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:''Greek Memories'' by Compton Mackenzie 1939. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278746 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Also available to read online on [https://www.scribd.com/doc/197623928/Mackenzie-Compton-Greek-Memories scribd.com]. This is the second edition published in 1939, with some content from the original 1932 edition deleted, due to the author's prosecution under the Official Secrets Act.
:These two volumes are the 2nd and 3rd of a series of memoirs of the World War: v.1. ''Gallipoli Memories'', (see [[Gallipoli]]); v.4. ''Aegean Memories''. Available to Search [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000401749 HathiTrust], but not viewable. ([https://spyinggame.me/2015/03/03/aegean-memories/ Review]) The author served with British Intelligence in the Eastern Mediterranean during the First World War.
:[https://archive.org/details/mylifetimes0005mack/page/n5/mode/2up ''My Life and Times. Octave Five 1915-1923''] by Compton Mackenzie 1966. Archive.org Texts to Borrow.
:[https://archive.org/details/comptonmackenzie0000link/mode/2up ''Compton Mackenzie : A Life''] by Andro Linklater 1987 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. A Biography.
:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton_Mackenzie Compton Mackenzie] Wikipedia.
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b42310?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''The Allied Secret Service in Greece''] by Sir Basil Thomson, Director of Intelligence 1919-1921. 2nd impression 1931 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Compton Makenzie, in ''Greek Memories'', states that Thomson’s title was a civil post connected with the Police which suggested a more intimate knowledge of Greek affairs than he possessed, and refers to “the untrustworthiness of his narrative”.
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3973360 KV 1/17 Imperial Overseas Intelligence 1915-1919: Eastern Mediterranean Special Intelligence Bureau]. Link to a free record download from the National Archives, Kew. [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C3973358 KV 1/16-19] Includes KV 1/18 Cyprus and KV 1/19 Summary which may also contain related material.
 
==== British Army regimental histories and accounts====
*[https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi201edinuoft#page/490/mode/2up "The End of a Long Pause"] by H R W page 491 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'' Volume 201 January-June 1917. Archive.org. An account of an officer near the Front.
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