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*[https://archive.org/details/wayofrevelationn00ewarrich/page/n5 ''Way of revelation : a novel of five years''] by Wilfrid Ewart 1922 Archive.org. Ewart was an officer in the Scots Guards, refer [[Western Front#Infantry and others|Infantry and others]] above.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207934/page/n5 ''The Spanish Farm Trilogy 1914-1918''] by R H Mottram, originally published 1924-1926. ''Trilogy'' edition 1927 Archive.org. [https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-prj-rh-mottram-trilogy-20151210-story.html "The underappreciation of R. H. Mottram's World War I novels"] by Patrick Reardon 10 December 2015 ''Chicago Tribune''. "''The Spanish Farm,'' ''Sixty-four, Ninety-four!'' and ''The Crime of Vanderlynden's'' — were set in Flanders, mostly behind the lines, and were based on Mottram's own military experiences. They were published individually in the late 1920s and later issued together with additional material as ''The Spanish Farm Trilogy''". [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Hale_Mottram Ralph Hale Mottram] Wikipedia.
*The four book ''Parade’s End'' by Ford Madox Ford, published 1924-1928, consisting of ''Some do not...'' ; ''No More Parades''; ''A Man Could Stand Up'' ; ''Last Post'' . First reprinted as ''Parade's End'' in 1950.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.546845 ''Some Do Not & No More Parades''] by Ford Madox Ford, reprint edition, first published 1924 and 1925. Archive.org. Volumes [https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20140712 #1], [https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20150355 #2], [https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20140811 #3], [https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20141089 #4] fadedpage.com
: ''Parade’s End'' [https://archive.org/details/paradesend00ford/page/n7 1950 edition], [https://archive.org/details/paradesend00ford_0/page/n5 2001? edition Penguin Classics] both Archive.org Lending Library
:[https://archive.org/details/ParadesEnd ''Parade's End'': Radio audio adaptation] Probably from the BBC.
:[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/24/julian-barnes-parades-end-ford-madox-ford "Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford"] 25 August 2012. ''The Guardian''. BBC/HBO five-part TV serial was made in 2012. [http://www.fordmadoxfordsociety.org/fords-biography.html Biography] fordmadoxfordsociety.org. He was christened Ford Hermann Hueffer, and changed his name after the War. Ford joined the army in 1915, serving as an officer in the Welch Regiment.
*[https://archive.org/details/sommeincludingal00gris ''The Somme'', including also ''The Coward''] by A D Gristwood (Arthur Donald). With new introduction by Hugh Cecil. 2006. First published 1927. Archive.org Lending Library. [https://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2006/3648.html Publisher's page] The author was a “reluctant accountant turned even more reluctant infantryman in the London Rifle Brigade” ... "the war as Gristwood experienced it—a dark and desperate theater of pain where only base instincts could get a man out alive".
*Sketches by Boyd Cable, the nom de plume of Ernest Andrew Ewart, who was appointed Temporary Second Lieutenant 2nd September 1914 in the Royal Artillery where he served in France. By February 1917 he was Acting Captain while commanding a section of a Divisional Ammunition Column. In June 1918 he was awarded an OBE [Officer of the Order of the British Empire] at which time he was Captain, Propaganda Branch, Aircraft Production Department, Ministry of Munitions. Appointed Acting Lt-Colonel, whilst specially employed 12 November 1918.<ref> Details from the ''London Gazette''.</ref>
:[https://archive.org/details/sergeantmichaelc00sappuoft ''Sergeant Michael Cassidy, R. E.''] 1916
:[https://archive.org/details/lieutenantothers00sapprich ''The Lieutenant and Others''] 1916
:[https://archive.org/details/nomansland00sappuoft ''No Man's Land''] 1917:[https://archive.org/details/humantouch00sapp/page/n5 ''The Human Touch''] 1918, first published 1917
*Edgar Wallace who subsequently became known as the ‘King of Thrillers’ wrote, between 1904 and 1918, a large number of mostly humorous sketches about life in the British Army relating the escapades and adventures of privates Smith (Smithy), Nobby Clark, Spud Murphy and their comrades-in-arms, including
:[http://freeread.com.au/@RGLibrary/EdgarWallace/Smithy/SmithyAndTheHun.html ''Smithy and the Hun''] by Edgar Wallace 1915
