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A Diary Compiled by Signaller L. D. Richards - http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/mimage/diary.htm
The diary of Leonard Richards of the Leicestershire Regiment for 1915, covering his service on the Western Front.

A Gallipoli Diary - http://ww1.osborn.ws/a_gallipoli_diary.htm
The diary of Sergeant Moriarty of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers for April to July 1915, covering his service at Gallipoli.

A Gallipoli Diary - http://www.eastlancsmemorials.co.uk/diary/diary.htm
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.

A Medical Officer's Diary and Narrative of the First World War - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/xenophon/contents.htm
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.

A Soldier's Diary - http://www.kancoll.org/articles/cruzan/
The diary of Bugler Benjamin Cruzan of the 341st Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Force for December 1917 to June 1919.

A Yank in the First World War - http://www.htc.net/~dermody/yankww1.htm
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.

A Yankee In the Trenches - http://pagebypagebooks.com/R_Derby_Holmes/A_Yankee_in_the_Trenches/
Account of an american who joined the British army in 1916. First published in 1918.

Albert Edward Vinall - http://www.grantsmilitaria.com/garrett/html/albert_v.htm
Extracts from the 1918 diary of Albert Vinall of the 32nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, covering his service on the Western Front.

An Old Contemptibles Diary 1914 - 1915 - http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/ww1.html
The diary of British soldier Arthur Castle for August 1914 to May 1915, covering his service on the Western Front.

Canadian Veterans Recollect - http://collections.ic.gc.ca/audio/welcome.htm
Recollections and personal experiences of Canadian veterans, with Real Audio clips.

Captain Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen [The Red Baron] - Air Warfare - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1918richthofen.html
An assessment of the Russians, French and English as written in The Red Battle Flyer.

Cecil Slack and the Great War - http://www.greatwar.eril.net/default.htm
Letters and diaries written by Cecil Slack, an infantry officer in the East Yorkshire regiment, with teaching resources.

Charles Bertram Spires - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/tedspires/
The diary of Bombardier Charles Spires of B Battery 103 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery for February 1917 to June 1918.

Cpl. Ivor Alexander Williams - http://www.nashos.org.au/myhero.htm
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.

Diary of Corporal Arthur W. Scherr - http://www.100megsfree2.com/jjscherr/scherr/Diary1.htm
The diary of Corporal Arthur Scherr of the 107th Field Signal Battalion, Wisconsin National Guard for July 1917 to May 1919.

Diary of Events on Active Service - http://www.johnson46.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/war.html
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.

Diary of George A. Morrice - http://www.oryansroughnecks.org/diary.html
The diary of George Morrice of the 102nd Field Signal Corp, New York National Guard for March 1918 to April 1919.

Diary of Lt Victor Edward Borgonon - http://www.borgognon.net/VEBdiary.html
The diary of Lieutenant Victor Borgonon of the Suffolk Regiment for January 1918 to August 1919, covering his service in Salonika.

Diary of Midshipman N K Calder - http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Scapa_Diary/Index.html
The diary of Midshipman Calder of the Royal Australian Navy for January 1917 to December 1918.

Diary of Private Wilfred L. Martell - http://home.comcast.net/~mvgrobbel/military/martell.htm
The diary of Private Wilfred Martell of the 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force for July 1918 to July 1919, covering his service in Russia.

Diary of Private William James Cording - http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/sli/somerset_cording.htm
The diary of Private William Cording of the Somerset Light Infantry for March 1916 to July 1919.

Diary of William A Livergood - http://www.laroke.com/larryk4674/2001/poppop.htm
The diary of William A Livergood, of the US army, for September 1917 to September 1920.

Fighting the Flying Circus - http://richthofen.com/rickenbacker/
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".

First World War - Christmas Truce - http://www.bobbrookes.co.uk/bernard.htm
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.

First World War Stories - http://tony.jacobs.net/ww1/
Two personal accounts of life during the war by Barney Jacobs of the 7th South Wales Borderers.

Four Weeks in the Trenches - http://www.h-net.org/~habsweb/sourcetexts/kreis1.htm
A personal account of service on the Eastern Front by Fritz Kreisler, an officer in the Austrian Army.

Four Weeks in the Trenches - The War Story of a Violinist - http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/memoir/Kreisler/Kreisler.htm
A brief record of the fighting on the Eastern Front as written by Fritz Kreisler.

Fred Garrett's War Diary - http://www.grantsmilitaria.com/garrett/default.asp
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.

George Ludovic Alexander - World War One Diary - http://www.webmousepublications.com/itow/gla/gla-home.html
The diary of Lieutenant George Alexander of the U.S. Army Ordnance Department for May 1917 to July 1919.

Gordon Van Kleeck - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~treebz65/momside/vankleeck/gordonvk/gvk.html
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.

Grandpa's World War I Diary - http://e.wa.home.mindspring.com/wwidiary/
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.

Grandpa's World War I Service - http://www.hray.com/wwi/title.htm
Letters written from April 1917 to December 1918 by Harvey Williams, a US military ambulance driver in France and Italy.

Harry's - WW1 - http://fp.miranda.f9.co.uk/trenches/
Memoirs of British soldier Harry Williams.

High Adventure - http://www.richthofen.com/hall/
A personal account of the air war written by James Hall, who served in the Lafayette Escadrille and the US 94th Squadron.

Hughie’s War Diary - http://members.iinet.net.au/~dodd/gail/memorial/hughie/contents.html
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.

I Would Not be Here if He Had - http://www.hellfire-corner.demon.co.uk/abercromby.htm
The personal memoirs of Robert Ralph Abercromby.

James Rogers McConnell - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/mcconnell/intro.html
Personal papers of James McConnell, one of the seven original American flyers in the Lafayette Escadrille.

Letters from the Great War - http://www.colson.uklinux.net/ww1/
Letters written from October 1914 to September 1915 by Lieutenant Percy Smith of the Royal West Kent Regiment.

Letters from the Great War - http://www.thorngent.eclipse.co.uk/pow/
Frank Gent's correspondence before his capture, an account of his capture, diary as a prisoner of war, and correspondence after his capture.

Letters Home from the War - http://www.u.arizona.edu/~rstaley/wwlettr1.htm
Letters written from August 1917 to July 1918 by Lloyd Maywood Staley of the 137th U.S. Infantry.

Lucky Charlie - http://www.luckycharlie.com/
The memoirs of Sergeant Charles Leo Boucher of the 102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Force. [PDF]

Mark's War - http://www.markswar.co.uk
The diary of Mark Foreman of the Royal Fusiliers, for October 1916 to May 1917.

Memoirs and Diaries - http://www.firstworldwar.com/diaries/
A collection of writings by soldiers and nurses.

Memoirs and Reminiscences - http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/memoir.html
Collection of wartime diaries and firsthand accounts from the World War I Document Archive.

Memories if World War I - http://www.svobodat.com/sramek/
The diary of Josef Sramek of the Austrian army, covering his captivity in Serbia, Albania, Italy and France from 1914 to 1916.

Memories of Forty-Eight Years Service - http://www.richthofen.com/smith-dorrien/
A personal account of service during the Zulu War, the Boer War and World War One, written by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien.

Nursing Sister Helen L. Fowlds - http://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/ffowldswelcome.htm
Biography, diary, letters and pictures of Nursing Sister Helen Fowlds of the Canadian Army Medical Corps.

Over The Top - http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Arthur_Guy_Empey/Over_The_Top/
The experiences of Arthur Guy Empey, an american who served in the British army.

Paul Rademacher's Diary - http://grobbel.org/pbma/rademacher.htm
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.

Personal Diary of William Harrison Walp - http://faceprint.com/~walpd/gen/granddad_walp_diary_01.htm
The diary of Sergeant William Walp of the 6th Regiment Coast Artillery, American Expeditionary Force, for July 1917 to July 1918.

Postcards from the Front - http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hoddy/
A collection from the Western Front by Albert Chapman of the 27th Field Ambulance, RAMC with extracts from the official unit War Diary.

Private Donald Fraser - Canadian Expeditionary Force - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1918fraser.html
Selections from My Daily Journal, 1915-1916.

Recollections of a Buck Private - Somewhere in France - http://my.en.com/~robinr/wardiary/diary.htm
A personal account of service in France from June 1918 to June 1919, written by U.S. Marine Clarence Richmond.

Robert Lindsay Mackay's First World War Diary - http://lu.softxs.ch/mackay/RLM_Diary.html
The diary of Robert Mackay, of the 11th Batallion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, for 1916 to 1918.

S. B. Butler's AEF Scrapbook - http://www.cromwellbutlers.com/AEF/
The wartime scrapbook of Captain Butler of the 301st Supply train, American Expeditionary Force.

Soldier's Diary - http://www.cmstory.org/ww1/diary.asp
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.

The Diary of 2nd Lieut. Robert Peyton Hamilton - 1915 - http://www.larigan.com/diary/Diary.htm
The diary of Lieutenant Robert Peyton Hamilton of the County of London Regiment for 1915, covering his service on the Western Front.

The Diary of a Doughboy - http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/missourians/john-huskey.htm
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.

The Diary of Able Seaman 7893 Albert Edward Knaggs R.A.N. - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/diary.html
Writings covering his service on the submarine AE2 and as a prisoner of war in Turkey.

The diary of Captain John Robert Wilson - http://www.qsl.net/gm0fne/diaryt~1.htm
The diary of Captain John Wilson of the Royal Flying Corps for 1917, covering his service until his death on the Western Front.

The Diary of Fredrick Dill - http://socialstudies.unitecnology.ac.nz/gallipoli_webquest/Diary%20of%20Fredrick%20Dill.htm
The diary of Fredrick Dill of the 3rd Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force for 1915, covering his service at Gallipoli.

The Diary of Lloyd Duncan Edwards from the Trenches - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engbdf/Ancestors/edwardslloyd.html
The diary of Private Lloyd Edwards of the 5th Bedfordshire Regiment for January to July 1918, covering his service in France.

The Glory of the Trenches - http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Coningsby_Dawson/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

The Great War - http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/skylark3/page93.html
Diary of Galen Hunt, which includes information on the German use of poison gas at Marne, France.

The Great War Diary - http://www.anzacs.net/Diary.htm
The diary of Lance Corporal/Sapper William Lycett of the 4th Field Ambulance and 15th Light Railway Operating Company, Australian Imperial Force, for 1914 to 1918.

The Great War Diary of Cpl Brumfitt Atkinson - http://www.addingham.info/war/brumfitt.htm
The diary of Corporal Brumfitt Atkinson of the Royal Garrison Artillery for May 1915 to July 1916, covering his service on the Western Front.

The Letters of Lieutenant J N Wreford Brown - http://www.btinternet.com/~james.fanning/rowley/
Collection of information on the latter part of the Great War.

The Red Fighter Pilot - http://www.richthofen.com/
A personal account of the air war written by Captain Manfred von Richthofen, the legendary "Red Baron".

The War Diary of Cpl. H. Fletcher Davidson USMC - http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/ddiaryintro.html
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.

The War Diary of George Culpitt - Royal Welch Fusiliers - http://www.culpitt-war-diary.org.uk
The diary of Private George Culpitt of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, for 1916 to 1918.

The WW I Correspondence of Cpl. Clement Grobbel - http://pages.prodigy.net/mvgrobbel/photos/clem_grobbel_letters.htm
The correspondence of Corporal Clement Grobbel of the 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force for June 1918 to June 1919, covering his service in Russia.

Thomas Fredrick Littler - First World War Diaries - http://www.first-world-war.co.uk
Diaries (1914-1919), collection of WWI cartoon and photographic postcards, family photographs, and links.

Up to Mametz - http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alwyn/Mametz/
The memoir of Ll. Wyn Griffith, first published in 1931.

Walter H. Lockard - World War I Letters - http://www.wwiletters.com/
1918-1919 letters written home by US sergeant Walter Lockard to his family during his tour in France during World War One.

Walter Shuttleworth's Great War Diary - http://www.klewis.org.uk/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.

War Diaries of the First World War - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020152_e.html
Database containing digitised War Diaries of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) units.

William Bernard Whitmore - http://www.birminghampals.co.uk/williambernard/preparation.htm
The diary of William Whitmore of the 14th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, covering 1915 and 1916.

William David Kemp - http://www.pukeariki.com/en/resources/onlineexhibitions/kempex.asp
The diary of William Kemp of the 16th Waikato Regiment, Auckland Infantry Battalion, covering his service until his death at Gallipoli in 1915.

WWI Diary - http://www.aboutjonesfamily.com/PAGES/DIARY1.HTM
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.

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