[Nigel Watson]

Thanks everyone for the great responses. It is always very difficult as those of you who pen your work, to know exactly how to pitch a book, especially one which is likely to reach a wide audience. I was determined to try and put as much of what I discovered down on paper for all those interested. 304 pages could be used to cover one type of carrier alone! but compromises had to be made.

I hope that these books will kick up more information about these vehicles too, but rest assured I haven't ordered an anorak yet!!!!

I would like to thank all of you on MLU whom I have acknowledged in the book, because you all have come up with some brilliant information which has helped me, so thanks for that.

When you research a subject from different angles and archives in different places you keep discovering links between photographs and information which give you the wow factor, if you know what I mean. One such link I would like to share was a veterans report to me (featured in vol 3) in which he tells the story of his carriers driving up through syria in 1941, aquiring an extra carrier there! , and their commanding officer not discovering they had one extra. He mentioned their carriers were called Chelmsford and Colchester (the extra one was Southend-on-Sea). When this report came in to me I was sorting out photographs and had just looked out the one on page 86. This shows a bren carrier coming through a colonnade at speed, the name on the side, Chelmsford!
That is scary.

Anyway thanks again for your support and information.
Nigel