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*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2MlSwe-Ef2qOGNiNWMyN2EtZmQyMy00MmUzLWJmMDQtODUyYTQwNGNiNTMw/view?pli=1 The Anglo -Indian Force - WWI] angloburmeselibrary.com
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b72677?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 ''A Short Account of Canteens in the British Army''] by John Fortescue 1928 HathiTrust Digital Library, (possibly not accessible in USA etc). Include WW1, when the organisation was known as the Expeditionary Force Canteen, EFC.
*[https://archive.org/details/wethatwereyoungn00rath/page/n5 ''We That Were Young : a Novel''] by Irene Rathbone, with a preface by E.M. Delafield ; and with a new introduction by Lynn Knight. 1989 reprint, first published 1932. Also reprinted in England in 1988 in the series Virago Modern Classics (no. 306). The author volunteered for war service, working at two YMCA camps in France and as a VAD in London. Her novel draws upon those experiences as well as upon those of a close friend, Ruby Wyld, who worked in a munitions factory. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/threecheersforme0000jack/page/n5 ''Three Cheers for Me: The Journals of Bartholomew Bandy Volume One''] by Donald Jack. Revised edition 1973, original version 1962.
:[https://archive.org/details/itsmeagain00jack ''It’s Me Again: The Journals of Bartholomew Bandy Volume Three''] by Donald Jack 1975. Both Archive.org Lending Library.
→General history of the war, including origins
The Anglo Indian Battery, an Artillery unit which was part of the Anglo Indian Force, served in [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]] and returned to India at the end of the war and was based at Trimulgherry. The Government of India decided the unit should be a permanent part of the forces, but it appears not to have survived the cuts of the post war slump
* ''Britain’s Betrayal In India: The Story of the Anglo-Indian Community'' by Frank Anthony 1960. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.148548 Archive.org version] mirror from Digital Library of India. Chapter VII "World Wars I and II", [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.148548/2015.148548.Britains-Betrayal-In-India#page/n147/mode/2up page 122], includes the Anglo Indian Battery.
==At sea==
During the First World War ships of the [[Bombay Marine|Royal Indian Marine]] carried troops and other war stores from India to Egypt, Mesopotamia and East Africa. When mines were detected off the coasts of Bombay and Aden during the First World War, the Royal Indian Marine went into action with a fleet of minesweepers, patrol vessels and troop carriers. The Royal Indian Marine also played a leading role in landing troops in Mesopotamia and their small river craft did very useful work on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.<ref>Abstract of a paper "Royal Indian Marine in the First World War" by Kalesh Mohanan presented at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140610091810/http://www.indiaww1.in/Conference.pdf ''India And The Great War'' Conference] at The United Service Institution of India, New Delhi: 5-7 March 2014, now an archived webpage</ref>
*[httphttps://archive.org/streamdetails/dli.ernet.523452/merchantadventu00hookgoog#page/n8n5/mode/2up ''Merchant Adventurers, 1914-1918''] by F. A. Hook 1920 Archive.org. A "compilation of the war records of the P. and O., British India and associated lines." Unfortunately the file is lacking the illustrations which should be in the bookare of poor quality. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100000058408.0x000002 British Library digital file], with better quality illustrations, which may be rotated. A different digital file: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/523452 Pdf download], Digital Library of India.
*[http://1915crewlists.rmg.co.uk Crew Lists of the British Merchant Navy-1915] National Maritime Museum rmg.co.uk. The crews originated from all over the world and on some vessels the British nationals were in a minority.
*Also see [[Royal Navy]], which also includes some information about the Merchant Navy.
:Details of Red Cross work may be found in the 1921 HMSO publication of 823 pages: ''Reports by the Joint War Committee and the Joint War Finance Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England on voluntary aid rendered to the sick and wounded at home and abroad and to British prisoners of war 1914–1919, with appendices'', now available in a reprint<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/voluntary-aid-rendered-to-the-sick-and-wounded-at-home-and-abroad-and-to-british-prisoners-of-war-1914-1919/ ''Reports by the Joint War Committee and the Joint War Finance Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England on voluntary aid rendered to the sick and wounded at home and abroad and to British prisoners of war 1914–1919, with appendices''] Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> edition, which in turn is available to read online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, refer Historical books online below.
*[http://fau.quaker.org.uk The Friends Ambulance Unit] was set up by Quakers in the UK during World War I. The personnel records from this service are now available to search online. Library of the Religious Society of Friends, London, NW1.
*[http://museumstjohn.org.uk Museum of the Order of St John], Clerkenwell, London, EC1. The Museum contains an Archive which includes First World War holdings. The website also includes links to online editions of [http://museumstjohn.org.uk/research/st-john-archive/ ''First Aid. The Independent Journal for the Ambulance and Nursing Services''] (scroll down). Journals , with additions from 1912 1896 to 19201957. The actual online journals are held on the website issuu.com, together with some other publications.
== Related articles ==
*[http://www.military-researcher.co.uk/KingsRegs1912/Para392Introduction.html A Guide to WW1 Causes of Discharge - Paragraph 392 of King's Regulations 1912]
*[https://warrecordsrevealed.com War Records Revealed]. British, Commonwealth and other military records. Information about various categories of records and medals, especially relating to WW1.
*[http://www.hut-six.co.uk/GreatWarcgi-bin/ searchWW1.php Geoff's WW1 and WW2 IndexSearch Engine]. Includes**[http://www.hut-six.co.uk/lists/unitlist.html Great War Regiment List]. If you see Also includes 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 WW2 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=262 ''CCI Journal'' Index up to Vol. 50] and [https://www.crossandcockade.com/blog.asp?category=14 Recent Journals]. ''CCI Journal''s include a series of articles "Gazetteer of Flying Sites in the UK and Ireland 1912–1920", [https://www.crossandcockade.com/uploads/Vol1to49GazetteerofFlyingSitesIndex.pdf catalogue details for the Gazetteer articles], together with Index.
:Some other volumes in the ''Official History'' series appear below in following sections.
*''The London Gazette'' [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/awards-and-accreditation/content/100079 World War 1 despatches]. Links to all the military despatches from commanders-in-chief. thegazette.co.uk.
*[httphttps://www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/WWIwwi/prologue/default/index.html#tab_1 US Army Centre of Military History online books/World War One Era], then select Presentations and Papers **[https://www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/wwi/historical_resources/default/hr-sec01.html ''United States Army In The World War'' (17 Volumes)] , together with ''General orders of the AEF''. Links to Pdf downloads. [https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/collect/oob_us_lf_wwi_1917-1919.html Alternative link]**[https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/collect/oob_us_lf_wwi.html ''Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War'' (3 Volumes, volume 3 in 3 Parts, total 5 Volumes/Parts) ]. 5 Volumes set appears to relate to the 1988 reprint editions. Links to Pdf downloads. and ''[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%28Order+of+Battle+of+the+United +States Army In The +Land+Forces+in+the+World +War'' (17 Volumes)%29&sort=-publicdate Archive. Links org Books to Pdf downloadsBorrow collection]. 4 of the 5 Parts. Missing Volume 3, Part 2.: ''Order of Battle'' (4 volumes) are available to read online at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000440953 HathiTrust Digital Library]. These are original volumes and appear to be a complete set, with Volume 3 in two Parts. The four volume complete set is also available [https://archive.org/search?query=%22Order+of+Battle+of+the+United+States+Land+Forces+in+the+World+War+%22&sort=date Archive.org].
*[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1069749/ ''Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918'']. 12 Volumes include Gallipoli, France, Sinai and Palestine. Australian War Memorial. Volumes III-VIII are available on Archive.org, see the various Fronts for details.
*[http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/index-eng.asp ''Official History of The Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914-1919''] Scroll to various volumes. Canadian Forces website.
====General history of the war, including origins====
*[https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict0000herw/page/n5/mode/2up ''Biographical Dictionary of World War I''] by Holger H Herwig and Neil M Heyman 1982. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%28Chronology+of+the+War%29+AND+creator%3A%28+Ministry+of+Information%29 ''Chronology of the War. Issued under the auspices of the Ministry of Information''] Three volumes for the period 1914-1919, published 1918-1919-1920, and a volume of Maps published 1918. Archive.org
*''History of the Great War: [https://archive.org/details/principalevents100grea Principal Events, 1914-1918''] compiled by the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. 1922 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/statisticsofmili00grea ''Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire during the Great War, 1914-1920''] The War Office HMSO 1922. [https://archive.org/stream/statisticsofmili00grea#page/n5/mode/2up Contents] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/worldwarshortacc00fieb ''The World War: a Short Account of the Principal Land Operations on the Belgian, French, Russian, Italian, Greek and Turkish Fronts''] by Colonel G J Fiebeger 1921 Archive.org.
:[http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll7/id/866 ''Atlas'' to accompany ''The World War: a Short Account...''] Link to pdf download, Combined Arms Research Library [CARL] Digital Library [USA].
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015013496032?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''A Guide to the Military History of the World War, 1914-1918''] by Thomas G Frothingham, Captain U. S. Reserves. 1921 HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available [https://archive.org/details/frothingham-thomas-g.-a-guide-to-the-millitary-history-of-the-world-war/page/n3/mode/1up Archive.org] (different file). Also see [[First World War#Naval|Naval]] below, for further books by this author, who was a Captain in the U.S. Army during WW1.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica20chic/page/957/mode/1up ''Who's Who in America 1938'' page 957]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.</ref>
*''A Military History of the World War'' by Colonel C R Howland, Infantry US Army. 1923. Volume I contains the Narrative. Volume II contains the Maps. Based on a series of lectures. [https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo00howl_1/page/n5 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo00howl/page/n1 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo02howl/mode/2up Vol. II 2nd file] Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/militaryatlasoff00arth/page/n9 ''A Military Atlas of the First World War''] by Arthur Banks 1975 Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.458869 ''A History of the Great War 1914-1918''] by CRMF Cruttwell 1934 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81643 2nd Edition, with additions and corrections, 1940/(1936)] [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.81643/2015.81643.A-History-Of-The-Great-War-1914-1918-Edition-Ii#page/n673/mode/2up Index] Archive.org. Considered to provide "a good overview, although a little outdated".<ref name=Cru/>
:[https://archive.org/details/roleofbritishstr035460mbp ''The Role Of British Strategy In The Great War''] by CRMF Cruttwell 1936 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.176613/page/n1/mode/2up ''Vain Glory. A miscellany of the Great War 1914-1918 written by those who fought in it on each side and on all fronts''] edited with an Introduction by Guy Chapman 1937 Archive.org. Also available [https://archive.org/details/vainglory0000guyc/mode/2up 1968 reprint edition] Archive.org Texts to Borrow.
*[https://archive.org/details/firstworldwar00tayl/page/n1 ''The First World War : an Illustrated History''] by A J P Taylor. 1980? edition, originally published 1963. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Also see his book above ''War by Time-Table''.
*[https://archive.org/details/greatwar0000barn_t8c8/mode/2up ''The Great War''] by Correlli Barnett 1979. [https://archive.org/details/greatwar0000barn 2003 edition] with a new introduction by John Terraine. Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/economicsocialhi07carn_0 ''An Economic Chronicle of the Great War for Great Britain & Ireland 1914-1919. With a Supplement dealing briefly with the years 1920, 1921 and 1922''] by N B Nearle 1929 Archive.org. A book in the series ''Economic And Social History Of The World War British Series''. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
*[https://archive.org/details/economicsocialhi09carn_0 ''The Consequences of the War to Great Britain''] by Francis W Hirst 1934 Archive.org. A book in the series ''Economic And Social History Of The World War British Series''. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
*[https://archive.org/details/lifesince19000000unse/page/n7/mode/2up ''Life since 1900''] by Charles Furth 1956 Archive.org. Includes the First World War period. (Date of publication incorrectly cataloged as 1911).
*[https://archive.org/details/delugebritishsoc0000marw ''The Deluge : British Society and the First World War''] by Arthur Marwick. 1970 edition, first published 1965. [https://archive.org/details/delugebritishsoc00marw 2nd file] Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/enemyinourmidstg0000pana/mode/2up ''The enemy in our midst : Germans in Britain during the First World War''] by Panikos Panayi 1991. Archive.org Books to Borrow.
*[https://archive.org/details/impactsofwar19140000terr/mode/2up ''Impacts of War 1914 and 1918''] by John Terraine. Revised edition 1993, first published 1970. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. For more online books by John Terraine, see under Naval, below, and see [[Western Front]].
*[https://archive.org/details/mythslegendsoffi0000hayw_q5b8/mode/2up ''Myths & Legends of the First World War''] by James Hayward 2002. [https://archive.org/details/mythslegendsoffi0000hayw/mode/2up 2010 reprint edition] Archive.org Books to Borrow.
*[https://archive.org/details/backinblightybri0000degr/mode/2up ''Back in Blighty : the British at Home in World War One''] by Gerard DeGroot 2014. A fully revised and updated edition of ''Blighty'' 1996. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/meetingenemyhuma0000vane/mode/2up ''Meeting the enemy : the human face of the Great War''] by Richard Van Emden 2013. [https://archive.org/details/meetingenemyhuma0000vane_y6p8/mode/2up 2nd file, 2014 edition]. Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Includes the experiences in Germany, of British citizens at the beginning of the war, and treatment in the UK of persons of German origin. Some men were enlisted in, or transferred to, the Middlesex Regiment, or Infantry Labour Companies (ILCs).
*[https://archive.org/details/thewarpensionsallow00hoggrich ''War Pensions and Allowances''] by J. M. Hogge and T. H. Garside 1918 Archive.org
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100000058387.0x000002 ''The Military Service Act : fully and clearly explained''] by Philip Snowden. 1916? British Library Digital file.
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3474719 "British Emergency Legislation during the Present War"] by Ludwik Ehrlich ''California Law Review'' Vol. 5, No. 6 (Sep., 1917), pp. 433-451 (19 pages). [https://archive.org/details/britishemergency00ehrlrich/page/n1/mode/2up Reprint edition] Archive.org
:[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3473871 "British Emergency Legislation"] by H. Geraldine Lester ''California Law Review'' Vol. 7, No. 5 (Jul., 1919), pp. 323-339 (17 pages). Legislation from April 1917 to December 1918. Both jstor.org
:[https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22World+War+1914-1918+--+Law+and+legislation+Great+Britain%22&sort=title Titles including ''Manual of Emergency Legislation'', ''Supplements'', ''Defence of the Realm Manual'' (up to 7th edition 1919)] 1914-1919. Archive.org
: Some (but seemingly not all) legislation (text of Acts) is available at [https://www.legislation.gov.uk legislation.gov.uk], with Military Service Acts in ''Public General Acts 1917-1918'', [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.91501/page/12/mode/2up Chapter 12, page 13] and ''1918'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211062/page/n17/mode/2up Chapter 5, page 7] HMSO. Archive.org
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044080709587?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Ministry of National Service, 1917-1919: Report upon the Medical Department of the Ministry of National Service''] 1920 HMSO. HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/report-medical-dept-mnat-service/page/n3/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. The Medical Department conducted the examinations of all men of Military Age called up for Medical Examination under the Military Service Acts.
:Other books in this series: ''Medical Services: Diseases of the War'' [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicesd01macpuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicesd02macp Volume II]; ''Medical Services: Surgery of the War'' [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicess01macpuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/medicalservicess02macpiala Volume II]; [https://archive.org/details/191418medicalserv00macpuoft Medical Services: Pathology] 1922-1923 Archive.org. ''Medical Services: Hygiene of the War'', 1923, published by HMSO, [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kB4hAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 Vol. I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=mB4hAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 Vol. II] Google Books, [https://archive.org/details/hygiene-war-vol-1/page/n5/mode/2up Vol. I], [https://archive.org/details/hygiene-war-vol-2/page/n5/mode/2up Vol. II] Archive.org mirror versions.
:[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b744277?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Medical Services: Casualties and Medical Statistics of the Great War''] by Major T. J. Mitchell and Miss G. M. Smith. 1931 HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/casualties-medical-statistics-gw/page/n5/mode/2up Archive.org version].
:[https://wellcomecollection.org/works/txemf8zp ''Veterinary Services''] edited by Sir L.J. Blenkinsop and J.W. Rainey HMSO 1925, catalogue link to file. [https://wellcomecollection.org/works/txemf8zp/items File] wellcomecollection.org. Also available [https://archive.org/details/veterinary-services-1925/page/n5/mode/2up Archive.org]
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28medicine%29+AND+title%3A%28The+Medical+Department+of+the+United+States+Army+in+the+World+War%29&sort=-date ''The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War''] Archive.org. A series of 15 Volumes, some with 2 Parts, and 1 Supplement, total c 19 volumes. Also included in the link is a book about the US Navy Medical Department.
*[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1069748/ ''Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services, 1914–1918''] in three volumes. Australian War Memorial. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211415 ''Volume III''] ''Special Problems and Services'' 1943. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211415/page/n627 Pages 567-571] cover Australian nurses in India.
==== Corps, Munitions, Equipment, Railways etc.====
*[https://archive.org/details/businessofwar00marc/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Business of War''] by Isaac F Marcosson 1918. Archive.org. The Quartermaster General (QMG) of the British Army and the Army Service Corps.
* ''The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume II'' by Colonel R H Beadon 1931. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284463 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. 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.
:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b72677?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 ''A Short Account of Canteens in the British Army''] by John Fortescue 1928 HathiTrust Digital Library, (possibly not accessible in USA etc). Also available [https://archive.org/details/canteensbritisharmy/page/n13/mode/2up Archive.org]. Includes WW1, when the organisation was known as the Expeditionary Force Canteen, EFC. It appears that at least in the later years of WW1, Canteen personnel were either Army Service Corps personnel, or were administered by the ASC. Medals awarded were inscribed Canteens.
* ''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.
*Tanks
:[https://archive.org/details/tanksbyrequestwi00swin_0 ''The "Tanks" : (by request, and with permission)''] by Colonel E.D. Swinton, Royal Engineers. 1918. Archive.org. Reprinted from ''The World’s Work'' (a monthly magazine, published in New York).
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.77218/page/n7/mode/2up ''Memoirs of an Unconventional Soldier''] by Major-General J F C Fuller 1936 Archive.org. During WW1 Fuller was Chief of the General Staff of the Tank Corps. His fight for Tanks during and after the war.
:[https://archive.org/details/tankpioneers0000mack/mode/2up ''The Tank Pioneers''] by Kenneth Macksey 1981 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:There are additional online Tank books linked on the page [[Western Front#Tanks|Western Front-Historical books online-Tanks]].
*[https://archive.org/details/railway-manual-war-1914/page/n13/mode/2up ''Railway Manual (War) 1911 (Reprinted, with amendments, 1914)''] (120/Mobn./264) Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishrailwaysw00mcke ''British Railways and the War''], by F. A. McKenzie 1917 Archive.org
====In the Air====
*''The War in the Air: being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force''. Volume I by Walter Raleigh 1922. Volumes II-VI and Appendices by H A Jones 1928-1937. Part of the series ''History of the Great War based on official documents''. [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingst01rale Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto02rale Volume II] (including Gallipoli), [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto03rale Volume III] (inc East Africa), [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto04rale Volume IV], [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto05rale Volume V] (inc Egypt/Palestine, Mesopotamia, Macedonia), [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto06rale Volume VI] (inc Palestine, Mesopotamia, India) . [https://archive.org/details/war-air-v7/page/n7/mode/2up ''Appendices'' [Volume VII<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Archive.org. Includes Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).: There is also Volume VII ''Appendices'' which is appears to be included in the online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 *[https://wwwarchive.fold3.comorg/browse/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19D4-PNLxP search?query=title%3A%28%22The%20Great%20War%20in%20the%20Air%22%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Middleton%29 ''The Great War in the AirVolumes 1-4''] which appears to consist of all seven volumes, (located in Military Books/Britain). Volume VII is also available to Search on [https://catalog.hathitrustby Edgar Middleton 1920 Archive.org/Record/000440546 HathiTrust Digital Library].
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022541482.0x000002 ''The Work and Training of the Royal Flying Corps''. [With illustrations<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. Published by authority of the Royal Flying Corps [1918]. British Library Digital collection. The images are rotatable.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022556809.0x000002 ''Royal Flying Corps ... Military Wing. Casualties and Honours during the war of 1914-17'']. Compiled by Captain G. L. Campbell ... assisted by R. H. Blinkhorn. 1917. British Library Digital collection. [https://archive.org/details/casualties-honours-rfcmilw/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/details/TheUSAirServiceInWWIVol1 ''The U S Air Service in WWI''] Volume 1, with links to 3 other volumes. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/aircraftinwar00brucuoft ''Aircraft in War''] by Eric Stuary Bruce 1914 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/heroicrecordofbr00hurd ''The Heroic Record of the British Navy; a Short History of the Naval War, 1914-1918''] by Archibald Hurd and H H Bashford 1919 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofroyalna0000bowe/page/n5/mode/2up ''History of the Royal Naval Reserve''] by Frank C Bowen 1926 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. WW1 period commences around [https://archive.org/details/historyofroyalna0000bowe/page/102/mode/2up page 104].
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89100004282?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 ''Britain's Sea Soldiers. A Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919'']. Compiled by General Sir H. E. Blumberg, Royal Marines 1927. HathiTrust Digital Library. May be unavailable in USA etc. Also available on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 as an [https://wwwarchive.fold3.comorg/details/sea-soldiers/page/browsen15/251mode/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19Nw8lk2wk online 2up Archive.org mirror version] (located in Military Books.*Submarines:[https://archive.org/details/submarinesmines00domv/page/n7/mode/Britain2up ''Submarines, mines and torpedoes in the first war''] by Charles W Domville-Fife 1914 Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/journalofsubmari0000fors/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Journal of two books with Submarine Commander von Forstner''] translated from the same titleGerman by Mrs Russell Codman 1917. An abridged translation of a 1916 book by Georg-Günther Freiherr(n) von Forstner, commander of a Naval the first German U-boat. Archive.org. & Military Press reprint[https://archive.org/details/journal_submarine_commander_1101_librivox Librivox recording, English language] Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/alsubootskommand00fors/page/n5/mode/2up ''Als U Boots Kommandant gegen England''] 1916 Archive.org*:[https://archive.org/details/submarineantisub00newbuoft/page/n9 ''Submarine and Anti-submarine''] by Henry Newbolt 1918 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/underperiscope00benn/page/n5/mode/2up ''Under the Periscope''] by Mark Bennett, late Lieut. RNR 1919 Archive.org
:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b16218?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''We Dive at Dawn''] by Lt.-Com. Kenneth Edwards 1941. HathiTrust Digital Library. About Submarines. Missing There is no Contents page, but includes a description of the Illustrations, which gives some idea of the Contents. (Gallipoli etc pages 110-182), and there is an Index at the back of the book. Also available [https://archive.org/details/wediveatdawn0000kenn/page/n9/mode/2up Archive.org Books to Borrow].
:[https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA423241/page/n201/mode/2up Bibliography: Submarines-British WW1] page 200 ''Submarine Warfare in the 20th and 21st Centuries: A Bibliography'' by Michaela Lee Huygen 2003 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/paravaneadventur00corn/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Paravane Adventure''] by L. Cope Cornford [1919]. Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/qshipstheirstory00chatter ''Q-Ships and their Story''] 1923 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship Q-ship] Wikipedia. Q-Ships were armed ships, originally merchant ships, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks.
:[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015074797567?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Danger Zone; the Story of the Queenstown Command''] 1934 HathiTrust Digital Library.
:[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b742756?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Seas of Adventures: the Story of the Naval Operations in the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Aegean''] [1914-1918] 1936 HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available website of [https://pbc.gda.pl/dlibra/publication/20683/edition/29619 Pomeranian Digital Library] at Politechnika Gdańska] / Gdansk University of Technology, Poland (where image format is image/x.djvu).
:Also see [[Gallipoli]] and [[East Africa (First World War)]].
*[https://archive.org/details/raidersofdeep00thom/page/n7/mode/2up ''Raiders of the Deep''] by Lowell Thomas 1928. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://pbc.gda.pl/dlibra/publication/20829/edition/88693/ ''"I. D." New Tales of the Submarine War''] by David Masters 1935 . Pomeranian Digital Library at Politechnika Gdańska (Gdansk University of Technology). (File format[https: application/octet/archive.org/details/submarinewar-stream)1935-masters/page/n7/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. The Foreword says "One of the most inspiring phases of the sea war was the way in which British merchant seamen faced the attacks of German submarines..."
*[https://archive.org/details/pushingwater00dawsrich ''Pushing Water''] by Eric P Dawson, Lieutenant, RNVR. 1918 Archive.org. The Auxiliary Motor Boat Patrol, also known as the Mosquito Fleet.
*''The Dover Patrol, 1915-1917'' by Admiral Sir Reginal Bacon [1918] [https://archive.org/details/doverpatrol1915101baco Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/doverpatrol1915102baco Volume II]. Archive.org. A later edition was published 1932, which although titled [https://archive.org/details/concisestdoverpatrol/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Concise Story of the Dover Patrol''], included much new and additional material. Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/doverpatrolstrai00bennuoft ''The Dover Patrol : the Straits, Zeebrugge, Ostend : including a Narrative of the Operations in the Spring of 1918''] by Jackstaff (J J Bennett) 1919 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/doverduringdarkd00coxorich ''Dover during the Dark Days''] by a "Dug-Out" (Lieut.-Commander Stanley W Coxon RNVR). With contributions by other officers of the Dover Patrol. 1919 Archive.org. A volume in the ''On Active Service'' Series.
*[https://archive.org/details/uboatwars19161940000terr/mode/2up ''The U-Boat Wars, 1916-1945''] by John Terraine. 1989. [https://archive.org/details/uboatwars19161940000terr_a4x8/page/n3/mode/2up File 2, 1990 edition]. Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/truegloryroyalna0000arth_b5n3/mode/2up ''The True Glory : the Royal Navy, 1914-1939''] by Max Arthur 1996. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Personal accounts.
* Naval Intelligence
:[https://archive.org/details/eyesofnavybiogra0000jame/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Eyes of the Navy; a biographical study of Admiral Sir Reginald Hall, K.C.M.G., C.B., LL.D., D.C.L''] by Admiral Sir William James 1955 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/blinkerhallspyma0000rams/mode/2up '''Blinker' Hall, Spymaster : the man who brought America into World War I''] by David Ramsay 2009 edition, first published 2008. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/codebreakerssecr0000wyll/mode/2up ''The Codebreakers : the secret intelligence unit that changed the course of the First World War''] by James Wyllie and Michael McKinley 2015. [https://archive.org/details/codebreakerstrue0000wyll/mode/2up 2016 edition] with title ''Code Breakers''... Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/fishermeninwarti00wood/page/n7 ''Fishermen in War Time''] by Walter Wood (catalogued [1918?]) Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/captiveongermanr00tray ''A Captive on a German Raider''] by F G Trayes 1918. Archive.org The author, who was retiring from [[Thailand|Siam]], was a passenger on a Japanese ship "Hitachi Maru" which was captured by the German "Wolf" on 26 September 1917, two days after leaving Colombo. For more about the "Wolf", see [[Royal Navy]].
*''Reilly : Ace of Spies'' by Robin Bruce Lockhart 1984. Originally published 1967 as ''Ace of Spies''. [https://archive.org/details/reilly00robi Digital book file 1], [https://archive.org/details/reillyaceofspies00lock Digital book file 2] Archive.org Lending Library. The author was the son of Robert Bruce Lockhart above who was one of Sidney Reilly's fellow spies. A television miniseries was made in 1983, based on the book. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reilly,_Ace_of_Spies Reilly, Ace of Spies] Wikipedia.
:[https://archive.org/details/masterspytruesto00vand ''Master Spy : a true story of Allied espionage in Bolshevik Russia''] by Edward Van Der Rhoer 1981. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. About Sidney George Reilly.
*[https://archive.org/details/russianrouletteh0000milt/mode/2up ''Russian roulette : how British spies thwarted Lenin's plot for global revolution''] by Giles Milton 2014, first published 2013. Archive.org Books to Borrow.
*[https://archive.org/details/mysecretservicev00manwrich ''My Secret Service: Vienna--Sophia--Constantinople--Nish--Belgrade--Asia Minor, etc''] by 'The Man Who Dined With the Kaiser' 1916. Archive.org. The author was in Constantinople when the evacuation of Gallipoli was announced. [http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23605620 A press report of the time] indicates the author was a special reporter representing the London ''Daily Mail'', and speculates he was a Dutchman.
*[https://archive.org/details/secretsofgermanw00gravuoft/page/n9 ''The Secrets of the German War Office''] by Dr Armgaard Karl Graves (pseud) and Edward Lyell Fox 2nd printing 1914. Archive.org. "Written by the ghostwriter Edward Lyell Fox, the book contained a fair amount of fairy tales, but was also interspersed with details of Graves’ espionage career in both [German and British] services".<ref>Clarke, Jon. [https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=215688 Book: "The Secrets of the German War Office"] ''Axis History Forum'' 18 May 2015, quoting Thomas Boghardt's book ''Spies Of The Kaiser''. Retrieved 4 October 2019.</ref> [https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/first-world-war/the-kaisers-spy-in-scotland-naval-espionage-before-the-great-war "The Kaiser's Spy in Scotland - Naval Espionage before the Great War"] National Records of Scotland.
*[https://archive.org/details/celebratedspiesf00bart ''Celebrated Spies and Famous Mysteries of the Great War''] by George Barton 1919 Archive.org
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015008844493?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''German spies at bay, being an actual record of the German espionage in Great Britain during the years 1914-1918, comp. from official sources''] by Sidney Theodore Felstead.[1920] HathiTrust Digital Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/likehiddenfirepl00hopk ''Like Hidden Fire : the Plot to bring down the British Empire''] by Peter Hopkirk 1994 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Published in the UK with title ''On Secret Service East of Constantinople: The Great Game and the Great War''.
: Peter Hopkirk was with ''The Times'' of London for nineteen years, as chief reporter and Middle and Far East specialist.
*Also see the various '''Fronts''' mentioned above.
**[https://archive.org/details/illustratedwarne1121lond ''Volume 1'', Nos 1-12. August 12- October 28, 1914] Archive.org. [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18333 Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914], [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18334 Number 21, Dec. 30, 1914] gutenberg.org. [http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll7/id/693 A compilation of issues from October, November and December of 1915]. Link to a pdf download in 5 separate parts. Combined Arms Research Library [CARL] Digital Library [USA].
**New Series: [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar01londuoft ''Volume 1'' from June 14th 1916], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar02londuoft ''Volume 2'' from Sept 6th 1916], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar03londuoft ''Volume 3'' from November 29th 1916], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar04londuoft ''Volume 4'' from Feb 21st, 1917], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar05londuoft ''Volume 5'' from May 16th, 1917], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar06londuoft ''Volume 6'' from August 8th 1917], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar07londuoft ''Volume 7'' from Oct 31st 1917], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar08londuoft ''Volume 8'' from Jan 23rd to April 10th 1918] Archive.org. Publication then appears to have ceased.
**''The Illustrated War News'' is also available to search on [[findmypast]], category "Newspapers & periodicals", and to browse or search on the British Newspaper Archive (both pay websites with the same content). The latter website contains the [http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?newspaperTitle=Illustrated%20War%20News&page=1 date range], and appears to include all/most editions to mid 1916, when the ''New Series'' commenced. ''The Illustrated London News'' is also available on both Findmypast and BNA with a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/illustrated-london-news BNA page] which however currently (1 April 2023) states "not available on British Library and library premises". ''The Tatler'' is similarly also [http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?newspaperTitle=The%20Tatler available from 1901].
*''The War illustrated Album de Luxe: The Story of the Great European War told by Camera, Pen and Pencil'' edited by J A Hammerton, published 1915-1919 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/warillustratedal01hammuoft Vol.1 ''The First Phase'']; [https://archive.org/details/warillustratedal02hammuoft Vol.2 ''The Winter Campaign 1914-1915'']; [https://archive.org/details/warillustratedal03hammuoft Vol.3 ''The Spring Campaign-1915'']; [https://archive.org/details/warillustratedal04hammuoft Vol.4 ''The Summer Campaign -1915'']; [https://archive.org/details/warillustratedal05hammuoft Vol.5 ''The Second Winter Campaign -1915-1916]''; [https://archive.org/details/warillustratedal06hammuoft Vol.6 ''The Spring and Summer Campaign of 1916'']; [https://archive.org/details/warillustratedal07hammuoft Vol.7 ''The Autumn Campaign of 1916'']; [https://archive.org/details/warillustratedal08hammuoft Vol.8 ''Ending the First Three Years'']; [https://archive.org/details/warillustratedal09hammuoft Vol.9 ''The Fourth Year, 1917-18'']; [https://archive.org/details/warillustratedal10hammuoft Vol.10 ''The Last Phase'']
:These volumes appear to have most, but not all, of the content of the weekly periodical [https://web.archive.org/web/20121004223948/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/NewsMedia/WarIllustrated.htm ''The War Illustrated''] (greatwardifferent.com, archived). The weekly magazine numbering system was that 26 weekly editions constituted a Volume (Volume 1 was 26 weekly editions 22 August 1914 to 13 February 1915), and the series continued for 234 issues, or nine volumes to 8 February 1919. It appears that there was republication of these nine volumes. The following is a collection of weekly magazines on a date, not volume, basis:[https://archive.org/details/TWI1914 Aug-Dec 1914], [https://archive.org/details/TWI1915pt1 1915:1], [https://archive.org/details/TWI1915pt2 1915:2], [https://archive.org/details/TWI1916pt1 1916:1], [https://archive.org/details/TWI1916pt2 1916:2], [https://archive.org/details/TWI1917pt1 1917:1](missing one issue), [https://archive.org/details/TWI1917pt2 1917:2], [https://archive.org/details/TWI1918pt1 1918:1], [https://archive.org/details/twi1918pt2 1918:2] (, [https://archive.org/details/twi1919/mode/2up 1919 to 8th February 1919 not available online)]. Also contains the 1st issue of a continuation title ''The New Illustrated''. Archive.org. Available ''The War Illustrated'' available at the [[British Library]] to 8 Feb. 1919, and also as Volumes 8 and 9 UIN: BLL01006815546 . ''The New Illustrated'' (or variant title) appears to have continued to 20 March 1920.*[https://catalog''The Great War. The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict''. "Profusely illustrated". A series of 13 volumes, edited by H. W.hathitrustWilson and J A Hammerton.org/Record/101690197 Volumes 10-13 have title ''The Great War. The Standard History of the AllWorld-Europe Wide Conflict''. Originally published as 272 weekly magazines. [https: //catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101690197 Volumes 1 [to Aug. 1914<nowiki>]</nowiki>, 4 [1915<nowiki>]</nowiki>, 7 [1915-16<nowiki>]</nowiki>, 9 [1917<nowiki>]</nowiki>] full view, and Volumes 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 restricted to North America etc readers. HathiTrust Digital Library, with rotatable pages. [https://digitalrepositoryarchive.org/search?query=%28The+Great+War+The+Standard+History+of+the+All-Europe+Conflict%29&sort=title Archive.org editions to Volume 9]. Volumes 1-13 are also available to read online at [http://find.lib.hku.hk/catalog/r7820x29w record=alma991008293809703414 HKUL ebooks], Volume 13 with includes General Index] . The University of Hong Kong. A series of 13 volumes, edited by H [https://web. Warchive. Wilson and J A Hammerton 1917. "Profusely illustrated" . [org/web/20210306043247/https://thegreatwar.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Great_War:The_Standard_History_of_the_All-Europe_Conflict Details of the publication] with thegreatwar.miraheze.org, now archived.:In 1999 there was a link to a partial transcription 6 volume reprint by Trident Press International of the 13 Volume series under the original title, and also under the title ''The Great War -the Illustrated History of the First World War'' with Volume 1 also titled ''Opening Moves'' and Volume 4''Carnage''. thegreatwar[https://archive.mirahezeorg/details/greatwarstandard0003unse/page/n5/mode/2up 1999 reprint edition of original Volume 3 and Volume 4] Archive.orgBooks to Borrow.*''A Popular History of the Great War'' edited by Sir J A Hammerton c 1933 Archive.org, most from the Public Library of India Collection. A series of six volumes which is an original narrative "embodying the gist of post-war revelations and official documents" (according to the Editors Introduction) but making use of material from the 13 volume series ''The Great War'', see previous entry. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.96728 Vol. 1 1914], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.96729 Vol. 2 1915], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.96730 Vol. 3 1916], [https://archive.org/details/popularhistoryof0004sirj/page/n5/mode/2up Vol. 4 not online1917], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.96731 Vol. 5 1918], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.96732 Vol. 6 Armistice and After]*[https://archive.org/search?query=%22The+Children%27s+Story+of+the+War%22&sort=publicdate ''The Children's Story of the War''] by Sir Edward Parrott. Ten volumes published 1915-1919. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Harper%27s+Pictorial+Library+Of+The+World+War%29&sort=-publicdate ''Harper's Pictorial Library Of The World War''] 1920 Archive.org. Links to 12 volumes. The 12 titles are listed on the [https://archive.org/details/HarpersPictorialLibraryOfTheWorldWarV1 Volume 1] file.
*''The Story of the Great War''. Published by Collier and Son, New York in sixteen volumes. [https://archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarc02reyniala Scroll down to Contents outline]. There is an associated eight volume series, (perhaps condensed to 80%, with fewer illustrations) with some editions titled ''The Story of the Great War. History of the European War from Official Sources. Complete Historical Record of Events to date''. Edited by Francis J Reynolds and Allen L Churchill , published c 1916-1920.
*[https://archive.org/details/quarterlyreview153smitgoog ''The Quarterly Review Volume 223''] , consisting of Nos.442 and 443, published January and April 1915 in London by John Murray. Includes articles on the war , particularly in No.443. Archive.org. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000527329 Hathi Trust Digital Library editions] accessible by those in North America etc.
*''Deeds that Thrill the Empire. True stories of the most glorious acts of heroism of the Empire's soldiers and sailors during the Great War''. Originally published in 1916 in fortnightly editions, described in a [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19160426.2.78 newspaper article] (believed to be 20 editions about 40 pages each), then later published in a two volume, and a five volume set, of c 900 pages in total. See [[Western Front#Collected stories|Western Front - Collected stories]] for online access.
*''Twenty Years After. The Battlefields of 1914-18: Then and Now'', edited by Maj Gen Sir Ernest Swinton, published by George Newnes. A series of 64 weekly editions, also reprinted as three volumes, written by those who had served, with their own photos and biographical accounts, published in the mid-late 1930s, most likely from late 1936. The weekly editions may be accessed (for free) through [https://vickersmg.blog/about/research/twenty-years-after/ Vickers MG Collection and Research Association] website, the actual downloads being available from the Vickers MG Collection page at patreon.com. The emphasis is on the Western Front, although other Fronts are also represented.
*[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 issues are being uploaded to the Patreon.com platform by the Vickers MG Collection and Research Association, and at 1 September 2023 [https://www.patreon.com/vickersmg/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=%23IWasThere Issues 1-22] were available to download as pdfs for free, and more uploads were expected.
: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.
====Those who died====
*''The Bond of Sacrifice: a Biographical Record of all British Officers who fell in the Great War''. :[https://archive.org/details/bondofsacrificeb01clut ''Volume I: August-December 1914''] edited by Colonel L A Clutterbuck, and Commander W T Dooner 1916 Archive.org. (Only two volumes were published, Volume 2 covered the first six months of 1915 and is available in some areas such as North America on the :[https://catalog.hathitrustarchive.org/Recorddetails/bondsacrifice/page/n5/mode/000812123 Hathi Trust Digital Library2up ''Volume II: January-June 1915''])c 1916 Archive.org. Only two volumes were published.: Both volumes are available on [[findmypast]] (pay website).
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022541324.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-2232.3057%2C-181%2C6619.6113%2C3620 ''Officers died in the Great War, 1914-1919'']. London : His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1919. British Library digital file. Also available on [[findmypast]] and Ancestry (pay websites).
*''The Roll of Honour. A biographical record of all members of His Majesty's naval and military forces who have fallen in the war'' by the Marquis De Ruvigny. [https://archive.org/details/rollofhonourbiog01ruvi Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/rollofhonourbiog02ruvi Volume III]. Archive.org. libLib.militaryarchive.co.uk versions, archived at Archive.org. [https://web.archive.org/web/20181009050140/http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Biographical/library/The-Roll-of-Honour-Ruvigny-Volume-II/#/1/zoomed Vol. II], [https://web.archive.org/web/20181009050544/http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Biographical/library/The-Roll-of-Honour-Ruvigny-Volume-IV/#/1/zoomed Vol. IV]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20181009050717/http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Biographical/library/The-Roll-of-Honour-Ruvigny-Volume-V/#/1/zoomed Vol. V]. Originally required The latter three volumes require Flash turned to (still) be installed on - your computer in order to read the volumes, however many no longer have this requirement may still applyapplication. Only published in these five volumes, the majority of the biographies relate to deaths in the early years of the war. Families needed to pay to be included, so entries reflect wealthier service personnel. All volumes are available on the pay websites Ancestry and [[findmypast]].
====Volunteers====
*[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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._Downing W. H. Downing] (Wikipedia) was also the author of ''To the Last Ridge'' 1920 and reprint editions [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=u8d1DwAAQBAJ Sample pages Google Books].
*[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
:[https://archive.org/details/bookofpoemsforbl00bluerich ''A Book of Poems for the Blue Cross Fund (to help horses in war time)''] 1917 Archive.org. Poems about horses.
*[https://archive.org/details/subjectindexofbo00brituoft ''Subject Index of the books relating to the European War, 1914-1918, acquired by the British Museum, 1914-1920''] 1922 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/achecklistliter01meyegoog ''A Check List of the Literature and Other Material in the Library of Congress on the European War''] by Herman H B Meyer 1919 Archive.org
*[http://fsu.digitalpurl.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu%3A110774#page/Front+Cover/modefd/2up FSU_D5227W51914 ''The Child's ABC of the War''] by Geoffrey Whitworth with Pictures by Stanley North 1914. Florida State University Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/childs-abc-war-images/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].*[https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/topic_knitting.html#books Digital Archive of Documents Related to Knitting] contains the following books as pdfs. Scroll down. ''Knitting and Sewing. How to Make Seventy Useful Articles for Men in the Army and Navy'' by Maud Churchill Nicoll. 1918, 209 pages and ''Khaki Knitting Book'' by Olive Whiting 1917, 58 pages. University of Arizona [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/index.html On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics]. ''Knitting and Sewing...'' [https://archive.org/details/knittingsewingho00nico/mode/2up Archive.org version]. ''Khaki Knitting Book'' [https://archive.org/details/khakiknittingboo00whit Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/priscillawarwork00pris ''The Priscilla War Work Book, including directions for knitted garments and comfort kits from the American Red Cross, and knitted garments for the Boy Scout''] 1917 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/krl00394014/page/n5/mode/2up ''Practical instruction in cutting out and making up hospital garments for sick and wounded (approved by the Red Cross Society) : knitted articles and women's apparel including dressmaking (illustrated with sheets of diagrams drawn to scale for practical use)''] by Emily Peek 1914 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/grey-sock-image-01 ''The Grey Sock [Knitting pattern''<nowiki>]</nowiki>] c 1914 Archive.org. "How to Knit a Perfect Sock for a Soldier" (Great War Forum post<ref> knittinganddeath. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/blogs/entry/2756-how-to-knit-a-perfect-sock-for-a-soldier/ How to Knit a Perfect Sock for a Soldier] ''Great War Forum'' blog 29 September 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.</ref>).
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209262/page/n5 ''A Farewell To Arms''] by Ernest Hemingway 1929. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.260286 1932 edition with Introduction by Ford Madox Ford] Archive.org. Set on the Italian Front. One of the twenty most significant novels of the Great War, see ''The Novels of World War I'' by Hager and Taylor, above.
:[https://archive.org/details/hemingwaysfirstw0000reyn/page/n7 ''Hemingway's First War : the Making of A Farewell to Arms''] by Michael S Reynolds 1976. Archive.org Books To Borrow/Lending Library.
: Volumes One and Three in the series ''The Bandy Papers'', or ''The Journals of Bartholomew Bandy''. A series of novels chronicling the exploits of a World War I fighter ace Bartholomew Wolfe Bandy. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bandy_Papers The Bandy Papers] Wikipedia. “The books are noted for their humour and word play, as well as technical and historic accuracy.” [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/donald-jack-3/its-me-again-the-journals-of-bartholomew-bandy-/ Review of Volume Three], the final volume set in the WW1 period, Volume Two being ''That's Me in the Middle''.
*Also see [[Western Front]]
