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: 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 .
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====Collected stories====
*[https://archive.org/details/thrillingstories00mars/page/n7 ''Thrilling stories of the Great War on land and sea, in the air, under the water''] by Logan Marshall 1915 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/soldiersstorieso00woodrich/page/n7 ''Soldiers' Stories of the War''] edited by Walter Wood 1915 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/inlineofbattleso00wood/page/n7 ''In the Line of Battle: Soldiers' Stories of the War''] edited by Walter Wood 1916 Archive.org
*''True Stories of the Great War. Tales of Adventure-Heroic Deeds-Exploits Told by the Soldiers, Officers, Nurses, Diplomats, Eye Witnesses''. Edited by Francis Trevelyan Miller 1917. In six volumes: [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre01mill/page/n6 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre0000unse/page/n3 Vol. II], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre03mill/page/n6 Vol. III], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre04mill/page/n6 Vol. IV], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre05mill/page/n6 Vol. V], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre06mill/page/n5 Vol. VI]. All Archive.org
*[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 at War" firstworldwar.com/diaries .
*[https://archive.org/details/warlettersoffall00emil/page/n5 ''War Letters of Fallen Englishmen''] edited by Laurence Housman [1930] Archive.org
