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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
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2MlSwe-Ef2qOGNiNWMyN2EtZmQyMy00MmUzLWJmMDQtODUyYTQwNGNiNTMw/view?pli=1 The Anglo -Indian Force - WWI] angloburmeselibrary.com
* ''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.
*[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/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://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/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).
*[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%28%22The%20Great%20War%20in%20the%20Air%22%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Middleton%29 ''The Great War in the Air Volumes 1-4''] by Edgar Middleton 1920 Archive.org
*[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].
*[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. [https://archive.org/details/sea-soldiers/page/n15/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*Submarines
:[https://archive.org/details/submarinesmines00domv/page/n7/mode/2up ''Submarines, mines and torpedoes in the war''] by Charles W Domville-Fife 1914 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/journalofsubmari0000fors/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner''] translated from the German by Mrs Russell Codman 1917. An abridged translation of a 1916 book by Georg-Günther Freiherr(n) von Forstner, commander of the first German U-boat. Archive.org. [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://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). [https://archive.org/details/submarinewar-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, [https://books.googleArchive.com.au/books?id=iEMgAAAAMAAJ Snippet Google Books]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.
:In 1999 there was a 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''. [https://archive.org/details/greatwarstandard0003unse/page/n5/mode/2up 1999 reprint edition of original Volume 3 and Volume 4] Archive.org Books 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 1917], [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/ The Vickers Machine GunMG 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.
*[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.
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