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Official Histories and Battles
*''History of the Great War based on official documents. Order of Battle of Divisions Parts 1, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B and 4'' all by Major A.F. Becke (London: HMSO, 1935-1945) are available in reprint editions<ref> ''Order of Battle of Divisions'' by A.F. Becke [https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/order-of-battle-of-divisions-part-1-the-regular-british-division/ Part 1],[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/order-of-battle-of-divisions-part-2a-2b-territorial-yeomanry-divisions/ Parts 2A and 2B], [https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/order-of-battle-of-divisions-part-3a-3b-new-army-divisions/ Parts 3A and 3B], [https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/order-of-battle-of-divisions-part-4-the-army-council-ghqs-armies-and-corps-including-tank-corps/ Part 4]. [https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/order-of-battle-of-divisions-index/ Index] by Ray Westlake. Naval & Military Press reprint editions.</ref>, which in turn are available as one digital book of 1224 pages titled [https://www.fold3.com/browse/310/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19NTJHoYiz ''Order of Battle of Divisions''] on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, located in International/Military Books/Britain.
*''Report of the Committee on the Lessons of the Great War'' 13 Oct 1932 includes two Appendices on the Western Front. (Details<ref>Greenwoodman. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/54329-official-inquiry-into-conduct-of-ww1/?do=findComment&comment=467922 Official Inquiry into Conduct of WW1] ''Great War Forum'' 19 June 2006. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref>.) Also known as the ''Kirke Report'' it is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/report-of-the-committee-on-the-lessons-of-the-great-war/ ''Report of the Committee on the Lessons of the Great War''] Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available [https://www.fold3.com/browse/310/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19l7X7Fb8A online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3], located in International/Military Books/Britain.
* ''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''. This publication is available on the subscription website ''UK Parliamentary Papers'', reference Command Papers/ Accounts and Papers/ Session: 1921/Paper Number: Cmd. 1138. 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. Also available at the National Archives, Kew, WO 161/102.
*[https://archive.org/details/despatchesoflord00fren ''The Despatches of Lord French : Mons, the Marne, the Aisne, Flanders, Neuve Chapelle, the second battle of Ypres, Loos, Hohenzollern Redoubt, and a complete list of the officers and men mentioned''] 1917 Archive.org.
*[http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990056588280203941/catalog ''Despatch, dated 23rd December, 1916, from General Sir Douglas Haig, G.C.B., relating to the operations on the western front including the Battle of the Somme''] London : Printed under the authority of H.M.S.O. 1917. Harvard University Digital Library.
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