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*[https://archive.org/details/subalternonsomme00mark ''A Subaltern on the Somme in 1916''] by Mark VII [Max Plowman] 1928, first published 1927. Archive.org. 10th West Yorks. On a list of "highly personal top 20 War Memoirs".<ref name=GWDJ/>
: He had previously written [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89101084432?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''War and the creative impulse''] by Max Plowman; with preface by Henry W. Nevinson. 1919 HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Plowman Max Plowman] (Wikipedia), actual name Mark.
*[https://archive.org/details/lm8046intimatest00davi ''"L. M. 8046" : an intimate story of the Foreign Legion''] by David Wooster King 1927 Archive.org. An American, he joined the French Foreign Legion in August 1914, based in France, transferred to the French Army October 1915, and subsequently transferred to the American Army, including an Intelligence role. [https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6s200542/entire_text/ Some biographical details] oac.cdlib.org, and [http://www.monongahelabooks.com/kingdw.html more].
:[http://www.booksandwriters.co.uk/F/books-about-the-french-foreign-legion.html List of Books about the French Foreign Legion] booksandwriters.co.uk
*[https://archive.org/details/americanfighters00paul ''American Fighters in the Foreign Legion, 1914-1918''] by Paul Ayres Rockwell 1930 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208835/page/n7 ''A Subaltern’s War''] by Charles Edmonds (pseud.) [Charles Edmund Carrington] 1929 Archive.org. Full title ''A Subaltern’s War being a memoir of the Great War from the point of view of a romantic young man, with candid accounts of two particular battles, written shortly after they occurred, and an essay on militarism''. The Preface advises most of the book was written in 1919 and 1920. Carrington was a Lieutenant in the 1/5th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Rated [http://www.edwardlengel.com/not-disillusioned-charles-carrington-8-best-world-war-i-memoir/ "#8 Best World War I Memoir"] by Edward Lengel. On a list of "highly personal top 20 War Memoirs"<ref name=GWDJ/>. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Carrington_(historian) Charles Carrington (historian)] Wikipedia. Carrington was also the author of ''Soldier From The Wars Returning'' 1965, available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008268973
*[https://archive.org/details/wearyroadrecolle0000doui/page/n7 ''The Weary Road : Recollections of a Subaltern of Infantry''] by Charles Douie 1988, first published 1929. Archive.org Lending Library. On a list of "highly personal top 20 War Memoirs"<ref name=GWDJ/>. In August 1914 he joined “a Territorial unit of the 51st Highland Division”. He was commissioned as a temporary Second Lieutenant in the 7th (Service) Battalion, the Dorsetshire Regiment (9 January 1915) and subsequently transferred to the 1/Dorsets, joining them in France 15 February 1916.
*[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600501h.html ''There and Back: The Story of an Australian Soldier 1915-35''] by Edward Lording, writing as A. Tiveychoc 1935. [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600501h.html#ch-11 Chapter 11] onwards details his time in France, part of 30th Battalion, AIF. He was severely wounded at Fromelles, aged just 17, and spent years in hospital. Project Gutenberg Australia.
*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-497848471/view?partId=nla.obj-497852656#page/n7/mode/1up "And on to Messines"] by Capt G D Mitchell 10th and 48th Battns AIF, page 6, (digital page 8) ''Reveille'', July 1, 1936 (commenced in June 1936 issue). nla.gov.au. He was commissioned as an officer, in the field, with a group of other NCOs. ''Reveille'' was published by The Returned Services League of Australia New South Wales Branch. Mitchell also wrote "The Winter of 1916-17" a series of articles appearing in ''Reveille'' commencing December 1934, page 15 (digital 17) and continuing each month to at least October 1935, previously online, but not currently so. There is reference elsewhere to further articles in Feb 1936 and Sept/Oct 1936. [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mitchell-george-deane-11137 Mitchell, George Deane (1894–1961)] Australian Dictionary of Biography. Also see [[Gallipoli]] for another series of articles. Mitchell was the author of ''Backs to the Wall'' 1937, published in a 2007 reprint edition<ref>[https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/military/Backs-to-the-Wall-GD-Mitchell-and-Robert-Macklin-9781741752052 ''Backs to the Wall: A larrikin on the Western Front''] by G D Mitchell.</ref> as ''Backs to the Wall: A larrikin on the Western Front''.
*[https://archive.org/details/lm8046intimatest00davi ''"L. M. 8046Stand To" : an intimate story A Diary of the Foreign LegionTrenches 1915-1918''] by David Wooster King 1927 ArchiveCaptain F.orgC. An American, he joined the French Foreign Legion in August 1914, based Hitchcock 1937 is available in France, transferred to the French Army October 1915, and subsequently transferred to the American Army, including an Intelligence role. a reprint edition<ref>[https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6s200542/entire_text/ Some biographical details] oac.cdlib.org, and [http://www.monongahelabooksnaval-military-press.com/kingdw.html more].:[http:product//www.booksandwriters.co.uk/F/booksstand-to-a-diary-aboutof-the-frenchtrenches-foreign1915-legion.html List 1918/ ''"Stand To" A Diary of Books about the French Foreign LegionTrenches 1915-1918''] booksandwriters Naval & Military Press reprint.co.uk*</ref> which is in turn available as an [https://archivewww.fold3.orgcom/detailsbrowse/americanfighters00paul ''American Fighters in hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19kcVyTU-9 online book] on the Foreign LegionAncestry owned pay website fold3, 1914-1918''] by Paul Ayres Rockwell 1930 Archivelocated in Military Books/Britain.orgHitchcock was an officer of the 2nd Battalion the Leinster Regiment.
*[https://archive.org/details/sky00blai ''Sky: Memoirs''] by Blaise Cendrars [pseudonym], translated by Nina Rootes 1992, originally published in French as ''Le Lotissement du ciel'' 1949. [https://archive.org/details/skymemoirs00cend 2nd file] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. A volume in the author’s war memoirs tetralogy, which includes WW1 chapters. Swiss born, during WWI he joined the French Foreign Legion and served in France, where he lost an arm. [https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2007/jul/23/thehazyworldofblaisecendr "The hazy world of Blaise Cendrars"] by Lee Rourke 23 July 2007 ''The Guardian''. "Cendrars eschews biographical detail and morphs fact and fiction". The other volumes in the tetralogy are ''Astonished Man'' (''L 'Homme foudroyé'', 1945), ''Lice'' (''La main coupée'', 1946), ''Planus'' (''Bourlinguer'', 1948). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Cendrars Blaise Cendrars] Wikipedia.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Alexander,_1st_Earl_Alexander_of_Tunis Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis] Wikipedia. During WW1, he was in the Irish Guards, initially Lieutenant 1st Battalion, appointed Commander 2nd Irish Guards in October 1917, aged 25. For online biographies published 1952-1973, containing chapters on WW1, see [[Second World War#Historical books online|Second World War - Historical books online]] and scroll down.
