Thomas Balston

Thomas Balston OBE MC (30 July 1883 – 4 October 1967)[1] was a director of the publishers Duckworth and Co., and a noted scholar of English book production and illustration.

by 1940, at which time he was a Major on the Army's General List,[15][16] having served during the First World War with the 12th Gloucestershire Regiment in France and Belgium from 1914 to 1919, as a staff captain with the 96th Infantry Brigade from 1915 to 1917, and as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General to the 3rd Division and 3rd Brigade from 1917 to 1918 and 1918 to 1919 respectively.

His service in the Second World War came to an end when he was invalided out after three months due to suffering from pneumonia, having been called to Southern Command as a staff captain.

[citation needed] At Duckworth from 1921 to 1934, Balston promoted the work of English wood engravers.

[17] Papers from Thomas Balston relating to the Sitwells, published by Duckworths, are held at Washington State University.