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Balston was awarded the Military Cross and an O.B.E. by 1940, at which time he was a Major on the Army's General List,[4][5] having served during the First World War with the 12th Gloucestershire Regiment in France and Belgium from 1914-1919, as a staff captain with the 96th Infantry Brigade from 1915–17, and as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General to the 3rd Division and 3rd Brigade from 1917–18 and 1918-19 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. Book illustrationAt Duckworth from 1921 to 1934, Balston promoted the work of English wood engravers. He produced several books on the history of the subject. DeathBalston died in 1967. He bequeathed his collection of pictures, drawings, and prints to The Art Fund, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Ashmolean Museum and other public institutions in Britain.[6] PapersPapers from Thomas Balston relating to the Sitwells, published by Duckworths, are held at Washington State University.[7] A small collection of Balston papers relating to John Martin are held at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library.[2] Selected publications
References1. ^Mark Gertler (1891 - 1939) Ashmolean Museum, 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014. 2. ^1 Collection Title: Thomas Balston Papers, 1946-1948 Rare Book Literary & Historical Papers at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014. 3. ^http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma/collection/b/ba30-001 4. ^Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Cambridgeshire, Andrew Ellis et al, Public Catalogue Foundation, 2006, pg 207 5. ^Supplement to the London Gazette 26 April 1940, pg 2463- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34837/supplement/2463/data.pdf 6. ^Portrait of Thomas Balston by Mark Gertler The Art Fund, 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014. 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg9.htm#N10000|title=Guide to the Thomas Balston Papers of the Sitwells 1924-1960Cage 9|publisher=ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu|accessdate=2014-08-12}} External links
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