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*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Military operations : East Africa: Volume I August 1914-September 1916''] compiled by Charles Hordern 1941 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Part of the series "History of the Great War based on Official Documents". This was the only volume published.
:[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=12 Contents] page viii; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=629 General Index] page 583; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=643 Index to Arms, Formations and Units] page 597; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=651 Maps at end of book], after page 603.
*[https://archive.org/details/myreminiscenceso00lettuoft ''My Reminiscences Of East Africa''] by General von Lettow-Vorbeck, [the German commander], published London, c 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/somenotesontacti00sheprich "Some Notes on Tactics in the East African Campaign"] by Brig-General S H Sheppard from ''The Journal of the United Service Institution of India'' Vol. XLVIII April 1919 pages 138-157. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/stream/statisticsofmili00grea#page/715/mode/1up "List of published despatches on Military Operations during the Great War"] page 715 ''Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire during the Great War, 1914-1920'' The War Office HMSO 1922. Includes East Africa. Locate these in ''The London Gazette'' [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/awards-and-accreditation/content/100079 World War 1 despatches]. Links to all the military despatches from commanders-in-chief. thegazette.co.uk.
*[https://archive.org/details/lifeoffrederickc00milluoft ''Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O., Capt. 25th Royal Fusiliers''] by J G Millais 1919 Archive.org. Includes two chapters on the East African Campaign.
*[https://archive.org/details/eastafricanforce00fend ''The East African Force 1915-1919; an unofficial record of its creation and fighting career; together with some account of the civil and military administrative conditions in East Africa before and during that period''] by Brigadier General C P Fendall 1921 Archive.org. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022533734.0x000002 British Library Digital Collection edition] where the images may be rotated.
*[httpshttp://archivelib.militaryarchive.co.orguk/library/detailsinfantry-histories/myreminiscenceso00lettuoft Kings-African-Rifles-Study-in-Military-History-East-and-Central-Africa-1890-1945.asp ''My Reminiscences Of The King’s African Rifles: A Study in the Military History of East and Central Africa, 1890-1945''] by by General von LettowLieutenant-Colonel H Moyse-VorbeckBartlett 1956. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk. Requires Flash turned on, if you see a Flash icon, click it.*[http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the German commander-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/ ''The History of the Royal West African Frontier Force''] by Colonel A. Haywood and Brigadier F.A.S.Clarke. 1964. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk. Requires Flash turned on, published Londonif you see a Flash icon, c 1920 click it. [https://web.archive.org/web/20181011062612/http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/ Archive.orgversion]. [http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/files/assets/basic-html/toc.html Transcribed version].
*[https://archive.org/details/withnigeriansing00down ''With the Nigerians in German East Africa''] [Nigeria Regiment] by Captain W D Downes 1919 Archive.org
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi203edinuoft#page/324/mode/2up "Beho Chini"] [Bweho Chini] by ‘Ba-Ture’ page 324 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no 203 January-June 1918. Archive.org. Nigerians in German East Africa
*[https://archive.org/details/navyeverywhere00cato ''The Navy Everywhere''] by Conrad Cato 1919. Archive.org Includes "The Navy in East Africa"
*[http://www.navy.gov.au/media-room/publications/world-war-i-naval-staff-monographs ''World War I Naval Staff Monographs'']. Select ''Volume 2: East Africa to July 1916. Cameroons 1914'', to download a pdf. Published London c 1920. Royal Australian Navy website (Select Media Room/Publications/World War I Naval Staff Monographs)
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89100004282?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 ''Britain's Sea Soldiers. A Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919'']. Compiled by General Sir H. E. Blumberg, Royal Marines 1927. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Includes East Africa and the Cameroons. Also available in other online versions, see [[First World War#Naval|First World War-Historical books online-Naval]].
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011947036?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''"Severn's" Saga''] by E. Keble Chatterton 1938 Hathi Trust Digital Library. HMS Severn of the Royal Navy in East Africa.
*[https://archive.org/details/fromdartmouthtod00unse ''From Dartmouth to the Dardanelles, a midshipman's log, edited by his mother''] 1916 Archive.org. Includes two chapters on East Africa. Note: the first page of the Foreword advises that due to tradition, the names of officers and ships have been suppressed- those of the midshipmen mentioned are all fictitious.
