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Infantry and others
*[https://archive.org/details/sommemudexperien0000lync/mode/2up ''Somme Mud : the experiences of an infantryman in France, 1916-1919''] by E P F Lynch (Edward), edited by Will Davies. Published 2008, written in 1921. Lynch was in the Australian Imperial Force. The [https://archive.org/details/sommemudexperien0000lync/page/n7/mode/2up "Foreword"] says "This book compares with ''All Quiet on the Western Front''...". “A memoir built on a wartime diary and a unit history” in the form of a novel, and considered to be such by some, although the book details state "This book is a work of non-fiction". Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Also by the editor: ''In the footsteps of Private Lynch'' by Will Davies 2010, which is available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01018531666 . [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Francis_Lynch Edward Francis Lynch] Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/tofightalongside0000mayc/mode/2up ''To Fight Alongside Friends : the First World War Diaries of Charlie May''] edited by Gerry Harrison 2014. Captain Charlie May was killed, aged 27, on 1 July 1916, leading the men of 'B Company', 22nd Manchester Service Battalion (the Manchester Pals) into action on the first day of the Somme. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/forgottensoldier0000conn_u5b3/mode/2up ''The Forgotten Soldier: He wasn’t a soldier, he was just a boy''] by Charlie Connelly 2014. [https://archive.org/details/forgottensoldier0000conn/mode/2up File 2]. Catalogued as ''The forgotten soldier : he went off to fight in the Great War - and never came home''. Private Edward Charles John Connelly of the 10th Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment killed in Flanders 4 November 1918, aged 19. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*For a record of the "Sea Soldiers" of The Royal Marines, see [[Western Front#Other histories (regimental, corps etc.) and general|Other histories (regimental, corps etc.) and general, above]].
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