 Both versions of "The War Illustrated" were edited by John Hammerton, who also contributed articles throughout the magazine's run.The magazine contained personal accounts of the war by war correspondents such as Hamilton Fyfe and Luigi Barzini, Sr., descriptions and illustrations of Victoria Cross actions (for example those of John Lynn and John George Smyth) and articles by authors such as H. G. Wells ("Why Britain Went To War", "Will The War Change England?