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*[https://archive.org/details/minstrelinfranc00laud ''A Minstrel in France''] by Harry Lauder 1918 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Lauder Harry Lauder] (Wikipedia) was a very well known Scottish singer and comedian who had achieved international success.
*[https://archive.org/details/canteeningoverse00baldiala ''Canteening Overseas, 1917-1919''] by Marian Baldwin 1920 Archive.org. The author was mostly with the American YMCA in France.
*[https://archive.org/details/thatfriendofmine00kell/page/112 "In France"] page 113 ''That Friend of Mine : a Memoir of Marguerite McArthur'' by Josephine Kellett 1920. Archive.org. In France, McArthur was with the YMCA, working with libraries and educational classes for soldiers, at Etaples, from March 1918 to February 1919 when she died of pneumonia following influenza. Although a civilian, she was given a military funeral. Earlier, she had worked for two years in the Intelligence Department of the War Office in the Translation Bureau, and had also done volunteer war work in England.
*[https://archive.org/details/scavengerinfranc00bellrich ''A Scavenger in France : being Extracts from the Diary of an Architect, 1917-19''] by William Bell 1920 Archive.org. The author was a member of the F W V R C, Friends’ War-Victims’ Relief Committee, a Quaker organization.
