Professor Ian F. W. Beckett is Visiting Professor of Military History at the University of Kent. He has previously held chairs at the University of Northampton, the US Marine Corps University, The University of Luton and the US Naval War College, He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Chairman of the Army Records Society. His publications include The Great War, 1914-18, Territorials: A Century of Service, The Oxford History of the British Army, Riflemen Form, Haig's Generals, Victoria's Generals, Ypres: The First Battle 1914 and Britain's Part-time Soldiers. Keith Simpson MP Broadland Norfolk, member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Board on Commemorating the First World War, Parliamentary Commissioner on the CWGC, formerly Senior Lecturer in War Studies at RMA Sandhurst.