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* ''A History of the Army Ordnance Services, Volume III: The Great War'' by Major General Arthur Forbes 2nd edition 1932, first published 1929. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.274726 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. 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. Volumes 8-9. ''Volume 8 Control of Industrial Capacity and Equipment. Volume 9 Review of Munitions Supply'' [https://archive.org/details/history-ministry-munitions-vol.-8-9 Vol 8], [https://archive.org/details/history-ministry-munitions-vol.-8-9/page/n537/mode/2up Vol 9] Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2NxAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Google Books];''Volume 10 The Supply of Munitions'' [https://archive.org/details/history-ministry-munitions-vol.-10 Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=vdxAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Google Books] ''Volume 10'' consists of Parts 1-6 [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], HathiTrust Digital Library. ''Volume 11 The Supply of Munitions'' Parts 1-6 [https://archive.org/details/history-ministry-munitions-vol.-11/page/n5/mode/2up Trench Warfare Supplies], [https://archive.org/details/history-ministry-munitions-vol.-11/page/n151/mode/2up Chemical Warfare Supplies], [https://archive.org/details/history-ministry-munitions-vol.-11/page/n271/mode/2up Optical Munitions and Glassware], [https://archive.org/details/history-ministry-munitions-vol.-11/page/n433/mode/2up Rifles], [https://archive.org/details/history-ministry-munitions-vol.-11/page/n509/mode/2up Machine Guns], Small Arms Ammunition [https://archive.org/details/history-ministry-munitions-vol.-11 /page/n541/mode/2up Small Arms Ammunition] Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=mtxAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 Google Books]; ''Volume 12 The Supply of Munitions'' [https://archive.org/details/history-ministry-munitions-vol.-12 Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ptxAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Google Books] ''Volume 12'' consists of Parts 1-6 [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], HathiTrust Digital Library.
:All volumes have been reprinted by Naval & Military Press, and it is believed that all are included in the [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19lC7Nfqxf one online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3], of 7364 digital pages (located in Military Books/Britain).
:*[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1918_Directory_of_Manufacturers_in_Engineering_and_Allied_Trades ''1918 Directory of Manufacturers in Engineering and Allied Trades''] from ''Grace's Guide to British Industrial History''. A list of manufacturers who had undertaken contracts and sub-contracts for the manufacture of munitions of war - compiled by the Department of Engineering, Ministry of Munitions. Includes [https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1918_Directory_of_Manufacturers_in_Engineering_and_Allied_Trades:_National_Factories ''National Factories'']. Also known as Government, or HM Factories.
