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*[http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9145/4776 "The Cavalry Action at Moy, France on August 26th, 1914"] [5th Cavalry Brigade] by W J Cranston from page 13, ''Royal Scots Greys' Association Report, 1947'' . ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk.
*[https://archive.org/details/firstsevendivis00hami/page/n7 ''The First Seven Divisions : being a detailed account of the fighting from Mons to Ypres''] by Ernest W Hamilton (Late Captain [[11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars|11th Hussars]]) 1916 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/alarmsexcursions0000brid/page/72/mode/2up "Chapter IV The war - Mons and the Retreat"] Page 71 ''Alarms & Excursions : Reminiscences of a Soldier'' by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Tom Bridges. 1938 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. He was a Major in the 4th Dragoon Guards, 2nd Cavalry Brigade, and was fighting the Germans from 22 August 1914. His forceful action at St.Quentin a few days later resulted in the court-marshal and cashiering of two colonels. (This latter incident is the subject of the book ''August 1914 : surrender at St Quentin'' by John Hutton 2010. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01015573057. Also described in [http://www.dublin-fusiliers.com/battaliions/2-batt/campaigns/1914-retreat-mons.html "The Retreat from Mons with 2nd Battalion RDF"] dublin-fusiliers.com)
*[https://archive.org/details/picnicbasket00spea ''The Picnic Basket''] by Major-General Sir Edward Spears. 1968. Archive.org Lending Library. Includes a chapter on a cavalry engagement at Nery 1st September 1914, pages 134-161, which involved the 11th Hussars, in which he had been an officer since 1910. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Spears Edward Spears] Wikipedia. Also see his book above under [[Western Front#Official Histories and Battles|Official Histories and Battles]].
*[https://archive.org/details/squadroon00beam/page/n8 ''The Squadroon''] by Ardern Beaman 1920 Archive.org. "Beaman, a regular officer of the 1st Cavalry, Indian Army, who won the DSO on the North- West Frontier in 1915, joined the [[4th (Queen's Own) Hussars]] as a combatant officer early in October 1917. He was present with the regiment at Cambrai & the regimental history records in detail his command of a ‘composite squadron’ in March 1918 & later “C” Squadron at Amiens &c. For reasons unknown he chose to present this Western Front ‘memoir’ from the point of view of the regimental chaplain".<ref name=TDJ>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190611114923/https://www.turnerdonovan.com/download/currCat.pdf June 2019 catalogue] turnerdonovan.com.</ref>
*[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600501h.html ''There and Back: The Story of an Australian Soldier 1915-35''] by Edward Lording, writing as A. Tiveychoc 1935. [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600501h.html#ch-11 Chapter 11] onwards details his time in France, part of 30th Battalion, AIF. He was severely wounded at Fromelles, aged just 17, and spent years in hospital. Project Gutenberg Australia.
*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-497848471/view?partId=nla.obj-497852656#page/n7/mode/1up "And on to Messines"] by Capt G D Mitchell 10th and 48th Battns AIF, page 6, (digital page 8) ''Reveille'', July 1, 1936 (commenced in June 1936 issue). nla.gov.au. He was commissioned as an officer, in the field, with a group of other NCOs. ''Reveille'' was published by The Returned Services League of Australia New South Wales Branch. Mitchell also wrote "The Winter of 1916-17" a series of articles appearing in ''Reveille'' commencing December 1934, page 15 (digital 17) and continuing each month to at least October 1935, previously online, but not currently so. There is reference elsewhere to further articles in Feb 1936 and Sept/Oct 1936. [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mitchell-george-deane-11137 Mitchell, George Deane (1894–1961)] Australian Dictionary of Biography. Also see [[Gallipoli]] for another series of articles. Mitchell was the author of ''Backs to the Wall'' 1937, published in a 2007 reprint edition<ref>[https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/military/Backs-to-the-Wall-GD-Mitchell-and-Robert-Macklin-9781741752052 ''Backs to the Wall: A larrikin on the Western Front''] by G D Mitchell.</ref> as ''Backs to the Wall: A larrikin on the Western Front''.
*''"Stand To" A Diary of the Trenches 1915-1918'' by Captain F.C. Hitchcock 1937 is available in a reprint edition<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/stand-to-a-diary-of-the-trenches-1915-1918/ ''"Stand To" A Diary of the Trenches 1915-1918''] Naval & Military Press reprint.</ref> which is in turn available as an [https://www.fold3.com/browse/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19kcVyTU-9 online book] on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, located in Military Books/Britain. Hitchcock was an officer of the 2nd Battalion the Leinster Regiment.*[https://archive.org/details/alarmsexcursions0000brid/page/96/mode/2up Page 97] ''Alarms & Excursions : Reminiscences of a Soldier'' by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Tom Bridges. 1938. At the start of the war he was with [[Western Front#Cavalry|Cavalry]], see above, then he was sent on a Mission to Belgium in respect of the situation in Antwerp which fell to the Germans c 9 October 1914 and subsequently became Head of the British Mission with the Belgian Army. Next, he took over command of the 19th (Western) Division (this seems to have been prior to May 1915), was wounded Sept 1917, when he lost a leg. Before and after this, he was part of Missions to the USA. He then was sent on a Mission to the Balkans, and to Turkey. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/sky00blai ''Sky: Memoirs''] by Blaise Cendrars [pseudonym], translated by Nina Rootes 1992, originally published in French as ''Le Lotissement du ciel'' 1949. [https://archive.org/details/skymemoirs00cend 2nd file] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. A volume in the author’s war memoirs tetralogy, which includes WW1 chapters. Swiss born, during WWI he joined the French Foreign Legion and served in France, where he lost an arm. [https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2007/jul/23/thehazyworldofblaisecendr "The hazy world of Blaise Cendrars"] by Lee Rourke 23 July 2007 ''The Guardian''. "Cendrars eschews biographical detail and morphs fact and fiction". The other volumes in the tetralogy are ''Astonished Man'' (''L 'Homme foudroyé'', 1945), ''Lice'' (''La main coupée'', 1946), ''Planus'' (''Bourlinguer'', 1948). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Cendrars Blaise Cendrars] Wikipedia.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Alexander,_1st_Earl_Alexander_of_Tunis Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis] Wikipedia. During WW1, he was in the Irish Guards, initially Lieutenant 1st Battalion, appointed Commander 2nd Irish Guards in October 1917, aged 25. For online biographies published 1952-1973, containing chapters on WW1, see [[Second World War#Historical books online|Second World War - Historical books online]] and scroll down.
