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:Captain WHL Watson was also the author of ''Tales of a Gaspipe Officer'' by Despatch Rider. ‘Military cyclists are popularly known as Gaspipe Cavalry’ ''Blackwood’s Magazine'' Nos 198, 199 and 201, December 1915-March 1916, and January 1917 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi198edinuoft#page/794/mode/2up/ Page 795], [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi199edinuoft#page/76/mode/2up page 76], [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi199edinuoft#page/246/mode/2up page 246], [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi199edinuoft#page/360/mode/2up page 360], [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi201edinuoft#page/44/mode/2up/ page 45].
*[https://archive.org/details/daredevilofarmye00aust ''The Daredevil of the Army : Experiences as a "Buzzer" and Despatch Rider''] by Captain A P Corcoran 1918 Archive.org
*[https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/documents/2422/war-on-two-wheels-a-diary-of-overseas-service-british-expeditionary-force-france-19151918-david-winder-small-royal-engineers-signals ''War On Two Wheels - A Diary Of Overseas Service British Expeditionary Force, France 1915-1918. David Winder Small - Royal Engineers Signals''] by Felicity Jane Laws 2nd edition 2011. Forces War Records, generally a pay website, but this digital file is accessible for free. (Located in Historical Documents Library/War Diaries). Small was a motor cycle despatch rider of the Royal Engineers Signal Service, in the Signals Company of the 20th (Light Division).
====Engineers====
*''Tunnellers: The Story of the Tunnelling Companies, Royal Engineers, during the World War'' by W. Grant Grieve and Bernard Newman 1936 is available in a reprint edition<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/tunnellers/ ''Tunnellers''] Naval & Military Press</ref>, which in turn is available as an [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19ShKtXFUU online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3], located in Military Books/Britain (scroll to Tu).
*[https://archive.org/details/sappermartinsecr0000mart ''Sapper Martin : the Secret Great War Diary of Jack Martin''] edited and introduced by Richard van Emden 2010, first published 2009. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. Martin served with the 122nd Infantry Brigade Signal Company, part of the 41st Division. Diary entries from September 1916.
*See [[Western Front#Despatch Riders|Despatch Riders]] above, for the story of David Winder Small, a Despatch Rider in the Royal Engineers Signals Service.
====Infantry and others====
