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 Australian War Diary: Through the Eyes of the Warriors   - Personal diaries of Australian participants in both World Wars. - http://www.minervanet.com.au/austwardiary/    Weldon McCoy Barr - The diary of Ordnance Sergeant Barr, of the US Army, for September to November 1918. - http://www.sheilascorner.com/war/dads.shtml Letters from the Great War - Frank Gent's correspondence before his capture, an account of his capture, diary as a prisoner of war, and correspondence after his capture. - http://www.thorngent.eclipse.co.uk/pow/ Thomas Fredrick Littler - First World War Diaries - Diaries (1914-1919), collection of WWI cartoon and photographic postcards, family photographs, and links. - http://www.first-world-war.co.uk A Gallipoli Diary - The diary of James Starkie of the Royal Naval Division of the Engineers for June to November 1915, covering his service until his death at Gallipoli. - http://www.eastlancsmemorials.co.uk/diary/diary.htm Four Weeks in the Trenches - The War Story of a Violinist - A brief record of the fighting on the Eastern Front as written by Fritz Kreisler. - http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/memoir/Kreisler/Kreisler.htm Private Donald Fraser - Canadian Expeditionary Force - Selections from My Daily Journal, 1915-1916. - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1918fraser.html Captain Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen [The Red Baron] - Air Warfare - An assessment of the Russians, French and English as written in The Red Battle Flyer. - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1918richthofen.html War Diaries of the First World War - Database containing digitised War Diaries of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) units. - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020152_e.html The Letters of Lieutenant J N Wreford Brown - Collection of information on the latter part of the Great War. - http://www.btinternet.com/~james.fanning/rowley/ I Would Not be Here if He Had - The personal memoirs of Robert Ralph Abercromby. - http://www.hellfire-corner.demon.co.uk/abercromby.htm Paul Rademacher's Diary - The diary of Paul Rademacher of the 310th Engineers, American North Russia Expeditionary Force for July 1918 to August 1919, covering his service in Russia. - http://grobbel.org/pbma/rademacher.htm James Rogers McConnell - Personal papers of James McConnell, one of the seven original American flyers in the Lafayette Escadrille. - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/mcconnell/intro.html Diary of George A. Morrice - The diary of George Morrice of the 102nd Field Signal Corp, New York National Guard for March 1918 to April 1919. - http://www.oryansroughnecks.org/diary.html Four Weeks in the Trenches - A personal account of service on the Eastern Front by Fritz Kreisler, an officer in the Austrian Army. - http://www.h-net.org/~habsweb/sourcetexts/kreis1.htm Ernest George King - The diary of Ernest George King of the 5th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, for August 1915 to November 1917, covering his service at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. - http://users.bigpond.net.au/rhearne/EG%20King.htm First World War - Christmas Truce - The diary of Sergeant Brookes of the County of London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) for June 1914 to December 1915, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://www.bobbrookes.co.uk/bernard.htm Diary of Private William James Cording - The diary of Private William Cording of the Somerset Light Infantry for March 1916 to July 1919. - http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/sli/somerset_cording.htm The Glory of the Trenches - A first-hand, patriotic look at trench warfare, trying to show that there was more than bad conditions and horrors. By Coningsby Dawson - http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Coningsby_Dawson/The_Glory_of_the_Trenches/ Over The Top - The experiences of Arthur Guy Empey, an american who served in the British army. - http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Arthur_Guy_Empey/Over_The_Top/ A Yankee In the Trenches - Account of an american who joined the British army in 1916. First published in 1918. - http://pagebypagebooks.com/R_Derby_Holmes/A_Yankee_in_the_Trenches/ Walter H. Lockard - World War I Letters - 1918-1919 letters written home by US sergeant Walter Lockard to his family during his tour in France during World War One. - http://www.wwiletters.com/ Captain William Allcock, Royal Flying Corps - Extracts from letters and diary of Captain William Allcock of the Royal Flying Corps, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://business.virgin.net/guy.griffiths/new_page_9.htm Grandpa's World War I Diary - The diary of Private Nathaniel "Nat" Rouse of the 42nd Division/Fighting 69th, American Expeditionary Force for 1918, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://e.wa.home.mindspring.com/wwidiary/ Walter Shuttleworth's Great War Diary - The diary of Private Walter Shuttleworth of the Durham Light Infantry and West Yorkshire Regiment for 1917, covering his service until his death on the Western Front. - http://www.klewis.org.uk/diary/ The diary of Captain John Robert Wilson - The diary of Captain John Wilson of the Royal Flying Corps for 1917, covering his service until his death on the Western Front. - http://www.qsl.net/gm0fne/diaryt~1.htm Personal Diary of William Harrison Walp - The diary of Sergeant William Walp of the 6th Regiment Coast Artillery, American Expeditionary Force, for July 1917 to July 1918. - http://faceprint.com/~walpd/gen/granddad_walp_diary_01.htm The Diary of Able Seaman 7893 Albert Edward Knaggs R.A.N. - Writings covering his service on the submarine AE2 and as a prisoner of war in Turkey. - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/diary.html William David Kemp - The diary of William Kemp of the 16th Waikato Regiment, Auckland Infantry Battalion, covering his service until his death at Gallipoli in 1915. - http://www.pukeariki.com/en/resources/onlineexhibitions/kempex.asp Albert Edward Vinall - Extracts from the 1918 diary of Albert Vinall of the 32nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://www.grantsmilitaria.com/garrett/html/albert_v.htm Fred Garrett's War Diary - The diary of Sergeant Fred Garrett of the 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force, for May 1915 to December 1916, covering his service at Gallipoli. - http://www.grantsmilitaria.com/garrett/default.asp Letters Home from the War - Letters written from August 1917 to July 1918 by Lloyd Maywood Staley of the 137th U.S. Infantry. - http://www.u.arizona.edu/~rstaley/wwlettr1.htm Somewhere in France - World War One Letters and War Diaries - Letters written from July 1916 to January 1919 by John Stothers of the 170th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. - http://www.stothers.com Diary of Events on Active Service - The diary of Lance Corporal Fox of the 53rd Royal Warwick Regiment, Birmingham Battalion, for November 1915 to January 1917, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://www.johnson46.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/war.html Diary of Private Wilfred L. Martell - The diary of Private Wilfred Martell of the 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force for July 1918 to July 1919, covering his service in Russia. - http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mvgrobbel/military/martell.htm The WW I Correspondence of Cpl. Clement Grobbel - The correspondence of Corporal Clement Grobbel of the 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force for June 1918 to June 1919, covering his service in Russia. - http://pages.prodigy.net/mvgrobbel/photos/clem_grobbel_letters.htm Up to Mametz - The memoir of Ll. Wyn Griffith, first published in 1931. - http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~alwyn/Mametz/ The Diary of Lloyd Duncan Edwards from the Trenches - The diary of Private Lloyd Edwards of the 5th Bedfordshire Regiment for January to July 1918, covering his service in France. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~engbdf/Ancestors/edwardslloyd.html Richard Irving Dacre - Memoirs of World War 1 - The memoirs of Lt. Colonel Richard Dacre of the Royal Army Medical Corps, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://www.zip.com.au/~lnbdds/home/dacre/ The Diary of Fredrick Dill - The diary of Fredrick Dill of the 3rd Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force for 1915, covering his service at Gallipoli. - http://socialstudies.unitecnology.ac.nz/gallipoli_webquest/Diary%20of%20Fredrick%20Dill.htm A Diary Compiled by Signaller L. D. Richards - The diary of Leonard Richards of the Leicestershire Regiment for 1915, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/mimage/diary.htm A Medical Officer's Diary and Narrative of the First World War - The diary and memoirs of Travis Hampson MC, a Medical Officer with the Royal Army Medical Corps, for 1914 to 1919, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/xenophon/contents.htm The Diary of a Doughboy - The diary of Private Allen Huber of the 138th Infantry, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Force for June 1917 to October 1918, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/missourians/john-huskey.htm The Diary of John Spence Finney - The diary of Corporal John Finney of the 44th battalion, Australian Imperial Force for 1918, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://members.ozemail.com.au/~imcfadyen/finney.htm Robert Lindsay Mackay's First World War Diary - The diary of Robert Mackay, of the 11th Batallion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, for 1916 to 1918. - http://lu.softxs.ch/mackay/RLM_Diary.html Diary of Midshipman N K Calder - The diary of Midshipman Calder of the Royal Australian Navy for January 1917 to December 1918. - http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Scapa_Diary/Index.html George Ludovic Alexander - World War One Diary - The diary of Lieutenant George Alexander of the U.S. Army Ordnance Department for May 1917 to July 1919. - http://www.webmousepublications.com/itow/gla/gla-home.html The War Diary of Cpl. H. Fletcher Davidson USMC - The diary of Corporal H. Fletcher Davidson of the U.S. Marine Corps for May 1917 to August 1919, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/ddiaryintro.html Postcards from the Front - A collection from the Western Front by Albert Chapman of the 27th Field Ambulance, RAMC with extracts from the official unit War Diary. - http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~hoddy/ William Bernard Whitmore - The diary of William Whitmore of the 14th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, covering 1915 and 1916. - http://www.birminghampals.co.uk/williambernard/preparation.htm Nursing Sister Helen L. Fowlds - Biography, diary, letters and pictures of Nursing Sister Helen Fowlds of the Canadian Army Medical Corps. - http://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/ffowldswelcome.htm Charles Bertram Spires - The diary of Bombardier Charles Spires of B Battery 103 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery for February 1917 to June 1918. - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/tedspires/ Diary of Lt Victor Edward Borgonon - The diary of Lieutenant Victor Borgonon of the Suffolk Regiment for January 1918 to August 1919, covering his service in Salonika. - http://www.borgognon.net/VEBdiary.html Diary on S.S Afric From Jan. 5th 1916. - Voyage between Melbourne and Egypt - Diary of Private Herb Ash of the Australian Imperial Force, for January 1916 to August 1918. - http://www.ainsleehooper.com/herb.htm The Great War Diary of Cpl Brumfitt Atkinson - The diary of Corporal Brumfitt Atkinson of the Royal Garrison Artillery for May 1915 to July 1916, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://www.addingham.info/war/brumfitt.htm Diary of William A Livergood - The diary of William A Livergood, of the US army, for September 1917 to September 1920. - http://www.laroke.com/larryk4674/2001/poppop.htm A Soldier's Diary - The diary of Bugler Benjamin Cruzan of the 341st Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Force for December 1917 to June 1919. - http://www.kancoll.org/articles/cruzan/ Memoirs and Reminiscences - Collection of wartime diaries and firsthand accounts from the World War I Document Archive. - http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/memoir.html Soldier's Diary - The diary of Willard Newton of the 105th Engineers, American Expeditionary Force for May 1918 to February 1919, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://www.cmstory.org/ww1/diary.asp The Great War Diary - The diary of Lance Corporal/Sapper William Lycett of the 4th Field Ambulance & 15th Light Railway Operating Company, Australian Imperial Force, for 1914 to 1918. - http://www.anzacs.net/Diary.htm The War Diary of George Culpitt - Royal Welch Fusiliers - The diary of Private George Culpitt of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, for 1916 to 1918. - http://www.culpitt-war-diary.org.uk The Diary of 2nd Lieut. Robert Peyton Hamilton - 1915 - The diary of Lieutenant Robert Peyton Hamilton of the County of London Regiment for 1915, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://www.larigan.com/diary/Diary.htm WWI Diary - The diary of Joseph J. Jones of the Fighting 69th Rainbow Division, American Expeditionary Force for November 1917 to April 1919, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://www.aboutjonesfamily.com/PAGES/DIARY1.HTM Cpl. Ivor Alexander Williams - The diary of Corporal Ivor Alexander Williams of the 21st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force for May 1915 to February 1919, covering his service at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. - http://www.nashos.org.au/myhero.htm Hughie’s War Diary - The diary of Sergeant Edward Gilmore "Hughie" Dodd of the Australian Imperial Force for June 1916 to June 1919, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://members.iinet.net.au/~dodd/gail/memorial/hughie/contents.html The Letters of Mayo Lind - Letters written from May 1915 to June 1916 by Newfoundland soldier Francis Thomas "Mayo" Lind to the Daily News in St John's, Newfoundland. - http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/mayad/memorial/ Gordon Van Kleeck - The diary of Private Gordon Van Kleeck of the 51st Pioneer Infantry, American Expeditionary Force for July 1918 to June 1919, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~treebz65/momside/vankleeck/gordonvk/gvk.html Lucky Charlie - The memoirs of Sergeant Charles Leo Boucher of the 102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Force. [PDF] - http://www.luckycharlie.com/ A Yank in the First World War - The memoirs of Private Dermody of the 132nd Infantry, 33rd Division, American Expeditionary Force, covering his service on the Western Front and his time as a POW. - http://www.htc.net/~dermody/yankww1.htm Canadian Veterans Recollect - Recollections and personal experiences of Canadian veterans, with Real Audio clips. - http://collections.ic.gc.ca/audio/welcome.htm A Few of my Experiences Whilst on Active Service - The diary of Charles Rooke of the Border Regiment, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://www.duffin.demon.co.uk/family/rooke.htm S. B. Butler's AEF Scrapbook - The wartime scrapbook of Captain Butler of the 301st Supply train, American Expeditionary Force. - http://www.cromwellbutlers.com/AEF/ The Red Fighter Pilot - A personal account of the air war written by Captain Manfred von Richthofen, the legendary "Red Baron". - http://www.richthofen.com/ Memories if World War I - The diary of Josef Sramek of the Austrian army, covering his captivity in Serbia, Albania, Italy and France from 1914 to 1916. - http://www.svobodat.com/sramek/ High Adventure - A personal account of the air war written by James Hall, who served in the Lafayette Escadrille and the US 94th Squadron. - http://www.richthofen.com/hall/ Grandpa's World War I Service - Letters written from April 1917 to December 1918 by Harvey Williams, a US military ambulance driver in France and Italy. - http://www.hray.com/wwi/title.htm Memories of Forty-Eight Years Service - A personal account of service during the Zulu War, the Boer War and World War One, written by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien. - http://www.richthofen.com/smith-dorrien/ Personal Diary of Events during the Great War - The diary of Fred Slee of the 17th D.C.O. Lancers and the Gordon Highlanders, for 1914 to 1919. - http://www.diggerz.org/~adaa/fsdiary.htm Memoirs and Diaries - A collection of writings by soldiers and nurses. - http://www.firstworldwar.com/diaries/ Recollections of a Buck Private - Somewhere in France - A personal account of service in France from June 1918 to June 1919, written by U.S. Marine Clarence Richmond. - http://my.en.com/~robinr/wardiary/diary.htm The 1918 Wartime Diary of Private Charles Robert Bottomley - The diary of Private Bottomley for February 1918 to May 1919, covering his service on the Western Front. - http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/1diary/Bottomley Cecil Slack and the Great War - Letters and diaries written by Cecil Slack, an infantry officer in the East Yorkshire regiment, with teaching resources. - http://www.greatwar.eril.net/default.htm Fighting the Flying Circus - A personal account of the air war written by Captain Edward (Eddie) Rickenbacker, a commander of the US 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron and the first American "ace". - http://richthofen.com/rickenbacker/ First World War Stories - Two personal accounts of life during the war by Barney Jacobs of the 7th South Wales Borderers. - http://tony.jacobs.net/ww1/ Diary of Corporal Arthur W. Scherr - The diary of Corporal Arthur Scherr of the 107th Field Signal Battalion, Wisconsin National Guard for July 1917 to May 1919. - http://www.100megsfree2.com/jjscherr/scherr/Diary1.htm |
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