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*[https://archive.org/details/irontimeswithgua00lond/page/n5 ''Iron Times with the Guards''] by An "O. E." ["O. E." Old Etonian; Geoffrey Philip Agnew Fildes, 2nd Coldstream Guards] 1918 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/ladiesfromhel00pink ''"Ladies from Hell"''] by R Douglas Pinkerton 1918. The author was a member of the London Scottish. "Published in the USA during the War, the purpose for writing was primarily to sway American opinion towards the Allied cause and not as a record of events".<ref name=LFH>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190505182225/https://www.londonscottishregt.org/index.php/en/museum/archival-research/ww1 The London Scottish Regiment, WW1] londonscottishregt.org, archived page.</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/bigfight00fall ''The Big Fight (Gallipoli to the Somme'')] by Capt. David Fallon 1918 Archive.org. He served with the AIF (Australian Imperial Force) at Gallipoli , and subsequently became an officer with the [[43rd Regiment of Foot |Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]]. He also flew as a military observer ([https://archive.org/stream/bigfight00fall#page/130/mode/2up "Chapter XI", page 131]), and briefly commanded a tank ([https://archive.org/stream/bigfight00fall#page/144/mode/2up "Chapter XII", page 144]).'''Note''', at least part of the book appears to be untrue, and the book has been described as a farrago.<ref>delta, and johntanner [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/164606-aif-memoirs-letters-and-other-works-not-battalion-histories/?do=findComment&comment=3062939 AIF memoirs, letters and other works (not Battalion histories)] ''Great War Forum'' 5 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.</ref>
*''Keeling letters & recollections''. [Frederic Hillersdon Keeling [Ben]] Edited by E.T. [Townshend, Mrs. (Emily)] 1918. The war years start [https://archive.org/details/keelinglettersre00keeluoft/page/182 page 183]. Archive.org. A committed socialist, it appears he became a private, and later Sergeant-Major, in the 6th Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (although the text initially says Duke of York’s). [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/collected-writings-of-john-maynard-keynes/frederic-hillersdon-keeling/6534E545B637EE1D68312EAEDD94B9E6 Summary of a chapter] titled "Frederic Hillersdon Keeling" from ''The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes''. cambridge.org [http://www.winchestercollegeatwar.com/archive/frederic-hillersdon-keeling/ Biographical details] winchestercollegeatwar.com
*[https://archive.org/details/ifwereturnletter00manwrich/page/n5 ''If We Return: Letters of a Soldier of Kitchener's Army''] by G B Manwaring (pseudonym of Geoffrey Manwaring Brown)<ref name=TDJ/> 1918 Archive.org.
*[http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/bookmark/scots-guard-by-w-h-g-ewart-university-of-oxford/ ''Scots Guard''] by W. H. G. Ewart [Wilfrid Herbert Gore] 1934. Posthumously published papers of Wilfrid Ewart, with reminisces of service as an officer with the Scots Guards from 1915 to the Armistice. Link to a pdf from the University of Oxford. [http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/502760107.pdf Direct pdf]. Also see [[Western Front#Fiction|Fiction]] below.
*[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 Rowland 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://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lording-rowland-edward-7236 Biographical details] adb.anu.edu.au/biography
*[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.
