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*[https://archive.org/details/experiencesofdug00calluoft ''Experiences of a Dug-Out, 1914-1918''], by Major General Sir C E Callwell 1920 Archive.org. The author was appointed to the high ranking role of Director of Military Operations (DMO) at the War Office at the outbreak of the war. [Dug-Out: a retired officer, recalled to employment].
*''The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à Court Repington'' 1920. [An autobiography]. [https://archive.org/details/firstworldwar01repi Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/firstworldwar19100repi Volume II] Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_à_Court_Repington Charles à Court Repington] 1858-1925. Wikipedia. The author was a former British Army officer who was military correspondent for ''The Times'' 1904–1918, who had many influential contacts with officers in the Army's highest ranks.
*[https://archive.org/details/russiasagony00wiltwarmemories00croyuoft/pagemode/n9 ''Russia's Agony''] by Robert Wilton, correspondent of ''The Times'' at Petrograd. 2nd Impression 1918. Archive.org. He was also the author of [https://archive.org/details/lastdaysofromano00wilt/page/n5 ''The last days of the Romanovs from 15th March, 1917''] 1920 Archive.org.*[https://archive.org/details/warandrevolutio01gurkgoog 2up ''War and Revolution in Russia, 1914-1917Memories''] by General Basil Gourko 1919 Princess Marie de Croy 1932 Archive.org. First published 1918 as ''Memories and Impressions A resident of War and Revolution in RussiaBelgium, 1914-1917'' by Vladimir Iosifovich Gurko.*''With the Russian Army, 1914-1917 : being chiefly extracts from the diary of her house was turned into a Military Attache'' by Major-General Sir Alfred Knox 1921 [https://archive.org/details/withrussianarmy01alfr/page/n7 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/MapsForVol.1OfwithTheRussianArmy1914-1917BeingChieflyExtracts Maps for Vol. 1]; [https://archive.org/details/withrussianarmy02alfr/page/n7 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/MapsForWithTheRussianArmy1914-1917BeingChieflyExtractsFromTheDiary Maps for Vol. 2] All Archive.org. Maps are also at hospital until the back of each volume, but perhaps missing some, or they need to be rotatedGermans took it over.*''My Mission to Russia and other Diplomatic Memories'' by Sir George Buchanan, British Ambassador, Petrograd [Saint Petersburg], 1910-1918. [https://archive.org/details/mymissiontorussi01buchuoft ''Vol. I''], [https://archive.org/details/mymissiontorussi02buch ''Vol. II''] published 1923. Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028403123/page/n5 ''Petrograd, the city of trouble, 1914-1918''] In 1915 she was convicted by Meriel Buchanan, daughter of the British Ambassador 1918 ArchiveGermans for sheltering Allied soldiers.org.*[https://archive.org/details/wayoftransgresso00fars/page/102 Page 102] ''The Way of a Transgressor'' by Negley Farson 1936 Archive.org Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.76543/page/n3 2nd file] Archive.org. An American, at the beginning of the war he went to Russia, Nurse Edith Cavell initially as representative of an American backed London export business trying to get war contracts with the Russian Government. He who was in Petrograd when tried at the Bolshevik Revolution broke out. He subsequently joined the Royal Flying Corps [https://archive.org/details/wayoftransgresso00fars/page/296 page 297] and same time was posted to Egypt page 303. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negley_Farson Negley Farson] Wikipedia. He went on to become one of the most renowned foreign correspondents of his day. *[https://archive.org/details/witharmiesofts00farm/page/n5 ''With the Armies of the Tsar : a Nurse at the Russian Front, 1914-18''] by Florence Farmborough 1975. First published 1974 with title ''Nurse at the Russian Front: A Diary 1914-18''. Archive.org Lending Library. The author “was a 27-year-old Englishwoman employed as a governess to a family in Moscow when war broke out. She volunteered with the Red Cross..." [http://www.edwardlengel.com/an-englishwomans-epic-russian-journey-9-best-war-memoir/ "An Englishwoman’s Epic Russian Journey: #9 Best War Memoir"] by Edward Lengel author of ''World War I Memories: An Annotated Bibliography of Personal Accounts Published in English Since 1919''.*[https://archive.org/details/fieldhosflyingcolumn00thuruoft/page/n5 ''Field hospital and flying column : being the journal of an English nursing sister in Belgium & Russia''] by Violetta Thurstan 1915 Archive.org. The author was with the Red Cross. Biographical details.<ref>Light, Sue. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/37002-violetta-thurstan/?tab=comments#comment-2818218 Violetta Thurstan] ''Great War Forum'' 23 August, 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2019.</ref> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violetta_Thurstan Violetta Thurstan] Wikipedia. Following the publication of shot for her book, she was part in charge of hospitals in Belgiumthese activities, and Salonika, and however Princess Marie was appointed sent to the Air Force. She helped in the a civil war prison in Spain in 1937, Germany which held criminals such as murderers and served during WW2.*[https://archive.org/details/survival_through_war_and_revolution_in_russia/mode/2up ''Survival through War and Revolution in Russia''] by D Fedotoff White, [Dimitri] also written as Dmitry Nikolaevich Fedotov-White. 1939. Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitrii_Fedotoff-White Dmitrii Fedotoff-White] (Wikipedia) Imperial Russian Navy officer who fought for remained there until the White forces during the Russian Civil War. ''Survival'' [https://archive.org/details/survival_through_war_and_revolution_in_russia/page/n201/mode/2up/ page 194] indicates he was commissioned as a Lieutenant war ended in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. This appears to be from 22 June 1918, and he left in 1919, (demobilised by May). He was known as Daniel Fedotoff White, and was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the DSC. However his British Navy service is not detailed in the book.*[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofforeign00maur ''Memoirs of the Foreign Legion''] by M. M. [Maurice Magnus, an American who committed suicide in 1920, before the book was published]. With an introduction by D. H. Lawrence. 1925 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Magnus Maurice MagnusPrincess_Marie_of_Croÿ Princess Marie of Croÿ] Wikipedia. [https://archive.org/stream/americanfighters00paul#page/154/ Maurice Magnus] page 154 ''American Fighters in the Foreign Legion, 1914-1918'' by Paul Ayres Rockwell 1930 Archive.org. [http://www.booksandwriters.co.uk/F/books-about-the-french-foreign-legion.html Books About The French Foreign Legion] booksandwriters.co.uk
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34310/page/n5 ''Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925''] By Vera Brittain. Ninth impression 1935, first published August 1933. Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/chronicleofyouth00brit/page/n5 ''Chronicle of Youth : the War Diary, 1913-1917''] by Vera Brittain. 1982 edition, first published 1981. Archive.org Lending Library.
*Accounts about Russia
**[https://archive.org/details/russiasagony00wilt/page/n9 ''Russia's Agony''] by Robert Wilton, correspondent of ''The Times'' at Petrograd. 2nd Impression 1918. Archive.org. He was also the author of [https://archive.org/details/lastdaysofromano00wilt/page/n5 ''The last days of the Romanovs from 15th March, 1917''] 1920 Archive.org.
**[https://archive.org/details/warandrevolutio01gurkgoog ''War and Revolution in Russia, 1914-1917''] by General Basil Gourko 1919 Archive.org. First published 1918 as ''Memories and Impressions of War and Revolution in Russia, 1914-1917'' by Vladimir Iosifovich Gurko.
**''With the Russian Army, 1914-1917 : being chiefly extracts from the diary of a Military Attache'' by Major-General Sir Alfred Knox 1921 [https://archive.org/details/withrussianarmy01alfr/page/n7 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/MapsForVol.1OfwithTheRussianArmy1914-1917BeingChieflyExtracts Maps for Vol. 1]; [https://archive.org/details/withrussianarmy02alfr/page/n7 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/MapsForWithTheRussianArmy1914-1917BeingChieflyExtractsFromTheDiary Maps for Vol. 2] All Archive.org. Maps are also at the back of each volume, but perhaps missing some, or they need to be rotated.
**''My Mission to Russia and other Diplomatic Memories'' by Sir George Buchanan, British Ambassador, Petrograd [Saint Petersburg], 1910-1918. [https://archive.org/details/mymissiontorussi01buchuoft ''Vol. I''], [https://archive.org/details/mymissiontorussi02buch ''Vol. II''] published 1923. Archive.org
*:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028403123/page/n5 ''Petrograd, the city of trouble, 1914-1918''] by Meriel Buchanan, daughter of the British Ambassador 1918 Archive.org.
**[https://archive.org/details/wayoftransgresso00fars/page/102 Page 102] ''The Way of a Transgressor'' by Negley Farson 1936 Archive.org Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.76543/page/n3 2nd file] Archive.org. An American, at the beginning of the war he went to Russia, initially as representative of an American backed London export business trying to get war contracts with the Russian Government. He was in Petrograd when the Bolshevik Revolution broke out. He subsequently joined the Royal Flying Corps [https://archive.org/details/wayoftransgresso00fars/page/296 page 297] and was posted to Egypt page 303. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negley_Farson Negley Farson] Wikipedia. He went on to become one of the most renowned foreign correspondents of his day.
**[https://archive.org/details/witharmiesofts00farm/page/n5 ''With the Armies of the Tsar : a Nurse at the Russian Front, 1914-18''] by Florence Farmborough 1975. First published 1974 with title ''Nurse at the Russian Front: A Diary 1914-18''. Archive.org Lending Library. The author “was a 27-year-old Englishwoman employed as a governess to a family in Moscow when war broke out. She volunteered with the Red Cross..." [http://www.edwardlengel.com/an-englishwomans-epic-russian-journey-9-best-war-memoir/ "An Englishwoman’s Epic Russian Journey: #9 Best War Memoir"] by Edward Lengel author of ''World War I Memories: An Annotated Bibliography of Personal Accounts Published in English Since 1919''.
**[https://archive.org/details/fieldhosflyingcolumn00thuruoft/page/n5 ''Field hospital and flying column : being the journal of an English nursing sister in Belgium & Russia''] by Violetta Thurstan 1915 Archive.org. The author was with the Red Cross. Biographical details.<ref>Light, Sue. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/37002-violetta-thurstan/?tab=comments#comment-2818218 Violetta Thurstan] ''Great War Forum'' 23 August, 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2019.</ref> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violetta_Thurstan Violetta Thurstan] Wikipedia. Following the publication of her book, she was in charge of hospitals in Belgium, and Salonika, and was appointed to the Air Force. She helped in the civil war in Spain in 1937, and served during WW2.
**[https://archive.org/details/survival_through_war_and_revolution_in_russia/mode/2up ''Survival through War and Revolution in Russia''] by D Fedotoff White, [Dimitri] also written as Dmitry Nikolaevich Fedotov-White. 1939. Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitrii_Fedotoff-White Dmitrii Fedotoff-White] (Wikipedia) Imperial Russian Navy officer who fought for the White forces during the Russian Civil War. ''Survival'' [https://archive.org/details/survival_through_war_and_revolution_in_russia/page/n201/mode/2up/ page 194] indicates he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. This appears to be from 22 June 1918, and he left in 1919, (demobilised by May). He was known as Daniel Fedotoff White, and was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the DSC. However his British Navy service is not detailed in the book.
*[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofforeign00maur ''Memoirs of the Foreign Legion''] by M. M. [Maurice Magnus, an American who committed suicide in 1920, before the book was published]. With an introduction by D. H. Lawrence. 1925 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Magnus Maurice Magnus] Wikipedia. [https://archive.org/stream/americanfighters00paul#page/154/ Maurice Magnus] page 154 ''American Fighters in the Foreign Legion, 1914-1918'' by Paul Ayres Rockwell 1930 Archive.org. [http://www.booksandwriters.co.uk/F/books-about-the-french-foreign-legion.html Books About The French Foreign Legion] booksandwriters.co.uk
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