Originally published in The Meteorological Magazine between 1979 and 1980. © Crown Copyright. Figure 1. WW1 Era Kite Ballon, similar to what Harry Cotton would have made his observations from, Author's Collection Sourced and provided by the National Meteorological Library and Archive — Met Office, UK. Reproduced here …

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Sapper Charles Albert Barlow Kennett, Royal Engineers 7th Labour Company (later 706th Labour Company) Service Number: 59312 Born: 7 March 1898, Crewe, Cheshire. Died: 16 May 1979, Waterloo, Liverpool (aged 81) Figure 1. Charles "Chas" Albert Kennett, picture courtesy of Craig Williams, reproduced here with permission …

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