Western Front: Difference between revisions

From FIBIwiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Maureene (talk | contribs)
Maureene (talk | contribs)
Line 67: Line 67:
**''Volume I August-October 1914'':  [https://archive.org/details/militaryoperatio01edmouoft 1922 edition], [https://archive.org/details/3edmilitaryopera01edmouoft Revised text 1937 edition]
**''Volume I August-October 1914'':  [https://archive.org/details/militaryoperatio01edmouoft 1922 edition], [https://archive.org/details/3edmilitaryopera01edmouoft Revised text 1937 edition]
**[https://archive.org/details/3edmilitaryopera02edmouoft ''Volume II October-November 1914''] 1925 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/3edmilitaryopera02edmouoft ''Volume II October-November 1914''] 1925 Archive.org
**From the Digital Library of India, available as pdf downloads
**From the Digital Library of India, available as pdf downloads. Note these files are/ will become available on Archive.org, in time with the ability to read online.
***[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210675 1915 Volume I], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210676 1915 Volume II]
***[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210675 1915 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210675 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210676 1915 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210676 Archive.org]
***[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210678 1916], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210679 1916 Volume I], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210680 1916 Volume II], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210677 1916 Appendices]
***[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210678 1916], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210678 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210679 1916 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210679 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210680 1916 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210680 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210677 1916 Appendices], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210677 Archive.org]
***[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210683 1917 Volume I], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210681 1917 Appendices] probably to Volume I. (Volume II details follow later).
***[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210683 1917 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210683 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210681 1917 Appendices] [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210681 Archive.org],  probably to Volume I. (Volume II details follow later).
***[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210686  1918]: The great German offensive [21st March 1918] and its preliminaries (1935), [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210684 1918 Volume II], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210685 Volume III]
***[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210686  1918]: The great German offensive [21st March 1918] and its preliminaries (1935), [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210686 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210684 1918 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210684 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210685 Volume III], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210685 Archive.org]
**[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3480009?urlappend=%3Bseq=7  ''1917 Volume II 7th June-10th November Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele)''] published 1948. Hathi Trust Digital Library.
**[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3480009?urlappend=%3Bseq=7  ''1917 Volume II 7th June-10th November Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele)''] published 1948. Hathi Trust Digital Library.
*''History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: Medical Services''. See [[First World War#Historical books online 2|First World War-Historical books online]].
*''History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: Medical Services''. See [[First World War#Historical books online 2|First World War-Historical books online]].
*''History of the Great War based on Official Documents'' [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b633844?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Transportation on the Western Front, 1914-1918''] compiled  by Colonel AM Henniker, R E (ret) 1937 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/84806 Pdf to download from the Digital Library of India]
*''History of the Great War based on Official Documents'' [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b633844?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Transportation on the Western Front, 1914-1918''] compiled  by Colonel AM Henniker, R E (ret) 1937 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/84806 Pdf to download from the Digital Library of India], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.84806 Archive.org]
:[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn6454756 Volume of 14 Maps] National Library of Australia, with a description in the [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6454756  catalogue entry].
:[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn6454756 Volume of 14 Maps] National Library of Australia, with a description in the [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6454756  catalogue entry].
*French Official Histories: [http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/arkotheque/inventaires/ead_ir_consult.php?fam=11&ref=FRSHD_AFGG_ead ''Les Armées françaises dans la Grande Guerre''] sga.defense.gouv.fr. French language. Eleven ''Tome''s, some with multiple volumes, mostly about the Western Front. With online  maps (Cartes) and  at times  panoramic sketches (Croquis panoramiques).
*French Official Histories: [http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/arkotheque/inventaires/ead_ir_consult.php?fam=11&ref=FRSHD_AFGG_ead ''Les Armées françaises dans la Grande Guerre''] sga.defense.gouv.fr. French language. Eleven ''Tome''s, some with multiple volumes, mostly about the Western Front. With online  maps (Cartes) and  at times  panoramic sketches (Croquis panoramiques).
*German Official, or semi Official Histories: [http://digi.landesbibliothek.at/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:at:AT-OOeLB-1155545 ''Der Weltkrieg 1914 bis 1918: die militärischen Operationen zu Lande''] 16 Volumes. [http://digi.landesbibliothek.at/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:at:AT-OOeLB-1627302 ''Schlachten des Weltkrieges''] 22 Volumes.  German language. Maps (Karten) are often at the back of individual volumes, and there may be photographs, all of which can be located by clicking on the Thumbnail gallery, and then selecting specific pages. The Digital State Library of Upper Austria.
*German Official, or semi Official Histories: [http://digi.landesbibliothek.at/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:at:AT-OOeLB-1155545 ''Der Weltkrieg 1914 bis 1918: die militärischen Operationen zu Lande''] 16 Volumes. [http://digi.landesbibliothek.at/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:at:AT-OOeLB-1627302 ''Schlachten des Weltkrieges''] 22 Volumes.  German language. Maps (Karten) are often at the back of individual volumes, and there may be photographs, all of which can be located by clicking on the Thumbnail gallery, and then selecting specific pages. The Digital State Library of Upper Austria.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284463 ''The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume II'']  by Colonel R H Beadon 1931. Link to an Adobe pdf download. Digital Library of India. Includes the First World War period, with chapters on  the British Expeditionary Force.  
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284463 ''The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume II'']  by Colonel R H Beadon 1931. Link to an Adobe pdf download. Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284463 Archive.org] Includes the First World War period, with chapters on  the British Expeditionary Force.  
*[https://archive.org/details/armyservicecorps00puck ''Army Service Corps of the British Army, and, the organization of the transport and transportation at the front in France : lectures delivered before the officers of the Quartermaster Corps and Quartermaster Reserve Corps at Washington, D.C., May 1917''] by Lieut. Col.  F K Puckle, A S C, British Army. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/armyservicecorps00puck ''Army Service Corps of the British Army, and, the organization of the transport and transportation at the front in France : lectures delivered before the officers of the Quartermaster Corps and Quartermaster Reserve Corps at Washington, D.C., May 1917''] by Lieut. Col.  F K Puckle, A S C, British Army. Archive.org.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/274726 ''A History of the Army Ordnance Services, Volume III: The Great War''] by Major General Arthur Forbes 2nd edition 1932, first published 1929. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Includes chapters on the Western Front  (Part I).
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/274726 ''A History of the Army Ordnance Services, Volume III: The Great War''] by Major General Arthur Forbes 2nd edition 1932, first published 1929. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.274726 Archive.org] Includes chapters on the Western Front  (Part I).
*[https://archive.org/details/signalserviceine00prie ''The Signal Service in the European War of 1914-1918 (France)''] by R E Priestley (Late Major, R E) 1921 Archive.org. Includes information about the use of [https://archive.org/stream/signalserviceine00prie#page/357/mode/1up carrier pigeons] (Index entry)
*[https://archive.org/details/signalserviceine00prie ''The Signal Service in the European War of 1914-1918 (France)''] by R E Priestley (Late Major, R E) 1921 Archive.org. Includes information about the use of [https://archive.org/stream/signalserviceine00prie#page/357/mode/1up carrier pigeons] (Index entry)
**[https://archive.org/stream/signalserviceine00prie#page/10/mode/2up/search/Indian Page 11] includes a very brief reference to the Indian Telegraph units of the Indian Army. These were very likely to have been men from the  [[Post and Telegraphs Department|Post and Telegraphs Department]] in India, who were appointed to the Army at the outbreak of war. Also see the following book.
**[https://archive.org/stream/signalserviceine00prie#page/10/mode/2up/search/Indian Page 11] includes a very brief reference to the Indian Telegraph units of the Indian Army. These were very likely to have been men from the  [[Post and Telegraphs Department|Post and Telegraphs Department]] in India, who were appointed to the Army at the outbreak of war. Also see the following book.
Line 90: Line 90:
*[https://archive.org/details/withroyalarmyme00vivigoog ''With the Royal Army Medical Corps (R. A. M. C.) at the Front''] by E Charles Vivian 1914 Archive.org. Includes chapters on Composition and Duties, Training etc.  
*[https://archive.org/details/withroyalarmyme00vivigoog ''With the Royal Army Medical Corps (R. A. M. C.) at the Front''] by E Charles Vivian 1914 Archive.org. Includes chapters on Composition and Duties, Training etc.  
*[https://archive.org/details/surgeoninkhaki01mart ''A Surgeon in Khaki''] by Arthur Anderson Martin 1915 Archive.org. Includes the  process of the author’s commission, description of a Field Ambulance structure.
*[https://archive.org/details/surgeoninkhaki01mart ''A Surgeon in Khaki''] by Arthur Anderson Martin 1915 Archive.org. Includes the  process of the author’s commission, description of a Field Ambulance structure.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/523918 ''Memoirs Of A Camp Follower''(1934)] by Philip Gosse. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  Full title/some editions:  ''Memoirs of a Camp-Follower : a Naturalist Goes to War''. At least one later edition published under the title  ''A Naturalist Goes to War''. Includes the following [https://web.archive.org/web/20120420021830/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Rats/Rats_01a.htm extract] (archive.org) relating to his duties following his appointed  as Rat Officer to the Second Army.  The author was  a doctor RAMC, in France and Belgium 1915-1917  who initially served with the 69th Field Ambulance, 23rd Division. He subsequently served in India. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/63/3/210.full.pdf+html Review of the book]. JRAMC. Scroll to the end.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/523918 ''Memoirs Of A Camp Follower''(1934)] by Philip Gosse. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.523918 Archive.org] Full title/some editions:  ''Memoirs of a Camp-Follower : a Naturalist Goes to War''. At least one later edition published under the title  ''A Naturalist Goes to War''. Includes the following [https://web.archive.org/web/20120420021830/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Rats/Rats_01a.htm extract] (archive.org) relating to his duties following his appointed  as Rat Officer to the Second Army.  The author was  a doctor RAMC, in France and Belgium 1915-1917  who initially served with the 69th Field Ambulance, 23rd Division. He subsequently served in India. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/63/3/210.full.pdf+html Review of the book]. JRAMC. Scroll to the end.
*[https://archive.org/details/regimentalsurgeo00dolb ''A Regimental Surgeon in War and Prison''] by Captain Robert V Dolbey, RAMC.1917. Archive.org.  The author was in France from August 1914, taken a Prisoner of War in October 1914, then repatriated from Germany  c March 1915. He later took part in the campaign in [[East Africa (First World War)|East Africa]].
*[https://archive.org/details/regimentalsurgeo00dolb ''A Regimental Surgeon in War and Prison''] by Captain Robert V Dolbey, RAMC.1917. Archive.org.  The author was in France from August 1914, taken a Prisoner of War in October 1914, then repatriated from Germany  c March 1915. He later took part in the campaign in [[East Africa (First World War)|East Africa]].
*[https://archive.org/details/womenasarmysurg00murr ''Women as Army Surgeons; being the history of the Women's Hospital Corps in Paris, Wimereux and Endell Street, September 1914-October 1919''] by Flora Murray 1920 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/womenasarmysurg00murr ''Women as Army Surgeons; being the history of the Women's Hospital Corps in Paris, Wimereux and Endell Street, September 1914-October 1919''] by Flora Murray 1920 Archive.org.
Line 105: Line 105:
***IOR/L/MIL/5/827/1-6 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/1  Dec 1916-Feb 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/2  Feb 1917-May 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/3  Apr 1917-Jul 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/4  May 1917-Oct 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/5  Aug 1917-Dec 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/6  Dec 1917-Mar 1918]
***IOR/L/MIL/5/827/1-6 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/1  Dec 1916-Feb 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/2  Feb 1917-May 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/3  Apr 1917-Jul 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/4  May 1917-Oct 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/5  Aug 1917-Dec 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/6  Dec 1917-Mar 1918]
***IOR/L/MIL/5/828/1-3 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/828/1  Jul 1915-May 1918], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/828/2  Dec 1914-Jul 1918], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/828/3  Jun 1915-May 1918]
***IOR/L/MIL/5/828/1-3 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/828/1  Jul 1915-May 1918], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/828/2  Dec 1914-Jul 1918], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/828/3  Jun 1915-May 1918]
*[https://archive.org/details/indiancorpsinfra00ltco ''The Indian Corps in France''] by  Lt-Colonel J.W.B. Merewether and Sir Frederick Smith.  Second edition 1919 (first edition December 1917) Archive.org. To read the book you may require a  BitTorrent plug in.  Another version from archive.org is catalogued as [https://archive.org/details/TheIndianCorpsInRance ''The Indian Corps in Rance''] and may require a  DjVu plug in, or individual pages can be accessed which use the Tiff format. This book is also available as three different pdf downloads on the  Digital Library of India: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/54096 Pdf 1], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/173047 Pdf 2], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/201725 Pdf 3].
*[https://archive.org/details/indiancorpsinfra00ltco ''The Indian Corps in France''] by  Lt-Colonel J.W.B. Merewether and Sir Frederick Smith.  Second edition 1919 (first edition December 1917) Archive.org. To read the book you may require a  BitTorrent plug in.  Another version from archive.org is catalogued as [https://archive.org/details/TheIndianCorpsInRance ''The Indian Corps in Rance''] and may require a  DjVu plug in, or individual pages can be accessed which use the Tiff format. This book is also available as three different pdf downloads on the  Digital Library of India: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/54096 Pdf 1], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.54096 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/173047 Pdf 2], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173047 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/201725 Pdf 3], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.201725 Archive.org]
*[http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/n3/mode/2up  ''With the Indians in France''] by Sir James Willcocks 1920 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/382/mode/2up Index], page 383
*[http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/n3/mode/2up  ''With the Indians in France''] by Sir James Willcocks 1920 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/382/mode/2up Index], page 383
**[http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/346/mode/2up List of 'Promotions and Rewards']  page 347-382
**[http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/346/mode/2up List of 'Promotions and Rewards']  page 347-382
Line 121: Line 121:
*:[https://archive.org/details/companyoftanks00watsrich ''A Company of Tanks''] by  Major WHL Watson, 1920 Archive.org
*:[https://archive.org/details/companyoftanks00watsrich ''A Company of Tanks''] by  Major WHL Watson, 1920 Archive.org
*:[https://archive.org/details/tankinaction00browrich ''The Tank in Action''] by Captain D G Browne 1920 Archive.org
*:[https://archive.org/details/tankinaction00browrich ''The Tank in Action''] by Captain D G Browne 1920 Archive.org
*:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015035242844?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''The Fighting Tanks since 1916''] by Ralph Ernest Jones, Robert Joseph Icks and George Howard Rarey 1933.  Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284287 pdf download, Digital Library of India].
*:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015035242844?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''The Fighting Tanks since 1916''] by Ralph Ernest Jones, Robert Joseph Icks and George Howard Rarey 1933.  Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284287 pdf download, Digital Library of India]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284287 Archive.org]
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b42511?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Adventures on the Western Front, August, 1914-June, 1915'']  by  A Rawlinson 1925 Hathi Trust Digital Library. The author, then aged 47, volunteered as a driver, who provided his own car, for service at the Front. He was one of a group of 25 volunteers, organised by the  Royal Automobile Club (R A C). For a  book about later military related service  by this author, see [[Norperforce]].
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b42511?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Adventures on the Western Front, August, 1914-June, 1915'']  by  A Rawlinson 1925 Hathi Trust Digital Library. The author, then aged 47, volunteered as a driver, who provided his own car, for service at the Front. He was one of a group of 25 volunteers, organised by the  Royal Automobile Club (R A C). For a  book about later military related service  by this author, see [[Norperforce]].
*[https://archive.org/details/mudkhakisketches00bartiala ''Mud and Khaki, Sketches from Flanders and France''] by Vernon Bartlett 1917 Archive.org.  Some of these sketches had appeared in the ''Daily Mail'' and the ''Daily Mirror''. The author subsequently became a journalist and politician. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Bartlett Vernon Bartlett] Wikipedia.  
*[https://archive.org/details/mudkhakisketches00bartiala ''Mud and Khaki, Sketches from Flanders and France''] by Vernon Bartlett 1917 Archive.org.  Some of these sketches had appeared in the ''Daily Mail'' and the ''Daily Mirror''. The author subsequently became a journalist and politician. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Bartlett Vernon Bartlett] Wikipedia.  
Line 134: Line 134:
*[https://archive.org/details/warpicturesbehin00malc ''War Pictures Behind the Lines''] by Ian Malcolm M P. 2nd edition, 1915. Archive.org. The author was involved in Red Cross work.  
*[https://archive.org/details/warpicturesbehin00malc ''War Pictures Behind the Lines''] by Ian Malcolm M P. 2nd edition, 1915. Archive.org. The author was involved in Red Cross work.  
*[https://archive.org/details/britishwardogsth00richrich ''British War Dogs, their Training and Psychology''] by Lt.-Colonel E H Richardson, late Commandant of the British War Dog School. C 1920. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishwardogsth00richrich ''British War Dogs, their Training and Psychology''] by Lt.-Colonel E H Richardson, late Commandant of the British War Dog School. C 1920. Archive.org.
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/221023  ''Forty Years With Dogs''] by  E H Richardson 1935. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  [http://www.k9history.com/WWI-biography-ehrichardson.htm "A Biography of E H Richardson"] k9history.com, probably based on the autobiography.
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/221023  ''Forty Years With Dogs''] by  E H Richardson 1935. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.221023 Archive.org]. [http://www.k9history.com/WWI-biography-ehrichardson.htm "A Biography of E H Richardson"] k9history.com, probably based on the autobiography.
*[https://archive.org/details/generalheadquart00falk  ''General Headquarters, 1914-1916, and its Critical Decisions''] by  Erich von  Falkenhayn. 1919 Archive.org.  German Army. English language. Also published in the USA under the title ''The German General Staff and its Decisions, 1914-1916''.
*[https://archive.org/details/generalheadquart00falk  ''General Headquarters, 1914-1916, and its Critical Decisions''] by  Erich von  Falkenhayn. 1919 Archive.org.  German Army. English language. Also published in the USA under the title ''The German General Staff and its Decisions, 1914-1916''.
*''Handbook of the German Army in War''. Issued by the General Staff, British Army ”For Official Use Only”. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100003075164.0x000002 ''January, 1917''];  [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100009749073.0x000002 ''November, 1918'']. British Library Digital Collections - Universal Viewer.  
*''Handbook of the German Army in War''. Issued by the General Staff, British Army ”For Official Use Only”. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100003075164.0x000002 ''January, 1917''];  [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100009749073.0x000002 ''November, 1918'']. British Library Digital Collections - Universal Viewer.  

Revision as of 04:56, 22 January 2017

As the First World War progressed more troops were needed for the Western Front. To meet this demand Expeditionary Force A from India was sent to reinforce the British Troops – particularly in France.[1]

Many men who fell during these campaigns are honoured by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Amongst these are 4,742 soldiers from India whose names are recorded on the Neuve Chapelle Memorial in France. In 1964 these names were expanded to also commemorate 210 servicemen of India whose graves at Zehrensdorf Indian Cemetery in East Germany could not be maintained.

Related articles

War Diaries

Included in the many records held at the National Archives Kew is the series WO 95 - War Office: First World War and Army of Occupation War Diaries.

Some War Diaries, many of which are handwritten, have been digitised and are available (on a pay basis) online from various sources: from the National Archives through the Discovery catalogue[2], from Naval and Military Archive[3], part of Naval & Military Press, which also publishes print and DVD-ROM versions, and through Ancestry which contains the database "UK, WWI War Diaries (France, Belgium and Germany), 1914-1920" (selected war diaries only)[4] (and another database for Gallipoli). The Ancestry database also contains War Diaries for some Indian, Australian, New Zealand, and other regiments. Some transcribed war diaries edited by Martin Gillott. publisher Great War Diaries, for British Army regiments, are available in Kindle editions which have a Search facility (anyone with Kindle Unlimited can read them for free). (Download of a free Kindle App is available, you don't need Kindle).

Also see External links below.

The Australian War Memorial website[5] contains Australian and New Zealand Army War diaries (available for free).

Recommended reading

Recommended by Peter Moore on the Military reading list
"Sepoy in the Trenches: The Indian Corps on the Western Front, 1914-15 by Gordon Corrigan, Kent, UK; first edition. 1999; 16 plates; 9 maps; hardcover; 274 pp. An excellent, updated account of the sufferings and heroism of the Indian regiments sent to France in the bitterest of winters clad only in tropical uniforms until transferred to the Mesopotamian Campaign in 1915. The author, a retired Major (late Royal Gurkha Rifles and ex-10GR), 1998), has an authentic feel for the old Indian Army and the times".

“Well worth tracking a copy, both as a fascinating book and a display of how good military history should be written.“[6]

For an interview with the author Gordon Corrigan, see below.

Indian treacle (opium)

On the Western Front, Sikh troops were supplied with Indian treacle, an euphemism for opium, which was part of their ration.[7]

External links

Video and transcript: "Illiterate but Literary: The Censored Correspondence of Indian Soldiers in France, 1914-18" by Dr David Omissi, recorded on 2 November 2015 nam.ac.uk, including YouTube video.
See Historical books online, below.
Neuve Chapelle Memorial ww1cemeteries.com

Maps

  • "How to read a Trench Map" by Howard Anderson, October 2008 Western Front Association.
  • Western Front Maps from McMaster University, Canada. Text Search using Place Name or Trench Name.
  • National Library of Scotland WW1 Trench Maps. View maps overlaid on a modern map. Allows you to swap between trench map and modern map. On the left hand side you will see a slider to change the transparency between the trench map and the underlying modern map.
  • Great War British Trench Map Coordinates Converter muninn-project.org. Allows you to enter specific map references.
  • The National Archives series WO 153 "War Office: War of 1914-1918: Maps and Plans" is another source of maps, although the maps themselves do not appear to be available online. The catalogue may be searched through Discovery. The maps and plans in this series were collected from various sources, mainly for use by the Official War Historians, and as such were originally held in the Cabinet Office Historical Section. Many were extracted from regimental war diaries. More details, Western Front maps.

Historical books online

Volume of 14 Maps National Library of Australia, with a description in the catalogue entry.
All's Fair : the Story of the British Secret Service Behind the German Lines by Captain Henry Landau 1934 Archive.org. Henry Landau Wikipedia.
Captain WHL Watson was also the author of Tales of a Gaspipe Officer by Despatch Rider. ‘Military cyclists are popularly known as Gaspipe Cavalry’ Blackwood’s Magazine Nos 198, 199 and 201, December 1915-March 1916, and January 1917 Archive.org. Page 795, page 76, page 246, page 360, page 45.
The Daredevil of the Army : Experiences as a "Buzzer" and Despatch Rider by Captain A P Corcoran 1918 Archive.org
Forty Years With Dogs by E H Richardson 1935. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org. "A Biography of E H Richardson" k9history.com, probably based on the autobiography.
  • General Headquarters, 1914-1916, and its Critical Decisions by Erich von Falkenhayn. 1919 Archive.org. German Army. English language. Also published in the USA under the title The German General Staff and its Decisions, 1914-1916.
  • Handbook of the German Army in War. Issued by the General Staff, British Army ”For Official Use Only”. January, 1917; November, 1918. British Library Digital Collections - Universal Viewer.
  • Les Archives de la Grande Guerre [et de l'histoire contemporaine]. French language.
Hathi Trust Digital Library catalogue record for 17 Volumes, viewable by those in regions such as North America. All except the last are stated to be Public Domain in the USA.
Gallica: Bibliothèque nationale de France There are 13 digital files for this publication on Gallica, but they are classified by year published, not volume number. (1919 (4), 1920-1923, 2 each year, 1924 (1)). The last one digitized on Gallica is classified as 1924, and has the title 5th Annee Tome XVII, but is elsewhere referred to as Volume 17. There is a Search facility (whole collection) or individual book files. For individual book files, click on the icon for Table des matières, for contents. Volume 17, the final volume, contains a Contents section which appears to cover all 17 Volumes, click on the icon for Table des matières. It is then possible to click through to relevant articles, which may be located in other volumes.

Fiction

  • Half-novel, half-autobiography: The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme and Ancre, 1916 by Frederic Manning 1929. Also published as Her Privates We. Pdf download of a transcription, University of Sydney Digital Collection. Considered “as being true to the actual experience of modern warfare in ways that nothing else had managed to be”. [10]
  • Peter Jackson, Cigar Merchant : a Romance of Married Life by Gilbert Frankau Seventh edition 1920. Archive.org. This book "is semi-autobiographical and gives an excellent feel for life as a Kitchener volunteer officer in both the infantry and then the RFA 1914-16… it was also one of the first books to reveal to the general public what Shell Shock was all about. A classic".[11]
  • Novels by Sapper, the non de plume of Herman Cyril McNeile , a writer of war stories that were hailed as realistic revelations of the truth about war. [12] He was the author of the later Bulldog Drummond series. Archive.org.
Men, Women and Guns 1916. Also available in an audio edition.
Sergeant Michael Cassidy, R. E. 1916
The Lieutenant and Others 1916
No Man's Land 1917
  • A novel: Across The Black Waters by Mulk Raj Anand. Reprint edition, possibly 1955, originally published 1940. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. A novel about Indian (Punjabi) soldiers who have crossed the black waters, against all the advice of their forefathers that calamity would befall anyone who went overseas, to join the British and their allies on the Western Front. The author was born in Peshawar in 1905, so was too young for first-hand experience of the war, but the book has a very authentic feel, suggesting that he not only did his research in books but also listened to the stories of older men who came back. He grew up in military cantonments, according to the introduction.[13] Review by Randeep Wadehra, August 6, 2000 The Tribune
  • A novel: The Ravi Lancers by John Masters 1972. Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library. (Only one person at a time is able to borrow, so you may need to wait for the book to be returned. First you must register) . An Indian cavalry regiment is sent to France at the outbreak of the First World War.
  • A novel: Hira Singh: When India Came to Fight in Flanders by Talbot Mundy. Archive.org. Published in Britain as Hira Singh's Tale: When India Came to Fight in Flanders. Serialized in Adventure magazine, October 18 - December 3, 1917. Published in book form 1918. A fictional account of a cavalry regiment taken prisoners of war by the Germans.
  • A romantic novel: The Nurse's Story : In Which Reality Meets Romance by Adele Bleneau 1915 Archive.org. The hero of this romantic novel is a Captain in the Ludhiana Sikhs (page 97). There are suggestions that when it was published the book was considered to be fictionalized memoirs, perhaps not written under the author’s actual name. A film based on the book was made in 1919. The book is from the collection of the US National Library of Medicine, so perhaps is considered to have a realistic nursing background. For a review of this novel scroll if necessary to page 7, 5th column of the Pittsburgh Press (newspaper) dated August 7, 1917.

References

  1. India and the Western Front bbc.co.uk/history
  2. Discovery catalogue
  3. Naval and Military Archive
  4. UK, WWI War Diaries (France, Belgium and Germany), 1914-1920 consisting of WO 95/1096–3948 records. Ancestry.
  5. Australian Imperial Force unit war diaries, 1914-18 War
  6. Great War Forum thread Indian Re-evaluation by David Filsell 17 July 2014
  7. page 66, ‪British Logistics on the Western Front: 1914-1919‬ by Malcolm Brown. quoting end notes 84, 85 WO 95/74 Director of Supplies, War Diary 29 October 1914, 1 November 1914 page 72
  8. Indian infantry unit war diaries go online The National Archives
  9. Larkin, Roy. The Motor-Bus in War. A.M.Beatson , 1918 Historic Military Vehicle Forum 8 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  10. "An outsider at war" by Richard Johnstone 4 June 2012. Inside Story.
  11. charlesmessenger Casemate Books - a question Great War Forum 12 November 2016. Retrieved 2016.
  12. "‘Sapper’ : From Realism to Melodrama", a paper originally delivered at the conference of Les Amis du Roman Populaire in Amiens, in 2014. Great War Fiction. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  13. Liz in Eastbourne. Across the Black Waters by Mulk Raj Anand Great War Forum 3 March 2106. Retrieved 4 March 2016