British Army 1939–45 (3)

Martin Brayley works as a professional photographer and freelance author after many years' service with the Royal Navy. He is a long-time collector and researcher of militaria, and his published books - with co-author Richard Ingram - include World War II British Women's Uniforms (1995); The World War II Tommy - British Army Uniforms, European Theatre 1939-45 (1998); and Khaki Drill & Jungle Green - British Tropical Uniforms 1939-45 (2000). He has also contributed articles to specialist magazines in Britain and abroad. Mike Chappell comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952 and retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and since then has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator. Mike has also written and illustrated many books in the Osprey Military list.

• Organisation of the British Army in the Far East, 1941Summary of the Malayan and Burmese campaigns, 1942Development of British forces in IndiaThe Chindits14th Army in the reconquest of Burma, 1944-45Pre-war tropical uniformsModification of Khaki Drill, 1942-44Jungle Green uniformsDevelopment of personal equipment The Lethbridge mission, and 1944 pattern clothing and web

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