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Corps, Munitions, Equipment
*[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.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24628 "Inland Waterways and Docks, Royal Engineers in War Time, with special reference to the mystery port of Richborough (Lecture & Discussion)"] by Captain A E Battle, RE ''Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers'' 1923-1924, pages 104-116. Includes Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia, and brief mention of other theatres of war Egypt, Salonika, East Africa, Italy and Northern Russia. Melbourne University Digital Collection.
*[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]. (Volume 9, ''Review of Munitions Supply'', Volume 11 ''The Supply of Munitions'' -Trench Warfare Supplies, Chemical Warfare Supplies, Optical Munitions and Glassware, Rifles, Machine Guns, Small Arms Ammunition<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/official-history-of-the-ministry-of-munitionsvolume-xi-the-supply-of-munitions/ ''History of the Ministry of Munitions'' Volume XI] naval-military-press.com.</ref>, neither volume generally available onlineon a free basis.):All volumes have been reprinted by Naval & Military Press, which in turn are available as one online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3.<ref>[https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19lC7Nfqxf ''History of the Ministry of Munitions''] fold3 (located in World War2/Military books/Britain)</ref>*:*[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/handgrenadeshand00ainsrich ''Hand Grenades: a Handbook on Rifle and Hand Grenades''] by Major Graham M Ainslie 1917 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/greatmunitionfea00dewarich ''The Great Munition Feat, 1914-1918''] by George A B Dewar 1921 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/doingtheirbitwar00ewarrich ''Doing their Bit: War Work at Home''] by Boyd Cable 2nd impression 1916 (first printed 1916 also) Archive.org. Also see [[Western Front]] for works of fiction by this author.
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