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*[[50th Regiment of Foot#Kent Cyclist Battalion (Territorial Force)| Kent Cyclist Battalion]]
*[[Imperial Service Troops]]. Troops provided by the [[Princely States]]
*[[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories#First World War databases| Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories - First World War databases]]
==External links==
*[https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/home/ 1914-1918-Online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War] is "an English-language virtual reference work on the First World War".
**[http://www.hut-six.co.uk/lists/unitlist.html Great War Regiment List]. If you see a Petition, use your computer's "back to previous page" function. Note, if the website appears to be not operating, use the "View Source" tab at the top of this webpage, to see the URL for this website, then use this URL in the [https://archive.org/web/web.php#forum Internet Archive's Wayback Machine] to obtain an archived version. Currently (2019/10/27) the Search Engines are operating after being inactive for a period. Considered by some to have a superior Search to the CWGC website, but based on the 2011 CWGC database.
*[http://www.crossandcockade.com Cross & Cockade International (CCI)] Journal of the First World War Aviation Historical Society. Cross & Cockade GB was formed in, and published from, 1970 as the British arm of ''Cross & Cockade'' in the USA, which was formed in 1960. The name changed to ''Cross & Cockade International'' when the US society ceased in 1986. In 1986 ''Cross & Cockade'' [USA] amalgamated with/became associated with [https://www.overthefront.com Over the Front], Journal of the League of WWI Aviation Historians, which holds the archives of ''Cross & Cockade'' [USA] 1960-1985. British ''Journals'' are available at the British Library and Imperial War Museums. The IWM catalogue lists the USA ''Journals'' holdings as ''C&C'' Vol 1 1960- Vol 23 1982 (LBY E.J. 5156 but also see LBY E. 45573), ''OTF'' Vol 1 1986- Vol 11 1996 (LBY E.J. 64).
:[https://www.crossandcockade.com/blog.asp?display=200 ''CCI Journal'' Index]. ''CCI Journal''s include a series of articles "Gazetteer of Flying Sites in the UK and Ireland 1912–1920", [httphttps://www.dticcrossandcockade.milcom/dticuploads/aulimp/citations/gsa/2015_216872/216570Vol1to49GazetteerofFlyingSitesIndex.html pdf catalogue detailsfor the Gazetteer articles], together with Index.
:[http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/sargent_roland/cross_and_cockade.html ''C&C'' [USA<nowiki>]</nowiki> Index: Volumes 1-26 1960-1985] missing 5 issues. [http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/sargent_roland/over_the_front.html ''Over the Front'' Index: Volumes 1-16 1986-2001] toto.lib.unca.edu. University of North Carolina at Asheville holds the volumes listed.
*[http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3160/ ''British strategy and oil, 1914-1923''] by Martin William Gibson 2012 PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
*''History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: Military Operations''. See the various '''Fronts''' mentioned above.
*''Life of Lord Kitchener'' by Sir Arthur George 1920. ([https://archive.org/details/lifeoflordkitche01arthuoft/page/n6 Volume I]; [https://archive.org/details/lifeoflordkitche02arthuoft/page/n8 Volume II]); [https://archive.org/details/lifeoflordkitche03arthrich/page/n8 Volume III] Archive.org. He was appointed Secretary of State for War in August 1914 and died in 1916 when the ship HMS Hampshire struck a German mine.
:[https://archive.org/details/tragedyoflordkit00eshe/page/n7 ''The Tragedy of Lord Kitchener''] by Reginald Viscount Esher 1921 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/kitchener00balliala/page/n5 ''Kitchener''] by Brig.-General C R Ballard. A book in the series ''Private Lives Library''. Probably a 1936 reprint, originally published 1930. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/momentsofmemoryr011518mbp/page/n9 ''Moments of Memory: Recollections and Impressions''] by Herbert Asquith 1938. Archive.org. The author was the son of H H Asquith who was Prime Minister of Great Britain at the commencement of the war until December 1916. Contains chapters about the beginning of the war. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Asquith_(poet) Herbert Asquith (poet)]
*''War Memoirs of David Lloyd George''. New edition 1938. [https://archive.org/details/warmemoirsvolume035284mbp Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.527708 Volume II] Archive.org. Originally published in 6 volumes 1933-1937. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.172878 I]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.172812 II]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80059 III]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80060 IV]; V not available online; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.459578 VI]. Archive.org. USA edition (volumes split slightly differently) [https://archive.org/details/warmemoirsofdavi00lloy/page/n7 1914-1915], [https://archive.org/details/warmemoirsofdavi00lloy_0/page/n7 1915-1916], [https://archive.org/details/warmemoirsofdavi00lloy_1/page/n7 1916-1917], [https://archive.org/details/warmemoirsofdavi00lloy_2/page/n7 1917], [https://archive.org/details/warmemoirsofdavi00lloy_3/page/n7 1917-1918], [https://archive.org/details/warmemoirsofdavi00lloy_4/page/n5 1918] Archive.org. It is stated elsewhere that the new edition is complete and unabridged apart from essential revisions. David Lloyd George was Prime Minister of the UK 1916-1922.
*''True Stories of the Great War. Tales of Adventure-Heroic Deeds-Exploits Told by the Soldiers, Officers, Nurses, Diplomats, Eye Witnesses''. Edited by Francis Trevelyan Miller 1917. In six volumes: [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre01mill/page/n6 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre0000unse/page/n3 Vol. II], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre03mill/page/n6 Vol. III], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre04mill/page/n6 Vol. IV], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre05mill/page/n6 Vol. V], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre06mill/page/n5 Vol. VI]. All Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/manyfronts0000free/page/n5 ''Many Fronts''] by Lewis R Freeman 1918. Archive.org. Stories and sketches which originally had appeared in several magazines. Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_R._Freeman Lewis R. Freeman] Wikipedia. The author was a war correspondent 1915-1917.
*[https://archive.org/details/notebookofattach01wood/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Note-book of an Attaché; seven months in the war zone''] by Eric Fisher Wood 1915 Archive.org. Some of the images may be better in [https://archive.org/details/cihm_990872/mode/2up this 2nd version] Archive.org. The author was studying in Paris at the outbreak of war, and became Attaché at the American Embassy in Paris under Ambassador Myron Herrick. The American Embassy became responsible for German subjects remaining in France. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fisher_Wood Eric Fisher Wood] Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/myfouryearsinger00gera/page/n5 ''My four years in Germany''] by James W Gerard, late [USA] Ambassador to the German Imperial Court. 1917 Archive.org. He arrived in Belin late 1913.
*[https://archive.org/details/englishwifeinber0000bluc/page/n9 ''An English Wife in Berlin: a private memoir of events, politics, and daily life in Germany throughout the war and the social revolution of 1918''] by Evelyn, Princess Blücher 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/wardiaryofsquare00mgrich/page/n5 ''The War Diary of a Square Peg. With a Dictionary of War Words''] by Maximilian A Mügge. 1920 Archive.org. A British citizen of the group subsequently called in the newspapers "enemy alien Britons", he volunteered for the Army, hoping for his language skills to be utilised but was initially appointed as a Private in an Infantry regiment. However, as an enemy alien Briton, he was soon transferred to a non-combatant corps (N C C) where conscientious objectors were usually sent, with which he served in France for a few months, where NCCs were not well regarded. He was soon transferred again to an Infantry Works Battalion in England which he calls “a political concentration camp” where the majority of the men were conscripts of enemy alien parentage, in spite of being British born, or naturalised citizens. He details the situation of these enemy alien Britons - most suffered discrimination.
*[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].
*''The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à Court Repington'' 1920. [An autobiography]. [https://archive.org/details/firstworldwar01repi Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/firstworldwar19100repi Volume II] Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_à_Court_Repington Charles à Court Repington] 1858-1925. Wikipedia. The author was a former British Army officer who was military correspondent for ''The Times'' 1904–1918, who had many influential contacts with officers in the Army's highest ranks.
*[https://archive.org/details/myfouryearsinger00gera/page/n5 ''My four years in Germany''] by James W Gerard, late [USA] Ambassador to the German Imperial Court. 1917 Archive.org. He arrived in Belin late 1913.
*[https://archive.org/details/russiasagony00wilt/page/n9 ''Russia's Agony''] by Robert Wilton, correspondent of ''The Times'' at Petrograd. 2nd Impression 1918. Archive.org. He was also the author of [https://archive.org/details/lastdaysofromano00wilt/page/n5 ''The last days of the Romanovs from 15th March, 1917''] 1920 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/warandrevolutio01gurkgoog ''War and Revolution in Russia, 1914-1917''] by General Basil Gourko 1919 Archive.org. First published 1918 as ''Memories and Impressions of War and Revolution in Russia, 1914-1917'' by Vladimir Iosifovich Gurko.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120825165603/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/NewsMedia/I_Was_There_01.htm ''The Great War…I Was There! Undying Memories of 1914-1918''] (a description greatwardifferent.com, archived) edited by Sir John Hammerton originally published in 51 weekly parts 1938-39, (first appearing around the 20th anniversary of the end of the war), and also published in a three volume edition, 2020 pages (v. 1. August 4, 1914, to July 1, 1916; v. 2. July 4, 1916, to October 22, 1917; v. 3. Oct. 1917 to Jan. 1919 (Amalgamated Press)), the latter available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001581634 . There was also a four volume reprint by Waverley.
:The weekly magazines are available as a database on the pay website [[findmypast]], titled [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/britain-the-great-war-i-was-there Britain, The Great War, I Was There] located in Armed Forces & Conflict/First World War, which advises the 51 editions ran from 29 September 1938 to 19 September 1939. To browse the pages, do not use a Search term but click on the Search icon, when a series of 1186 pdf images, (each of two pages), will be displayed in image order. From any image you can navigate to the next image, or the previous image. (This function is located near the top of the findmypast webpage, not near the actual image). Part 1 consists of 29 images, perhaps larger than the average, if in fact all issues are included.
:Some of the weekly issues (Parts 1-41, (for the period to 23 April 1918) and Part 46 (Sept-Oct 1918) are available on the Library subscription website "The First World War" by Adam Matthew Digital, module "Personal Experiences", see [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories#First World War databases| Subscription websites - First World War databases]] for details of this database. To locate this publication, it is classified as a "Printed Book" and it appears in five separate listings, the editions to Part 41 in four listings and Part 46 as a separate listing. The British Library is listed on the database website as a Participating Library. Card holders of the State Library of NSW can access The First World War: Personal Experiences module on their home computers.
*Not currently available online: ''History of the First World War'' published by Purnell c 1969-1970 (editor Barrie Pitt) also known as ''Purnell’s History of the First World War''. Published as a series of 128 weekly magazines, with 8 volume binders, and available at the British Library UIN: BLL01009938748. Also appears to have been reprinted in 8 Volumes 1970-71 (example [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=uQQMAQAAIAAJ Volume 8] Google Books snippet)
*[https://archive.org/details/conscriptioncons00grahrich/page/n5 ''Conscription and Conscience; a History, 1916-1919''] by J W Graham 1922 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/conscriptioncons00grah/page/n5 1971 reprint edition] with a new introduction. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/consciencepoliti0000raej/page/n5 ''Conscience and Politics; the British Government and the Conscientious Objector to Military Service, 1916-1919''] by John Rae 1970 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/cihm_990873/page/n35/mode/2up "The British Postal Censorship"] Chapter III, page 18 ''The Note-book of an Intelligence Officer'' by Eric Fisher Wood 1917 Archive.org:[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100007658957.0x000002 ''The London Censorship 1914-1919''] by members of the staff past and present. Great Britain. Postal Censor's Department. [London, 1920] , British Library Digital Collection.
*[http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:Everything:SLV_VOYAGER726701 ''Digger Dialects : a Collection of Slang Phrases used by the Australian Soldiers on Active Service''] by W.H. Downing, late 57th Battalion, AIF. [1919]. State Library of Victoria. Some of the words were probably also used by British and other soldiers.
*[https://archive.org/details/horsewarillustra00galt ''The Horse and the War''] by Captain Sidney Galtrey. Illustrated from drawings by Captain Lionel Edwards and from photographs. 1918 Archive.org
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