Recently online in the Internet Archive (Archive.org): Some Divisional and regimental histories

[MaureenE]

Some Divisional and regimental histories which have mostly been added  fairly recently to the Internet Archive (Archive.org)

https://archive.org/details/British-Wars-and-Foreign-Policy-1914-1945?tab=collection&sort=title&and[]=subject%3A"British+Army-regimental+histories"

There may be other titles if you use the Search https://archive.org

Maureen

Edited 13 August , 2023 by MaureenE

[FROGSMILE]

Thank you Maureen.  It’s fantastic how the Internet Archive is a gift that just keeps on giving. 

[MaureenE]

Some recent additions to the Internet Archive

 

The Connaught Rangers Vol 1 https://archive.org/details/the-connaught-rangers-vol-1/page/n11/mode/2up

 

The Connaught Rangers Vol 2 https://archive.org/details/the-connaught-rangers-vol-2/page/n11/mode/2up

 

The Devonshire Regiment 1914 1918 https://archive.org/details/the-devonshire-regiment-1914-1918/page/n9/mode/2up

 

The Royal Scots 1914-1919, Volume 1 https://archive.org/details/royalscots1914-1919vol1/page/n11/mode/2up

            

The Royal Scots 1914-1919, Volume 2 https://archive.org/details/royalscots1914-1919vol2/page/n7/mode/2up

 

With the 8th Scottish Rifles 1914-1919 https://archive.org/details/8thscottishrifles/page/n9/mode/2up

 

The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War https://archive.org/details/worcestershirereggreatwar/page/n15/mode/2up

Maureen

Edited 20 October , 2023 by MaureenE

[MaureenE]

Four recent Battalion histories in the Internet Archive

 

Irish Heroes in the War by Felix Lavery and Joseph Keating 1917 https://archive.org/details/irishheroeswar/page/n9/mode/2up

Includes the Tyneside Irish Brigade

 

Historical Records of the 16th (Service) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers  by Captain C H Cooke (Charles Herbert) 1923

https://archive.org/details/16thbnnorthumberlandfusiliers/page/n15/mode/2up 

 

Historical Records of the 18th (Service) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Pioneers) by Lieut.-Colonel John Shakespear 1920

https://archive.org/details/18thbnnorthumberlandfusiliers/page/n13/mode/2up

 

With the 10th Essex in France by Lt.-Col. T M Banks (Thomas Macdonald) and Capt. R A Chell (Randolph Arthur), 2nd edition 1924.

https://archive.org/details/10thessexfrance/page/n9/mode/2up

 

A reminder about the McMaster University collection in the Internet Archive  which contains many Battalion Histories. https://archive.org/details/mcmaster_university?sort=title   

In addition, three more title from the McMaster University website

The Tenth Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles): a record & a memorial, 1914-1918 ; with 23 portraits by Herbert J. Gunn

https://digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/islandora/object/macrepo%3A67739 

The 17th (S.) Battalion Royal Fusiliers, 1914-1919  by Wyrall, Everard , 1878-1933

https://digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/islandora/object/macrepo%3A67984 

A history of the South Staffordshire regiment (1705-1923.)  by Jones, James P.

https://digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/islandora/object/macrepo%3A65358 

Maureen

[johntaylor]

Thanks for passing this on Maureen - great news that more and more of these are becoming available online.

All the best, John

[FROGSMILE]

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to update us all with these excellent links Maureen.

[MaureenE]

Further online editions, (recent uploads, except for 1)

Record of the 5th (Service) Battalion the Connaught Rangers from 19th August, 1914 to 17th January, 1916 

https://archive.org/details/5thbattconnaughtrangers/page/n5/mode/2up 

 

A History of the Army Ordnance Services by Major General A Forbes

Volume 1 Ancient History https://archive.org/details/armyordnancevol1   (1929)

Volume 2 Modern History https://archive.org/details/armyordnancevol2/page/n7/mode/2up (1929)

Volume 3 The Great War https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.274726/page/n1/mode/2up (2nd edition, 1931)

Maureen

[MaureenE]

Further online editions (recent uploads) Archive.org

A History of the South Staffordshire Regiment (1705-1923) by James P Jones 1923 https://archive.org/details/southstaffordshirereg/page/n11/mode/2up  (also mentioned above on the McMaster University website)

The East Yorkshire Regiment in the Great War 1914-1918  by Everard Wyrall 1928 https://archive.org/details/eastyorkshirereggtwar/page/n9/mode/2up 

The Gloucestershire Regiment in the War 1914-1918. The Records of the 1st (28th), 2nd (61st), 3rd (Special Reserve) and 4th, 5th, and 6th (First-Line T.A.) Battalions  by Everard Wyrall 1931 https://archive.org/details/gloucestershireregwar/page/n9/mode/2up 

The History of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1914-1919  by Everard Wyrall 1932 https://archive.org/details/historydcli1914/page/n9/mode/2up 

Maureen

[FROGSMILE]

On 05/11/2023 at 02:25, MaureenE said:

Further online editions, (recent uploads, except for 1)

Record of the 5th (Service) Battalion the Connaught Rangers from 19th August, 1914 to 17th January, 1916 

https://archive.org/details/5thbattconnaughtrangers/page/n5/mode/2up 

 

A History of the Army Ordnance Services by Major General A Forbes

Volume 1 Ancient History https://archive.org/details/armyordnancevol1   (1929)

Volume 2 Modern History https://archive.org/details/armyordnancevol2/page/n7/mode/2up (1929)

Volume 3 The Great War https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.274726/page/n1/mode/2up (2nd edition, 1931)

Maureen

Thank you Maureen, the RAOC Volumes are especially significant, as they cover the evolution of the Ordnance Services from the pre Crimea period, when the artillery and engineers were a part of the same overarching organisation alongside them, and then explains the separation, various significant reforms, and the enormous efforts of WW1.  It’s a fantastic historical resource to now have readily available online free of charge.

Edited 10 November , 2023 by FROGSMILE

[MaureenE]

Further online editions, (recent uploads, except for 1)

The History of the 19th Division, 1914-1918 by Everard Wyrall 1932 

https://archive.org/details/history19thdivision/page/n9/mode/2up   

The History of the Fiftieth Division 1914-1919 by Everard Wyrall 1939

https://archive.org/details/historyfiftiethdivision/page/n9/mode/2up

 

With the M.T. in Mesopotamia by Brevet Lt.-Col. F W Leland RASC 1920 

https://archive.org/details/MTMesopotamia/page/n9/mode/2up

The Royal Army Service Corps. A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume II by Colonel R H Beadon 1931. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284463/page/n5/mode/2up       This volume includes the Great War

(Volumes for earlier periods:

The Royal Army Service Corps. A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume 1  by  John Fortescue  (Sir John William Fortescue) 1930 https://archive.org/details/rasctransportsupplyvol1/page/n13/mode/2up

The Early History of Transport and Supply by Sir John Fortescue 1928

 https://archive.org/details/histtransportsupply/page/n7/mode/2up  )

A Short Account of Canteens in the British Army by  John Fortescue (Sir John William Fortescue) 1928

 https://archive.org/details/canteensbritisharmy/page/n13/mode/2up

Regarding the last book about Canteens, it seems during the latter part of the War, the canteens were run by a non profit company owned by the Army. Were the employees considered to be part of the Army, or were they civilians?

Maureen

[MaureenE]

Further recent online editions, Archive.org

The Memoirs of the 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Royal Hussars 1906-1922 including Operations in the Great War by Brig.-General Charles Burnett 1926

https://archive.org/details/18thhussars1906_1922/page/n9/mode/2up 

 

The Scots Guards in the Great War 1914-1918 by F Loraine Petre (Francis); Wilfrid Ewart;  Major-General Sir Cecil Lowther 1925 https://archive.org/details/scotsguardsgtwar/page/n9/mode/2up 

History of the Queen’s Royal Regiment Volume 7 [1905- 1923] by Colonel H C Wylly c 1925 https://archive.org/details/hist2ndqueensrregv7/page/n9/mode/2up  

The Green Howards in the Great War [Yorkshire Regiment] by Colonel H C Wylly  1926 https://archive.org/details/greenhowardsgtwar/page/n9/mode/2up 

History of the 1st & 2nd Battalions, the Leicestershire Regiment in the Great War by Colonel H C Wylly  1928 https://archive.org/details/hist1-2batleicestershirereg/page/n9/mode/2up  

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Volume 2 1914-1919  by Colonel H C Wylly 1933 https://archive.org/details/loyalnorthlancashirereg/page/n7/mode/2up

The 17th (S.) Battalion Royal Fusiliers 1914-1919 by Everard Wyrall 1930 https://archive.org/details/17battroyalfusiliers/page/n3/mode/2up

Maureen

[johntaylor]

More great finds Maureen - many thanks for sharing these links.

All the best, John

[Dai Bach y Sowldiwr]

On 18/11/2023 at 10:49, MaureenE said:

A Short Account of Canteens in the British Army by  John Fortescue (Sir John William Fortescue) 1928

 https://archive.org/details/canteensbritisharmy/page/n13/mode/2up

Regarding the last book about Canteens, it seems during the latter part of the War, the canteens were run by a non profit company owned by the Army. Were the employees considered to be part of the Army, or were they civilians?

Maureen

Canteen staff were awarded medals, and their MICs are endorsed 'Canteens'.
They seemed to be on the roll of the ASC.
Like this:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/1535524:1262?tid=&pid=&queryId=4c90c98e0bfe37a05cf25818557c8ee9&_phsrc=bDw1388&_phstart=successSource

Edited 1 December , 2023 by Dai Bach y Sowldiwr

[MaureenE]

Thanks @Dai Bach y Sowldiwr

Maureen

[MaureenE]

Further recent online editions, Archive.org

The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's). Volume 2, 1914-1918 by  F Loraine Petre  1925 https://archive.org/details/berkshireregtvol2/page/n7/mode/2up 

The History of the Norfolk Regiment 1685-1918. Volume 2, 4th August 1914 to 31st December 1918 by F Loraine Petre c 1925 https://archive.org/details/norfolkregimentvol2/page/n9/mode/2up 

Maureen

[MaureenE]

Further recent uploads,  Archive.org

The History of the Lincolnshire Regiment 1914-1918 by Major-General C R Simpson  1931

https://archive.org/details/histlincolnshirereg/page/n7/mode/2up 

 

History of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Volume 3, in the Great War 1914-1918 by Lt.-Col. Reginald C Bond 1929 https://archive.org/details/histkoylivol3/page/n9/mode/2up 

 

The 3rd (King's Own) Hussars in the Great War (1914 - 1919)  by Lieut.-Colonel Walter Temple Willcox 1925

https://archive.org/details/3rdhussarsgtwar/page/n15/mode/2up 

 

The 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars in the Great War by Captain H K D Evans and Major N O Laing 1920 https://archive.org/details/4thhussarsgtwar/page/n9/mode/2up

 

The History of the 15th The King's Hussars 1914-1922 by Lord Carnock (Frederick Archibald Nicolson) 1932

https://archive.org/details/15thkingshussars/page/n9/mode/2up 

 

The History of the Northumberland (Hussars) Yeomanry, 1819-1919. With Supplement to 1923, by Howard Pease 1924

https://archive.org/details/northumberlandhussarsyeo/page/n13/mode/2up

 

The Oxfordshire Hussars in the Great War (1914-1918)  by Adrian Wentworth Keith-Falconer 1927

https://archive.org/details/oxfordshirehussarsgtwar/page/n9/mode/2up

 

The following is not a new upload, but the way it is catalogued in the Internet Archive  you may nor realise it includes WW1

Actual title History of the Sixteenth, the Queen's Light Dragoons (Lancers) 1912-1925 by Colonel Henry Graham 1926. Archive.org

The way it is catalogued:   History of the sixteenth, the Queen's Light Dragoons (Lancers) by Graham, Henry Hope. Publication date 1912

https://archive.org/details/historyofsixteen00grah/page/n5/mode/2up

Maureen

[johntaylor]

Another great batch Maureen - many thanks!

John

[KernelPanic]

Thanks!

[MaureenE]

Further recent uploads,  Archive.org

History of the 17th (Northern) Division by A Hilliard Atteridge  1929 https://archive.org/details/17thnortherndivision/page/n7/mode/2up

Record of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards in the Great War 1914-1918 by Rev. Harold Gibb 1923 https://archive.org/details/record4throyalirishdragoonguards/page/n1/mode/2up

20th Hussars in the Great War by Major J.C. Darling 1923 https://archive.org/details/20thhussarsgtwar/page/n7/mode/2up

The London Scottish in the Great War by Lt.-Col. J H Lindsay  (Editor) 1925 https://archive.org/details/londonscottishgtwar/page/n11/mode/2up 

History of the Manchester Regiment (Late the 63rd and 96th Foot), Volume 2 1883-1922  by Colonel H C Wylly 1925 https://archive.org/details/manchesterregimentvol2/page/n11/mode/2up

The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment Volume 2 1900-1922 by Br. General Stannus Geoghegan 1927 https://archive.org/details/royalirishregimentvol2/page/n1/mode/2up

The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914-1918. The 2/8th Battalion by Lieut.-Colonel W C Oates 1920 https://archive.org/details/sherwoodforesters2-8thbn/page/n9/mode/2up

Officers of the Green Howards, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), (Formerly the 19th Foot) 1688 to 1920  by Major M L Ferrar 1920 https://archive.org/details/officersgreenhowards/page/n13/mode/2up 

Maureen

[FROGSMILE]

This initiative in preserving the histories online just gets better and better.  Thank you Maureen. 👍

[John(txic)]

Thank you for posting these.

[johntaylor]

Another great crop - many thanks Maureen.

John

[MaureenE]

Further recent uploads Archive.org

The Connaught Rangers Volume 3, 5th and 6th Service Battalions 1914-1919  by Lieut.-Colonel H F N Jourdain and Edward Fraser 1928 https://archive.org/details/connaughtrangersvol3/page/n9/mode/2up 

The History and War Records of the Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regt.) 1797-1928 by E. D. Harrison-Ainsworth 1928 https://archive.org/details/historysurreyyeomanry/page/n13/mode/2up    

Romford to Beirut via France, Egypt and Jericho. An Outline of the War Record of "B" Battery, 271st Brigade, R.F.A. (1/2nd Essex Battery, R.F.A.) with Many Digressions  by Edwin Blackwell and Edwin C Axe 1926 https://archive.org/details/romfordbeirut/page/n9/mode/2up 

Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron by A. O. W. Kindall 1920 (Previously available on Gutenberg.org) https://archive.org/details/palestine20thmachinegunsquadron/File1Palestine20thMachineGunSquadron/mode/2up

Two Australian histories, both transcriptions:

The History of the Fifth Light Horse Regiment (Australian Imperial Force) from 1914 to October, 1917 and from October, 1917 to June, 1919 by Brigadier-General L.C. Wilson and Captain H. Wetherell  1926. https://archive.org/details/5thlighthorse/File1_5thLightHorse/  (Also online at anzacs.org)

The Desert Column. Leaves from the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine by Ion L Idriess 1932. Idriess was a member of the 5th Light Horse.https://archive.org/details/desertcolumn

Maureen 

[johntaylor]

Thanks again for these Maureen - I've just been looking around Archive.org and it appears a number of WWI volumes, mainly relating to Macedonia, have been uploaded by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. I'll try to post the details but I'm not so adept at searching the site.

All the best, John

[MaureenE]

16 minutes ago, johntaylor said:

 I've just been looking around Archive.org and it appears a number of WWI volumes, mainly relating to Macedonia, have been uploaded by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. I'll try to post the details but I'm not so adept at searching the site.

All the best, John

John, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has been mentioned in another GWF topic https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/293546-updated-bibliography-of-books-on-the-salonika-campaign/?do=findComment&comment=3232837,  (and some of the  Posts following) so it is possible the volumes you refer to have already been noted.

Maureen