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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Corporal Harry Cotton, Meteorological Office, 4th Army HQ Service Number: 160163 Later Lieutenant Harry Cotton, MBE, DSc. Born: 17 June 1889, Wandsworth, London (grew up in the Potteries) Died: 27 July 1985 (aged 96), Deben, Suffolk Figure 1. Harry Cotton, Liddle Collection WW1/GS/0371, Reproduced here with permission …

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