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*[https://archive.org/details/cradleofwar00wood ''The Cradle of the War: The Near East and Pan-Germanism''] by Henry Charles Woods 1918 Archive.org
*''British Documents on the Origins of the War, 1898-1914'' edited by G.P. Gooch and Harold Temperley. HMSO 1926-1938. A series of publications in 11 volumes, 2 with 2 parts, 13 in total. [http://diplomatic-documents.org/editions/united-kingdom#80 Details] of the volumes. [https://archive.org/details/britishdocuments00grea Volume 1]; [https://archive.org/details/britishdocuments00grea_0 Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/britishdocuments00grea_1 Volume 3]; [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28British+documents+on+the+origins+of+the+war%29&sort=-publicdate Volumes 4-11] All Archive.org.
*[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 version]. 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://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 version]. 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://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015007039616;view=1up;seq=11 ''Eyewitness. Being Personal Reminiscences of Certain Phases of the Great War, Including the Genesis of the Tank''] by Major-General Sir Ernest D Swinton, R E (Retired) 1933 Hathi Trust Digital Library
*''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]].
*''Turmoil and Tragedy in India, 1914 and After'' by Lieut.-General Sir George MacMunn 1935 is available on the Digital Library of India catalogued as ''Turmoil The Tragedy In India 1914''. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/177667 Pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177667 Archive.org version].*''The Empire at War'' edited for the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Charles Lucas, in five volumes, with a [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1003532 catalogue contents description]. ([http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022549242.0x000002 Volume 1] British Library Digital file; Volume 4 Africa Google Books North America region only, [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DicFAAAAIAAJ A] and [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NdBmAAAAMAAJ B]). Volume 5, 1926, covers WW1 The Mediterranean colonies ; Egypt and Palestine ; Aden ; India ; Ceylon ; Malaya ; China. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=3&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Volume 5], British Library Digital file, [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=7&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Contents] Also available as two pdf downloads from the Digital Library of India : [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/275945 Vol. V 237 pages], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275945 Archive.org version] and [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284274 Vol-vth 574 pages], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284274 Archive.org version].
**[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
