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*''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]
:Books by E. Keble Chatterton, late Lieutenant-Commander RNVR : [https://archive.org/details/qshipstheirstory00chatter ''Q-Ships and their Story''] 1923 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship Q-ship] Wikipedia. Q-Ships were armed ships, originally merchant ships, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015074797567?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Danger Zone; the Story of the Queenstown Command''] 1934 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b742756?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Seas of Adventures: the Story of the Naval Operations in the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Aegean''] [1914-1918] 1936 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also see [[Gallipoli]] and [[East Africa (First World War)]].
*[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 on the archive.org page. Mention of Despatch Riders and the Motor Machine Gun Service (MMGS).
*[https://archive.org/details/tanksbyrequestwi00swin_0 ''The "Tanks" : (by request, and with permission)''] by Colonel E.D. Swinton, Royal Engineers. 1918. Archive.org. Reprinted from ''The World’s Work'' (a monthly magazine, published in New York).
*[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://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/177667 Pdf 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
