 1915 → June 12, 1915, 2 (43): 383
* Photo by Ernest Brooks of the Infantry from the Royal Naval Division in training on the Greek island of Lemnos during the Battle of Gallipoli, 1915 → July 31, 1915, 2 (50): 550 (Australian War Memorial. Item No. G00309.)
* Drawing of Private John Lynn → July 24, 1915, 2 (49): Cover
* Photo by Ernest Brooks of a surgeon removing a bullet from a soldier's arm in a field-ambulance tent of the East Lancs Territorials at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, in 1915 → August 7, 1915, 2 (51): 584
* Drawing of Lieutenant John George Smyth → August 14, 1915, 2 (52): 605
* Aerial view of Dardanelles → August 14, 1915, 2 (52): 599
* Émilienne Moreau-Evrard, illustrated by Stanley L. Wood → December 4, 1915, 3 (68): 365