Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search

First World War

8 bytes removed, 11:05, 3 August 2016
Historical books online
:''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
:[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://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.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://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.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.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Great+Britain.+Munitions%2C+Ministry+of%22&sort=-publicdate ''History of the Ministry of Munitions''] Volumes 1-8, of a 12 volume series, published 1922 by HMSO. Archive.org. Note: Each Volume may consist of a number of different parts, separately numbered, each with its own Contents page. [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100684998 Volumes 10 and 12 ''The Supply of Munitions'', and additional restricted viewing editions] Hathi Trust Digital Library. ''Volume 10'' consists of [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002014525z?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 Guns], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002014525z?urlappend=%3Bseq=109 Gun Ammunition: General], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002014525z?urlappend=%3Bseq=183 Gun Ammunition: Shell Manufacture], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002014525z?urlappend=%3Bseq=311 Gun Ammunition: Explosives], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002014525z?urlappend=%3Bseq=465 Gun Ammunition: Filling and Completing], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002014525z?urlappend=%3Bseq=561 Anti-Aircraft Supplies]. ''Volume 12'' consists of [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002014527v?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 Aircraft], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002014527v?urlappend=%3Bseq=211 Aerial Bombs], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002014527v?urlappend=%3Bseq=247 Tanks], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002014527v?urlappend=%3Bseq=351 Mechanical Transport Vehicles], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002014527v?urlappend=%3Bseq=419 Railway Materials and Ropeways], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002014527v?urlappend=%3Bseq=477 Agricultural Machinery].
**[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008895907 ''Technical records of explosives supply, 1915-1918 no.1-9''] Ministry of Munitions and Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. HMSO 1920-1922. Hathi Trust Digital Library. No.9 is also available on Archive.org.
*[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/secretservice00geor ''Secret Service''] by Major-General Sir George Aston, formerly of the Naval Intelligence Department and the Secretariat of the War Cabinet 1930 Archive.org
*''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://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.ernet.in/handle/2015/177667 a pdf to download from DLI].
*[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://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
*[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://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.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/cu31924023223906#page/n185/mode/2up Speech by Lord Chelmsford, Governor General of India] mentioning Anglo-Indian Force - Archive.org
*[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
29,535
edits

Navigation menu