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*[https://archive.org/details/frommonsto193300gera/page/n7 ''From Mons to 1933''] by Gerald Lowry 1934. Archive.org. A Lieutenant in the Special Reserve of the Royal Irish Rifles, he was blinded by a sniper on 26 October 1914. He subsequently qualified as a masseur, then as an osteopath.
*[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''- [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=c6q_w9kRtbwC&pg=PP1 Sample pages] Google Books.
*''"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), (where he had a pet lion, Poilu as mascot of the 19th (page 144)), was wounded Sept 1917, when he lost a leg (which he ordered to be fed to the lion (page 22)). 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.
