The following people and institutions all have our sincere thanks for their help in piecing together the story of Edward Mannock. In no particular order they are: Lord Ashcroft KCMG, Mike O’Connor, Stuart Leslie, Tony Mellor-Ellis, the late Frank Cheesman, Andrew W Walker BA, Graham Day (Air Historical Branch, MoD, Bentley Priory), Gordon Leith (RAF Museum, Hendon), David Tonks (Wellingborough Library), Nicholas Andrews (Commonwealth War Graves Commission), David Amos, Peter Burden, the staff at the Public Archives, Kew, the staff of the Imperial War Museum’s reading room, Lambeth, London, Guy Smith, Brad King and Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire GCB DFC AFC DSO.