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Collected stories
:[https://archive.org/details/inlineofbattleso00wood/page/n7 ''In the Line of Battle: Soldiers' Stories of the War''] edited by Walter Wood 1916 Archive.org
*''True Stories of the Great War. Tales of Adventure-Heroic Deeds-Exploits Told by the Soldiers, Officers, Nurses, Diplomats, Eye Witnesses''. Edited by Francis Trevelyan Miller 1917. In six volumes: [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre01mill/page/n6 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre0000unse/page/n3 Vol. II], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre03mill/page/n6 Vol. III], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre04mill/page/n6 Vol. IV], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre05mill/page/n6 Vol. V], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre06mill/page/n5 Vol. VI]. All Archive.org
*''Deeds that Thrill the Empire. True stories of the most glorious acts of heroism of the Empire's soldiers and sailors during the Great War''. Published Originally published in 1916 in fortnightly editions, then published c 1917 as a two volume set, c 900 pagesin total, and also published as a five volume set. Information about the contents<ref name=DTE>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/deeds-that-thrill-the-empiretrue-stories-of-the-most-glorious-acts-of-heroism-of-the-empires-soldiers-and-sailors-during-the-great-war/ ''Deeds that Thrill the Empire. True stories of the most glorious acts of heroism of the Empire's soldiers and sailors during the Great War''] naval-military-press.com</ref> advises 56 VCs are covered. Contain many specially commissioned illustrations- some [https://www.military-prints.com/great_war1.htm samples]. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nvUgVYY3ew YouTube video] about the books and their illustrations. :Transcribed editions by OCR, (optical character recognition) so subject to inaccuracies and without the original illustrations: [http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Biographical/library/Deeds-that-Thrill-the-Empire-Volume-I/files/assets/basic-html/toc.html Volume I], [http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Biographical/library/Deeds-that-Thrill-the-Empire-Volume-II/files/assets/basic-html/toc.html Volume II] of the two volume set. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk. Although some pages are acceptable, many are not, but they give an indication of the content of the book. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nvUgVYY3ew YouTube video] about the books and their illustrations.:Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01000891226 and in a reprint edition<ref name=DTE/>, which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 as [https://www.fold3.com/browse/1/hte6ho_3Wf5ecMDWz ''British WWI Stories of Heroism''] (located in International/scroll to letter B). Contains many illustrations.
*[https://archive.org/details/deedsofheroismbr00elwy/page/n7 ''Deeds of heroism and bravery : the book of heroes and personal daring''] edited by Elwyn A Barron 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/500ofbestcockney00lond ''500 of the Best Cockney War Stories''] Reprinted from the London ''Evening News''. 1920 Archive.org
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