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====Historical books online====

*''Gazette of india'' and ''Calcutta Gazette'' - for editions published during the war period, see [[Gazette of India and Calcutta Gazette (First World War)‎|separate list]].

*''History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: Military Operations''. See the various Fronts mentioned below.

*''History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: Medical Services; General History'' by G W Macpherson [http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg01macpuoft#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg02macp#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2], [http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg03macp#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 3] includes Egypt and Palestine, [http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg04macp#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 4] includes Mesopotamia, Gallipoli, Salonika, East Africa. Published 1921-1924. Archive.org

:Other books in this series: ''Medical Services: Diseases of the War'' [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicesd01macpuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicesd02macp Volume II]; ''Medical Services: Surgery of the War'' [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicess01macpuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicess02macpiala Volume II]; [https://archive.org/details/191418medicalserv00macpuoft Medical Services: Pathology] 1922-1923 Archive.org

:[https://archive.org/details/memorandaonsomem00greauoft ''Memoranda on some medical diseases in the Mediterranean war area, with some sanitary notes''] HMSO 1916

*''History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b744277?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 Medical Services: Casualties and Medical Statistics of the Great War''] by Major T. J. Mitchell and Miss G. M. Smith. 1931 Hathi Trust Digital Library

*[http://dli.serc.iisc.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 , [[Gallipoli]], [[Salonica and the Balkans (First World War)|the Balkans]], [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)|Egypt and Palestine]], [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]], [[East Africa (First World War)|East Africa]], Italy, North Russia, England and India.

*[http://dli.serc.iisc.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) and chapters on Other Arenas (Part II): The Home Base; the Base in the Levant and Mediterranean [Egypt]; Gallipoli; Salonika; Palestine; Mesopotamia; East Africa; Italy; Russia and Siberia.

*''The War in the Air: being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force''. Volume I by Walter Raleigh 1922. Volumes II-VI by H A Jones 1928-1937. Part of the series ''History of the Great War based on official documents''. [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingst01rale Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto02rale Volume II] (including Gallipoli), [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto03rale Volume III] (inc East Africa), [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto04rale Volume IV], [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto05rale Volume V] (inc Egypt/Palestine, Mesopotamia, Macedonia), [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto06rale Volume VI] (inc Palestine, Mesopotamia, India) Archive.org

*''History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Naval Operations''.Volumes I-III by Sir Julian Stafford Corbett, Volumes IV-V by Henry Newbolt. Published 1920-1931. Archive.org and Hathi Trust (Vol. V): [https://archive.org/details/navaloperations01corb Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/navaloperations00newbgoog Volume II], includes Gallipoli. [https://archive.org/details/navaloperations03corb Volume III] Includes Gallipoli and Mesopotamia. [https://archive.org/details/navaloperations04corb Volume IV] , includes Mesopotamia. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b2985875?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Volume V]. [http://www.naval-history.net/index.htm Naval-History.net] has transcribed editions which additionally contain maps from a separate case for Volumes II and III.

:''History of the Great War based on Official Documents: The Merchant Navy'' by Archibald Hurd 1921-1929. [https://archive.org/details/merchantnav01hurd Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/merchantnavy02hurduoft Volume II], Archive.org. Volume III is available as a transcribed edition on [http://www.naval-history.net/index.htm Naval-History.net]

*''History of the Great War: [https://archive.org/details/principalevents100grea Principal Events, 1914-1918''] compiled by the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. 1922 Archive.org

*[http://www.greatwardiaries.co.uk/library Great War Online British Army Regimental Histories] "Great War Diaries". Links to many online regimental histories.''

*[https://archive.org/details/motorcycle16lond_ ''The Motor Cycle'']. Link is to ''Volume 16'', January to June 1916. Archive.org. Other available online volumes, which for some reason do not appear when searching Archive.org may be seen under Reviews in this link. Mention of Despatch Riders and the Motor Machine Gun Service (MMGS).

*[https://archive.org/details/experiencesofdug00calluoft ''Experiences of a Dug-Out, 1914-1918''], by Major General Sir C E Callwell 1920 Archive.org. The author was appointed to the high ranking role of Director of Military Operations (DMO) at the War Office at the outbreak of the war. [Dug-Out: a retired officer, recalled to employment].

*[https://archive.org/details/cradleofwar00wood ''The Cradle of the War: The Near East and Pan-Germanism''] by Henry Charles Woods 1918 Archive.org

*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/72295 ''Compendium of the More Important Army Order''] 1919. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Full title: ''Compendium of the More Important Orders of the Government of India, Army Department and India Army Orders issued from the 1st August 1914, to the 31st December 1917''

*''Turmoil and Tragedy in India, 1914 and After'' by Lieut.-General Sir George MacMunn 1935 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format. It is catalogued as ''Turmoil The Tragedy In India 1914''. It is also available as [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/177667 a pdf to download from DLI].

*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023223906#page/n185/mode/2up Speech by Lord Chelmsford, Governor General of India] mentioning Anglo-Indian Force - Archive.org

*[https://archive.org/stream/empireatwar035445mbp#page/n3/mode/2up ''The Empire at War Volume V Part IV: India''] by Sir Francis Younghusband Edited for the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Charles Lucas 1926 [https://archive.org/stream/empireatwar035445mbp#page/n7/mode/2up Contents] Archive.org

*[http://hdl.handle.net/10689/12527 ''Role Of Indian Army In The First World War''] by Shyam Narain Saxena 1987 is available as a pdf download from DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library, and is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.

*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ASZvjTV1LdUC&pg=PP1 ''India and the First World War''] by ‪Budheswar Pati 1996‬ Google Books

*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/34652 ''Patiala and the Great War : a brief history of the services of the Premier Punjab State''] 1923. Link to a pdf download. Digital Library of India.

*[http://www.archive.org/stream/firstworldwar19102repiuoft#page/110/mode/2up "Letter from Sir Charles Monroe, C-in-C in India, dated Simla, August 15, 1917"] regarding conditions in India from ''The First World War, 1914-1918, Volume II'', page 110 by Charles Repington 1920 Archive.org

*''United Empire: The Royal Colonial Institute Journal Volume 6 New Series 1915'' Archive.org

**[http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedempire06royauoft#page/20/mode/2up "The Indian Expeditionary Force"] by HT Montague Bell. page 21. Includes a list of Officers killed and wounded.

**[http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedempire06royauoft#page/438/mode/2up "India and the War"], by Lieut.-Colonel Sir Francis Younghusband, page 439

*[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/210/mode/2up ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha''] by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Achive.org, from page 210 describes the author’s service in India during the First World War, including his responsibility for the arrangements for all "enemy subjects" of military age in India, both civilians living in India and prisoners of war from East Africa, Mesopotamia Persia etc . Turkish prisoners were sent to [[Burma]]. Others including the Germans were placed in an interment camp at [[Ahmadnagar|Ahmednagar]], near [[Poona]].

*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Post Office of India in the Great War''] edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n11/mode/2up Contents]

*Despatches on military operations in the Indian Empire since the outbreak of war including Aden, Persia and the North West Frontier ''London Gazette Supplement''s.

**[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29652/supplement/6695 To 9th March 1916] ''LGS'' 4 July 1916; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30360/supplement/11269 To 31st March 1917] ''LGS'' 31 October 1917; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31235/supplement/3585 To 31st May 1918] ''LGS'' 17 March 1919; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32007/supplement/8157 To 30 April 1919] ''LGS'' 5 August 1920

*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31476/supplement/9537 "Despatch: Brief review of the part played by India, including the Native States, in the prosecution of the war"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 25 July 1919

*[http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=7255&page=1&CategoryID=1 ''The Punjab And The War''] compiled by M S Leigh ICS 1922 Panjab Digital Library. This book may also be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.

*''India's Services In The War''. Printed by K D Seth at the Newul Kishore Press, Lucknow 1922. [http://hdl.handle.net/10689/17961 Volume III United Provinces], [http://hdl.handle.net/10689/26822 Volume IV Bengal, Bombay] Pdf downloads from DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library.

*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Default.aspx The British Library digitised manuscripts] include some India Office Records relating to the First World War. A search using the key word India, and adjustment of the dates will locate the documents , or the direct links include

**IOR/L/MIL /17/5/2383 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Ior/l/mil/17/5/2383 ''India’s Contribution to the Great War''] published by authority of the Government of India 1923

** Also see the various campaign pages, mentioned below.

*''The Illustrated War News'', published weekly by the ''Illustrated London News''

**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18333 Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914], [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18334 Number 21, Dec. 30, 1914] gutenberg.org

**New Series: [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar01londuoft ''Volume 1'' from June 14th 1916], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar02londuoft ''Volume 2'' from Sept 6th 1916], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar03londuoft ''Volume 3'' from November 29th 1916], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar04londuoft ''Volume 4'' from Feb 21st, 1917], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar05londuoft ''Volume 5'' from May 16th, 1917], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar06londuoft ''Volume 6'' from August 8th 1917], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar07londuoft ''Volume 7'' from Oct 31st 1917], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar08londuoft ''Volume 8'' from Jan 23rd to April 10th 1918] Archive.org

**Also available to search on [http://www.illustratedfirstworldwar.com illustratedfirstworldwar.com] The entire 1914-19 archives of the ''Illustrated London News'' and the Great Eight Illustrated magazines collection.

*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22War+Illustrated+album+de+luxe%22&sort=-date ''The War illustrated Album de Luxe: The Story of the Great European War told by Camera, Pen and Pencil''] edited by J A Hammerton. 10 volumes, available online, published 1915-1919 Archive.org

*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Story+of+the+Great+War+%29+AND+creator%3A%28Reynolds%29+AND+publisher%3A%28Collier%29&sort=-date ''The Story of the Great War : History of the European War from Official Sources''] edited by Francis J Reynolds et. al. published by Collier, New York, from 1916. All 8 Volumes are available online. Archive.org. Includes: [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarh03churuoft Volume III] (includes the Dardanelles); [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarh04churuoft Volume IV] (includes Mesopotamia); [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarh05churuoft Volume V] (includes Mesopotamia, East Africa); [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarh07churuoft Volume VII] (includes Palestine and Mesopotamia). There is also a related series also called ''The Story of the Great War'', in 16 Volumes, some of which are available online, including [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc04reyniala Volume IV] (includes The Dardanelles) Archive.org; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hwwllq?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume IX] (includes Mesopotamia, East Africa) Hathi Trust; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.319510023316635?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume XIII] (includes Palestine) Hathi Trust.

*''The Great War'' by George H Allen et al. 1915-1921. v. 1. ''Causes of and motives for''.--v. 2. ''The mobilization of the moral and physical forces''.--v. 3. ''The original German plan and its culmination''.--v. 4. ''The wavering balance of forces''. --v. 5. ''The triumph of democracy''. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924088054980 First Volume], [https://archive.org/details/cu31924088054998 Second Volume], [https://archive.org/details/greatwar03alle Third Volume], [https://archive.org/details/cu31924088055011 Fourth Volume], [https://archive.org/details/cu31924088055029 Fifth Volume] Archive.org

*''The Great World War: A History''. General Editor Frank A Mumby. Published 1915-1920. Archive.org

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*''History of the Great War: Medical Services; General History'' by G W Macpherson [http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg01macpuoft#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg02macp#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2], [http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg03macp#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 3] includes Egypt and Palestine, [http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg04macp#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 4] includes Mesopotamia, Gallipoli, Salonika, East Africa. Published 1921-1924. Archive.org

:Other books in this series: ''Medical Services: Diseases of the War'' [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicesd01macpuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicesd02macp Volume II]; ''Medical Services: Surgery of the War'' [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicess01macpuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicess02macpiala Volume II]; [https://archive.org/details/191418medicalserv00macpuoft Medical Services: Pathology] 1922-1923 Archive.org

~~:[https://archive.org/details/memorandaonsomem00greauoft ''Memoranda on some medical diseases in the Mediterranean war area, with some sanitary notes''] HMSO 1916~~

*''History of the Great War: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b744277?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 Medical Services: Casualties and Medical Statistics of the Great War''] by Major T. J. Mitchell and Miss G. M. Smith. 1931 Hathi Trust Digital Library