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: Volumes One and Three in the series ''The Bandy Papers'', or ''The Journals of Bartholomew Bandy''. A series of novels chronicling the exploits of a World War I fighter ace Bartholomew Wolfe Bandy. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bandy_Papers The Bandy Papers] Wikipedia. “The books are noted for their humour and word play, as well as technical and historic accuracy.” [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/donald-jack-3/its-me-again-the-journals-of-bartholomew-bandy-/ Review of Volume Three], the final volume set in the WW1 period, Volume Two being ''That's Me in the Middle''.
*A novel: [https://archive.org/details/ravilancersnovel00mast ''The Ravi Lancers''] by [[John Masters]] 1972. Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library. (Only one person at a time is able to borrow, so you may need to wait for the book to be returned. First you must [https://archive.org/details/lendinglibrary&tab=about register]) . An Indian cavalry regiment is sent to France at the outbreak of the First World War.
*''Regeneration Trilogy'' by Pat Barker. On a 2012 ''Guardian'' list of "The 10 best historical novels". "...the story of psychiatrist William Rivers and his pioneering treatment of various First World War soldiers - including Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen - for shell shock at the Craiglockhart war hospital near Edinburgh"<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2012/may/13/ten-best-historical-novels "The 10 best historical novels"] by William Skidelsky 12 May 2012 ''The Guardian''</ref>
:[https://archive.org/details/regeneration00bark_1 ''Regeneration''] by Pat Barker 1992. [https://archive.org/details/regeneration00bark 2nd file]
:[https://archive.org/details/eyeindoor000bark ''The Eye in the Door''] by Pat Barker 1994. [https://archive.org/details/eyeindoor00bark 2nd file]
:[https://archive.org/details/ghostroad00bark ''The Ghost Road''] by Pat Barker 1995. [https://archive.org/details/ghostroad000bark 2nd file]. All Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/birdsong00faul_vfx ''Birdsong''] by Sebastian Faulks 1997, first published 1993. Archive.org Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/Birdsong2008 ''Birdsong'': Audio] 2008 BBC Radio Drama. Archive.org.
*A novel: [https://archive.org/details/hirasinghwhenind00mund ''Hira Singh: When India Came to Fight in Flanders''] by Talbot Mundy. Archive.org. Published in Britain as ''Hira Singh's Tale: When India Came to Fight in Flanders''. Serialized in ''Adventure'' magazine, October 18 - December 3, 1917. Published in book form 1918. A fictional account of a cavalry regiment taken prisoners of war by the Germans.
*''William – an Englishman'' by Cicely Hamilton c 1919. [https://archive.org/details/williamenglishma00hamiiala Archive.org], missing pages 169-170, but file colour perhaps easier to read, [https://archive.org/details/williamanenglish00hamiiala Archive.org, all pages], [https://archive.org/details/williamanenglishman_1310_librivox Librivox audio recording] Archive.org, missing pages 169-170. The author worked at the Scottish Women's Hospital at Royaumont and organised Concerts at the Front. The book, written in a tent within sound of guns and shells, won the Prix Femina-Vie Heureuse in 1919.<ref>[http://www.persephonebooks.co.uk/william-an-englishman.html ''William – an Englishman'' by Cicely Hamilton] persephonebooks.co.uk.</ref>
