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*[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]. ''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
:"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>).
*The subscription website ''UK Parliamentary Papers'' includes many Papers and Reports in respect of the First World War. See [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories]] for details and suggested access. Your Library needs to have subscribed for the module for this period. Included are War Cabinet Reports. Also available
** ''Army. The official names of the battles and other engagements fought by the military forces of the British Empire during the Great War, 1914-1919, and the Third Afghan War, 1919. Report of the Battles Nomenclature Committee as approved by the Army Council''. Command Papers/ Accounts and Papers/ Session: 1921/Paper Number: Cmd. 1138.
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