Karkee Web has, we strongly believe, begun to live up to its promise and has become the best resource on the web for 2oth Century British accoutrements. Right from the first, it has been our contributors who have made this happen, and who will make it even better in future. Those who have provided images and/or documentation to date include Lars Alfers, Robert Ball, John Bodsworth, Simon Braillon, Martin Brayley, Gus Bryngelson, Les Butler, Brian Burns, John Cameron, Danielle Cassar, Chris Cone, Tony Cone, Andrew Cormack, Sam Cox, Peter Crosby, Chris Cutting, Rog Dennis, Peter K.A. Digby, Merlijn van Eijk, Sean Featherstone, David Gordon, Great War Militaria, Kevin Groom, Ian Hannant, Paul Hannon, Terry Hawker, Chris Henschke, M.C. Heunis, Steve Hewitt, Mike Hibberd, Jeff Hollenbeck, Simon Howlett, Dan Irving, Alfred Kruk, John Lamont, Rick Landers, Patrick LeBrun, Bill Lennell, Richard Marshall, Leigh McCann, Chris McDonald, Grant Napier, J.W. Newton, Barry O'Sullivan, Matthew O'Sullivan, Victor Pichon, John Pierson, Chris Pollendine, Graham Priest, Allen Prior, Peter Raftos, Tom Ready, Dennis Sale, Jordan Simpson, Paul Skrebels, Lynda Smart (Chief Librarian, Leicester Mercury Media Group), Peter J. Smith, Ed Storey, The Society of the Military Horse, Giacomo Stacconeddu, Bart Temmink, Ross Torrington, Graham Tweeddale, Nick Wall, Tim Weller, Joseph White, Carl Woods, WD Militaria, Paul Winter, Pete Woldridge, and World War Wonders.

One element of Karkee Web's design that has received quite a bit of comment is our use of cigarette card images for backgrounds and accents, especially where we've used them to denote Section indices. It's important to note that the actual cards we used came from the collection of J. Roy Dennis, Rog's father. We've added a few others here and there, but the origin of one feature that has given this site its distinctive look rests on his shoulders.

There are other contributors who have provided images without knowing it: In a few places we've used pictures that have been gleaned from the web over the last several years, but for which the proper attributions have been lost. To each of you, apologies and thanks. If you find one of your pictures on my site, please contact the webmaster and we'll either remove it or give you proper credit, as you desire.

In addition to those listed above, a number of other people have assisted in the development of this site, both through comments and constructive criticism, and through their detailed knowledge of specific subjects. These include Steve Cobden, O.G. Palmer, Sean Ryan, and Ric Stubley. Special thanks go to Jim Kendall, who has been an editor, proofreader, and technical consultant in this effort.

And finally, KW have to give special recognition to someone Tom Ready introduced to the webmaster. We’ll call him The Instruerian*. He knows more about this subject than anyone else we can think of. This site would not have anything resembling the depth of knowledge it displays without his careful editing, comments and additions, which are still on-going. He has re-written a number of pages so extensively that they would fairly be called his rather than mine, and he has mined his extensive library to provide most of the original official documentation on the site. Given the number of errors still remaining, it shows only good sense on his part that he won't accept co-authorship of Karkee Web. So he isn't, but a good lawyer could make a fair case for labelling him as an Unindicted Co-Conspirator.

*Instruerian - n. (L. Instruo, to equip) A collector of general equipment. Also see:

Ornatologist - n. (L. Ornatus, military equipment; armour; attire, dress; furniture; decoration, ornament) A specialist in the study of accoutrements, uniforms, formation signs, badges, etc. 

Telalogist - n. (L. Tela, a web on a loom) A specialist in the study of accoutrements, web equipment.

◊ Terms coined by The Instruerian ◊