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Fritz Kreisler - Four Weeks in the Trenches - A personal account of service on the Eastern Front of the Great War by Fritz Kreisler, an officer in the Austrian Army. A very rare example of a contemporary Austrian account of the war.
 
George Oliver Lunn's War Diary - Diary of a British soldier who served during the First World War, from his embarkation for the Front to the end of his service when he was shot through the mouth near Ypres (but survived).
 
Harvey L. Williams - 16 year old Harvard drop-out - Letters home from Harvey L. Williams II, who dropped out of Harvard in 1916 to drive an ambulance in France and Italy. He later was an international businessman who received the Legion d'Honeur from Charles DeGaulle.
 
In memory of Norman Henry Sohier - Dedicated to the memory of Private Henry Sohier, 4th Battalion, A.I.F., killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey, on 13th July 1915. Includes family photos, WW1 photos and links for the genealogist researching Anzac ancestors.
 
In the Trenches - The Soldier's Experience in World War I - Reflections on the individual's experiences of World War I. Includes a bibliography of published memoirs and diaries by participants of all sides.
 
Isaac Rosenberg - WWI Chronology - Includes historical information on the life of Isaac Rosenberg, and his 'Break of Day in the Trenches', along with chronology of the War.
 
James Arthur Porter, Senior - Diary excerpts of Lt. J. Arthur Porter, physician, who served with the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I.
 
James Rogers McConnell Collection - Online exhibit of the World War I papers of James Rogers McConnell, one of the seven original American flyers in the Lafayette Escadrille.
 
Johann Iskric - Hero of the WWI - War service of this Austro-Hungarian soldier on the Italian front. medals, documents, and modern-day photo gallery.
 
Josef Sramek - Memoirs - Authentic personal diary from World War I, including Austrian army, Serbian, Albanian, Italian and French captivity.
 
Leo Amery: Fighting on All Fronts - An account by Patricia A. Ferguson of the First World War career of Leopold S. Amery, a British Conservative parliamentarian who served as under-secretary to Prime Minister Lloyd George's war cabinet.
 
Lloyd Maywood Staley - World War I Letters - A collection of letters sent during World War I from an American soldier, Lloyd Maywood Staley, to his sweetheart Mary Beatrice Gray.
 
Lord Kitchener - Short biography of the life of Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War in the First World War, and star of the famous "Your Country Needs You" recruiting poster.
 
Mark's War - The diary of an English soldier written in France during WWI. Transcription has been made from a copy taken from the original, now held at the Imperial War Museum.
 
Mathew Chopin - A World War 1 Soldier's Memoir from Louisiana - Mathew Chopin, Middle Western 89th Division, wrote his memoirs, "Through the Valley of Death", while still in Germany, directly after the Armistice. This rare book as well as personal information is included in this site.
 
Men of Anzac - John Simpson Kirkpatrick - A page about and dedicated to John Simpson Kirkpatrick, a stretcher-bearer with the 3rd Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, remembered as "the man with the donkey". Killed in action at Gallipoli, 19 May 1915.
 
Mons, Anzac and Kut - University of Kansas site includes this complete facsimile of Aubrey Herbert's book which includes a section on his time at Anzac. Herbert spoke Turkish and was one of the main organisers of the May 24 truce to bury the dead at Anzac.
 
My Aunt, My Hero - The story of Nurse Helen Fairchild, RN a nurse in Flanders during the Battle of Passchendaele 1917. Reprinted by kind permission of the author, Mrs Fairchild Rote, her niece.
 
My Mother's War - The story of Helen Burrey, an American Red Cross nurse in France during WWI. Excerpts from the official history of the Red Cross quoting Helen's descriptions of her experiences, photographs and other mementos.
 
Petty Officer A. E. Wingrove - War Diary - The War Diary of Petty Officer A. E. Wingrove who served during the Great War of 1914-1918 on three Royal Navy hospital ships that were stationed from Scapa Flow to the eastern Mediterranean.
 
 
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