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Included in the many records held at the National Archives Kew is the series [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C14303 WO 95 - War Office: First World War and Army of Occupation War Diaries].
In addition to '''Battalion''' war diaries, there may be higher level '''Brigade''' and '''Division''' war diaries, which may provide information about Battalions not be found in the relevant Battalion diaries, or some Battalion diaries may not have survived.The vast majority of war diaries for RFA units <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Royal Artillery]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> were kept at the brigade level.<ref> rflory. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/267857-royal-field-artillery/?do=findComment&comment=2714081 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY] ''Great War Forum'' 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.</ref>
Some War Diaries, many of which are '''handwritten''', have been digitised and are available (on a pay basis) online from various sources: from the National Archives through the Discovery catalogue<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk Discovery catalogue]</ref> (download as one file, rather than page by page); from Naval and Military Archive (Western Front only)<ref>[http://www.nmarchive.com/search-the-war-diaries Naval and Military Archive]</ref>, part of Naval & Military Press, which also publishes print and DVD-ROM versions; and through Ancestry which contains two databases "UK, WWI War Diaries (France, Belgium and Germany), 1914-1920" and "UK, WWI War Diaries (Gallipoli and Dardanelles), 1914-1916", containing selected, and at times part, war diaries only.<ref>[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60779 UK, WWI War Diaries (France, Belgium and Germany), 1914-1920] consisting of WO 95/1096–3948 records. However, within this series, there appears to be a further selection of diaries available - not all are included. Also [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60380 UK, WWI War Diaries (Gallipoli and Dardanelles), 1914-1916] consisting of WO 95/4263-4359 records. Similarly, not all diaries within this range may have been included. Ancestry.</ref><ref> stiletto_33853
