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:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433008084034?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Royal Warrant for the Pay, Appointment, Promotion, and Non-effective Pay of the Army, 1906''] HMSO 1906. HathiTrust Digital Library.
:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433008084042?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Royal Warrant for the Pay, Appointment, Promotion, and Non-effective Pay of the Army, 1907''] HMSO 1907. HathiTrust Digital Library
*[https://archive.org/details/armyallowances1881/page/n7/mode/2up ''Regulations relating to the Issue of Army Allowances 1881 (Army Regulations. Vol.1 Part 3)''] Archive.org:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YUQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Army Regulations, Vol.I, Part III. Regulations relating to the issue of Army Allowances 1884''] War Office 1884. Google Books. Also available [https://archive.org/details/armyallowances1884/page/n7/mode/2up Archive.org]. For later editions, see further below.
*[https://archive.org/details/armycirculars00offigoog ''Army Regulations: Army Circulars'']. Based on Circulars 1868-1882 issued by Order of the Secretary of State for War. HMSO, London. 1883 Archive.org.
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433006892602?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''The King's Regulations and Orders for the Army''] London : H.M.S.O., '''1908'''. HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/kings-regs-1908/page/n11/mode/2up Archive.org version]
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022541574.0x000002 ''Handbook on Military Bicycles, 1911. Reprinted with Amendments, 1914'']. War Office publication, printed under the authority of HMSO. British Library Digital Collection.
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015031508396?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Military Sketching, Map Reading and Reconnaissance''], by Lieut-Col. A F Mockler-Ferryman, 2nd edition 1911. HathiTrust Digital Library
:[https://wwwarchive.army.gov.auorg/sitesdetails/defaultmanualmapreading1912-1914ed/filespage/2019-11n11/mode/manual_of_map_reading_and_field_sketching_1912_uk_0.pdf 2up ''Manual of Map Reading and Field Sketching 1912''] Reprinted with additions 1914 by General Staff –War Office. HMSO, London. Pdf fileArchive.org. The book file contains, at the front, and at the back, a catalogue of all HMSO Military Books then available. Previously website of Australian Army. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548355/mode/2up Archive.org, poor quality with some missing pages] Probably 1914 edition, but catalogued 1912.
:[https://archive.org/details/1939-uk-manual-of-map-reading-amds-1-4-1929/mode/1up ''Manual of Map Reading, Photo Reading and Field Sketching 1929 (reprinted with Amendments (Nos. 1 to 4) 1939)''] The War Office. HMSO. Archive.org, Vickers MG Collection.
:[https://archive.org/details/manualofmapreadi0000grea/page/n3/mode/2up ''Manual of Map Reading... Part 1 Map Reading 1955''] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/manualelemmilhygiene1912r1914/page/n13/mode/2up ''Manual of Elementary Military Hygiene 1912 (Reprinted 1914)''] HMSO Archive.org. Includes chapters on Water; Food; Clothing, Equipment, and Physical Training, Hygiene of the March; Barrack Sanitation; Field Sanitation.
:[https://www.army.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-11/army_manual_of_hygiene_and_sanitation_1934_0.pdf ''Army Manual of Hygiene and Sanitation 1934''] (pdf file). Australian Army file. Although published in Australia, this was a reprint of a HMSO British Army publication.
*[https://digitallibrepository.stou.ac.th/handle/6625047444/2519 ''Field Service Pocket Book, 1911''] HMSO. Link to a pdf download, STOU Digital Repository Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. Note, this website has been noticed to be unavailable at times, possibly it may only be accessible during "office hours". [https://archive.org/details/field-service-pocket-1911/page/n3/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
:[https://archive.org/details/b28998558 ''Field Service Pocket Book, 1914'' 40/W.O./1852] General Staff, War Office HMSO. [https://archive.org/details/b28998558/page/n21/mode/2up Contents] Archive.org. Includes
:*[https://archive.org/details/b28998558/page/25/mode/1up "General Organisation and Functions of the Staff"] page 25. For ease of viewing, page requires rotation which may be seen in a GWF post<ref>Frogsmile [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/305070-abbreviation-meaning-of-a-a-and-q-m-g/?do=findComment&comment=3218656 Abbreviation: meaning of "A. A. and Q. M. G."] ''Great War Forum'' 1 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.</ref>. The duties dealt with by the three branches of the Staff, being General Staff responsible for military operations, Adjutant-General's responsible for personnel matters and Quartermaster-General's responsible for logistics, such as supplies, quarters and movement of troops.
*The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, which contains The Great War Archive, contains many forms which may be found by the [http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/ Search] using search term "Army Form", or "Official document", or your specific search term. A limited number are from the [http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=The+John+Johnson+Collection&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=225&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&collection=1&page=1 "The John Johnson Collection"] The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
*Short Service - Army Form B 2514.6. "Special Re-enlistment" post-Armistice WW1, "applicable to Stations at Home and Abroad other than India".<ref> kenf48 [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/296181-pension-ledger-doc-information-4996-john-ryan-5th-connaught-rangers/?do=findComment&comment=3096034 Pension Ledger doc information - 4996 John Ryan, 5th Connaught Rangers] ''Great War Forum'' 15 February 2022. If necessary scroll to form. Retrieved 16 February 2022.</ref>
==''The Army Quarterly''==
It incorporated ''The United Service Magazine'', formerly ''The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine'' which ran until June 1920. The title was changed to ''The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal'' in 1958. It ceased publication in July 1999. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Army_Quarterly_and_Defence_Journal Wikipedia page].
<br>[https://archive.org/search?query=%22Army+Quarterly%22&sort=date ''The Army Quarterly'' at Archive.org] From Volume 1, October 1920 to Volume 15, 1928, missing Volume 4, 1922.
==''The General Annual Report on the British Army''==
==''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research''==
*[https://www.jstor.org/journal/sociarmyhistrese Jstor.org editions from Volume 1 1921]. Register and read for free. (Limit of individual articles per month applies). For more access information, see [[Miscellaneous tips#Access some articles in the JSTOR subscription website for free|Miscellaneous tips - Access some articles in the JSTOR subscription website for free]].
*[https://archive.org/search?query=%22Journal+Of+The+Society+For+Army+Historical+Research%22&sort=date Editions available at Archive.org, including Volumes 1-8 1921-1929] and also including**[https://archive.org/details/journalofsociety0002soci_g6u6/page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume II 1923''] reprint edition 1974. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.**[https://archive.org/details/journalofsociety2711lond/page/n3/mode/1up ''Volume XXVII No.111 Autumn 1949''] Archive.org**[https://archive.org/details/2018-10-uk-journal-of-the-society-for-army-historical-research-vol.-96-no.-386/mode/2up ''Volume 96, No. 386 Autumn 2018''], [https://archive.org/details/2018-12-uk-journal-of-the-society-for-army-historical-research-vol.-96-no.-387 ''Volume 96, No. 387 Winter 2018''] Archive.org
==''Journal of the Royal United Service Institution''==
[https://archive.org/details/pub_rusi-journal?&sort=-date&page=1 '''Archive.org collection of digitised microfilm'''] Volumes from 1857 to 1927, with some Index volumes for later years. (Uploaded 2021).
For those resident in some countries, some volumes may be read online on the Hathi Trust Digital Library, catalogue entries include [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008898703 A], [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007912618 B], [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012100384 C] and [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000679351 D]Includes full view to 1898 (at 2024/01).
If any text is hard to read, and you wish to view an alternative digital file, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek has a (broken) run of digitised copies, currently (2024/01) to [https://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/details:bsb11816097 Volume 2241, 18791897 July-December]. Use the [https://opacpluswww.bsbdigitale-muenchensammlungen.de/metaopac/search.do?methodToCall=switchSearchPage&SearchType=1&emptyFields=true en Digital Collections Search].
==''Journal of the United Service Institution of India'', or ''USI Journal''==
:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t78s4n87g?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Vol. I 1916 reprint, HathiTrust], [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112079506504?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Vol. I 1919 reprint, HathiTrust] with rotatable pages.
:''Kings Regulations & Admiralty Instructions - '''Part II''''' '''1913''' Transcribed version, not all sections available. [https://sites.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/KR&AI_1913_Vol_II/Index.html sites.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc version], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190810114535/http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/KR&AI_1913_Vol_II/Index.html pbenyon.plus.com archived version]
:[https://archive.org/details/kingsregadmiraltyv2-1923/page/n5/mode/2up ''The King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the Government of His Majesty's Naval Service Volume 2 1923''] HMSO Archive.org. "Containing Addenda issued to the Regulations and Appendices up to 31 December 1923".
:[https://archive.org/details/royal-navy-regs-1953/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Queen's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the Government of Her Majesty's Naval Service 1953 with replacement amended chapters to Nov. 1966, or later''] Archive.org
:Forces War Records, a pay website now owned by Ancestry, in its Historical Document Library includes [https://uk.forceswarrecords.com/image/713329114/the-kings-regulations-and-admiralty-instructions-his-majestys-naval-service-vol-i-articles-1943-page ''The King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, His Majesty's Naval Service Vol.I, Articles, 1943'']. However, it is stated "Register to view this Image now for free". From [https://uk.forceswarrecords.com/publication/1370/historical-documents-library Historical Documents Library/Browse/Official Document]. Alternatively, from the Home Page scroll to the bottom of the page and select Browse Records. Then scroll down the list of datasets to the required record set, Historical Documents Library. You then need to use "Filter Title" to locate this volume, as a permanent link could not be obtained.
*There are additional Admiralty Instructions available in [https://sites.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/Naval.html Naval Social History - Circa 1793 - 1920+] sites.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc. Appears to be based on the now archived [https://web.archive.org/web/20190820163725/http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html Naval Social History - Circa 1793 - 1920+] from [https://web.archive.org/web/20190509023634/http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/ pbenyon.plus.com], now archived. Note, the archived version appears to have some additional entries.
*[https://archive.org/details/manual-seamanship-1915/page/n5/mode/2up ''Manual of Seamanship, Volume 1 1908 (Revised and Reprinted 1915)''] Admiralty publication HMSO 1917. For the instruction of Naval Cadets etc.
