29,525
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Histories and general
**[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
*: A similar series of books is ''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, etc''. Published c 1917 as a two volume set, c 900 pages, and also published as a five volume set. [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/ Information about the contents] (naval-military-press.com) advises 56 VCs are covered. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01000891226 .
**''Everyman at War: Sixty Personal Narratives of the War'' edited by C. B. Purdom 1930. Accounts were submitted after a request by the editor of ''Everyman'' magazine. A number of the accounts have been transcribed on [https://www.firstworldwar.com/diaries/index.htm Memoirs & Diaries] firstworldwar.com including [https://www.firstworldwar.com/diaries/firstgasattack.htm "The First Gas Attack"] by Anthony R. Hossack, Queen Victoria Rifles [9th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment]. To locate other entries, either scroll through all entries in the Memoirs & Diaries category or use your Search engine, with terms Everyman firstworldwar.com/diaries .
*[https://archive.org/details/indiancorpsinfra00ltco ''The Indian Corps in France''] by Lt-Colonel J.W.B. Merewether and Sir Frederick Smith, 1918 which appears to be a simple reprint of the first edition December 1917. Archive.org. A 1919 revised second edition from archive.org is catalogued as [https://archive.org/details/TheIndianCorpsInRance ''The Indian Corps in Rance''] and may require a DjVu plug in, or individual pages can be accessed which use the Tiff format. The 1919 second edition is also available as three different pdf downloads on the Digital Library of India: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/54096 Pdf 1], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.54096 Archive.org mirror version]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/173047 Pdf 2], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173047 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/201725 Pdf 3], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.201725 Archive.org]
*[http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/n3/mode/2up ''With the Indians in France''] by Sir James Willcocks 1920 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/382/mode/2up Index], page 383
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027946619 ''Sniping in France, with Notes on the Scientific Training of Scouts, Observers, and Snipers''] by Major H Hesketh-Prichard [1920]. Archive.org. First Army School of S.O.S.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100000050752.0x000002 ''Strategic Camouflage''] by Solomon J. Solomon 1920. British Library Digital file.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Raemaekers%27+cartoon+history+of+the+war++%29&sort=-date ''Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War''] in three volumes. 1918 Archive.org. Louis Raemaekers was a Dutch cartoonist, whose influential work was first published in the ''Amsterdam Telegraaf''.
*[https://archive.org/details/mrpunchshistoryo00grav_0 ''Mr. Punch's History of the Great War''] Published by arrangement with the Proprietors of Punch. 1919 Archive.org
*For Army ''Manuals'', see [[Military periodicals online#Army Regulations, Equipment, Manuals etc|Military periodicals online - Army Regulations, Equipment, Manuals etc]]
