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Mr. Standfast

John Buchan

The novel opens on a weary British officer returning from the Western Front, his mind a tangle of medals,…

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World's War Events, Vol. II

World’s War Events, Vol. II is a detailed military account of the 1916 Somme offensive, compiled by Francis…

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World's War Events, Vol. I

World’s War Events, Vol. I is a scholarly chronicle of the political and diplomatic currents that led Europe…

The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula

The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula

Herbert Brayley Collett

The work is a regimental history of the 28th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force, written by its first…

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With Haig on the Somme

D. H. Parry

The work is a wartime novel set amid the grinding combat of the Western Front, its opening plunges the reader…

Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918

Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918

Sir C. E. (Charles Edward) Callwell

The work is a first‑hand account by Sir C. E. Callwell, a senior British officer who served as Director of…

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The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army

Margaret Vandercook

Margaret Vandercook’s novel is a wartime adventure aimed at young readers, weaving together the experiences…

The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade: August 1914 to March 1915

The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade: August 1914 to March 1915

Lord Edward Gleichen

The work is a first‑hand campaign diary of the 15th Infantry Brigade, written by Edward Lord Gleichen, who…

Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2

Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2

Ian Hamilton

The volume is a wartime diary by Sir Ian Hamilton, the British commander who led the Gallipoli campaign, and…

The U-boat hunters

The U-boat hunters

James B. Connolly

James B. Connolly’s The U‑boat Hunters is a World‑War‑I naval memoir that blends reportage with a…

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A Patriotic Schoolgirl

Angela Brazil

The novel is a boarding‑school tale set in England, introducing the Anderson sisters as they prepare to leave…

The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service

The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service

James R. Driscoll

The story opens in a high‑school setting where three bright, eager boys, Joe, Jerry and the self‑conscious…

Mud and Khaki: Sketches from Flanders and France

Mud and Khaki: Sketches from Flanders and France

Vernon Bartlett

Vernon Bartlett’s Mud and Khaki is a personal‑war narrative that gathers a series of sketches and short…

The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia

The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia

George A. Taylor

The work is a wartime novel that blends personal memoir with speculative commentary, first appearing in the…

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 Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland

The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland

Pearson, George; Edwards, Edward

The work is a first‑hand wartime memoir that blends a personal diary with official records to recount the…

"Brother Bosch", an Airman's Escape from Germany

"Brother Bosch", an Airman's Escape from Germany

Gerald Featherstone Knight

Gerald Featherstone Knight’s “Brother Bosch” is a first‑person wartime memoir that blends combat narrative…

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 (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915

Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915

G. B. Laurie

This volume is a collection of letters written by Lieutenant‑Colonel George Brenton Laurie, commander of the…

The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.)

The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.)

C. R. M. F. Cruttwell

The work is a regimental history of the 1/4 Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, compiled by C. R. M.

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Great Britain at War

Jeffery Farnol

Jeffery Farnol’s Great Britain at War is a wartime reportage assembled from a series of articles the author…

War and the Weird

War and the Weird

Phillips, Forbes; Hopkins, R. Thurston

War and the Weird is a hybrid of war memoir and speculative essay that uses the First‑World War as a…

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The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet

Kenneth Ward

The novel is a wartime adventure aimed at younger readers, set against the backdrop of World War I naval…

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Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron

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Mr. Punch's History of the Great War

Mr. Punch's History of the Great War

Charles L. Graves

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

John Maynard Keynes