Fortifications of the Western Front 1914

First published in Great Britain in 2004 by Osprey Publishing, Elms Court,

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Dedicated to the memory of Colin Fox

Acknowledgments

In writing this book I am particularly grateful for the generous help given to me by Dr Stephen Bull of the Museum of Lancashire and Garry Smith of the Museum of the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment, both in Preston; by Pete Turnbull in Salford, and especially by Rob Thompson in Bolton. Also all the many friends who have accompanied me on tours of the Western Front over the years, especially Dr Geoff Noon of Wolverhampton, Tim Cockitt of Withington and Bill Rogan of Nuneaton.

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