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A.C.M. Thomson's World War I Field Diaries
Field diaries of Canadian soldier Andrew Thomson, for June 1915 to May 1917.
Adam Simmermacher
The memoirs of German soldier Adam Simmermacher, translated into English.
Albert Chapman - Postcards from the Front
A collection of postcards sent from the Western Front by Albert Chapman of the 27th Field Ambulance, RAMC. With extracts from the official unit War Diary.
Albert Edward Knaggs
The diary of Able Seaman Albert Knaggs of the Royal Australian Navy, covering his service on the submarine AE2, and his time as a prisoner of war in Turkey.
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.
Allen C. Huber
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.
An Echo in My Heart
The letters of Frederick Stanley Albright, of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and Elnora Evelyn Albright, from 1910 to 1917.
An Echo in My Heart
The letters of Frederick Stanley Albright, of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and Elnora Evelyn Albright, from 1910 to 1917.
Arcille Guillory: Rural Louisiana French Doughboy&
The diary of US soldier Arcille Guillory, for May 1918 to February 1919. Written in broken but intelligible English by a native Louisiana French speaker.
Arthur Castle - World War One Diary
The diary of British soldier Arthur Castle for August 1914 to May 1915, covering his service on the Western Front.
Arthur James Foster
The diary of Corporal Arthur Foster of the Hampshire Regiment for November 1916 to September 1919.
Arthur W. Scherr - Diary
The diary of Corporal Arthur Scherr of the 107th Field Signal Battalion, Wisconsin National Guard for July 1917 to May 1919.
Australian War Diary: Through the eyes of the Warr
Personal diaries of Australian participants in both World Wars.
Barney Jacobs - First World War Stories
Two personal accounts of life during the war by Barney Jacobs of the 7th South Wales Borderers.
Benjamin Edgar Cruzan: A Soldier's Diary
The diary of Bugler Benjamin Cruzan of the 341st Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Force for December 1917 to June 1919.
Bernard Joseph Brookes
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.
Brumfitt Atkinson - Great War Diary
The diary of Corporal Brumfitt Atkinson of the Royal Garrison Artillery for May 1915 to July 1916, covering his service on the Western Front.
Canadian Veterans Recollect
Recollections and personal experiences of Canadian veterans, with Real Audio clips.
Captain Edward Rickenbacker - Fighting the Flying
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".
Cecil Slack and the Great War
Letters and diaries written by Cecil Slack, an infantry officer in the East Yorkshire regiment, with teaching resources.
Charles Bertram Spires
The diary of Bombardier Charles Spires of B Battery 103 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery for February 1917 to June 1918.
Charles Boucher - Lucky Charlie
The memoirs of Sergeant Charles Leo Boucher of the 102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Force. [PDF]
Charles D. Dermody - 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.
Charles L. Johnston - Life at Camp Funston
Letters written from June 1918 to January 1919 by Sergeant Charles Johnston of Ambulance Company 239, from Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas.
Charles Robert Bottomley - 1918 Wartime Diary
The diary of Private Bottomley for February 1918 to May 1919, covering his service on the Western Front.
Charles Rooke - First World War Diary
The diary of Charles Rooke of the Border Regiment, covering his service on the Western Front.
Clarence L. Richmond - Recollections of a Buck Pri
A personal account of service in France from June 1918 to June 1919, written by U.S. Marine Clarence Richmond.
Clayton Marshall Sherwood - Writing by Moonlight
The diary of Clayton Sherwood of the Coast Artillery Corps, U.S. Army Field Artillery for August 1917 to February 1919, covering his service on the Western Front.
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.
Denis Joseph Moriarty: A Gallipoli Diary
The diary of Sergeant Moriarty of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers for April to July 1915, covering his service at Gallipoli.
Edgar John Dungey - Diary
The diary of Edgar Dungey, of the Somerset Light Infantry, covering his time as a POW in Germany from July to November 1918.
Edward Dodd
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.
Elmer Joseph Focke
Letters written from May 1918 to July 1919 by Lieutenant Focke of the 38th Regiment, American Expeditionary Force.
Ernest 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.
First World War.com: War Memoirs
A collection of short memoirs written by serving soldiers and nurses during World War I.
Francis Lind - Letters
Letters written from May 1915 to June 1916 by Newfoundland soldier Francis Thomas "Mayo" Lind to the Daily News in St John's, Newfoundland.
Frank William Gent - Letters from the Great War
Correspondence and diary of Frank Gent of the 2/3rd East Lancashire Field Ambulance, covering his service on the Western Front and his time as a POW.
Fred Garrett
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.
Fred Slee - the Great War Diary
The diary of Fred Slee of the 17th D.C.O. Lancers and the Gordon Highlanders, for 1914 to 1919.
Fredrick Dill
The diary of Fredrick Dill of the 3rd Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force for 1915, covering his service at Gallipoli.
Fritz Kreisler - Four Weeks in the Trenches
A personal account of service on the Eastern Front by Fritz Kreisler, an officer in the Austrian Army.
G.E. Vail
The diary of G.E. Vail of the Royal Engineers for August 1914 to July 1918, covering his service on the Western Front.
General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien - Memories of For
A personal account of service during the Zulu War, the Boer War and World War One, written by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien.
George A. Morrice
The diary of George Morrice of the 102nd Field Signal Corp, New York National Guard for March 1918 to April 1919.
George Culpitt
The diary of Private George Culpitt of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, for 1916 to 1918.
George Ludovic Alexander
The diary of Lieutenant George Alexander of the U.S. Army Ordnance Department for May 1917 to July 1919.
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.
H. Fletcher Davidson
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.
Harry McCleave
The diary of Lieutenant Harry Austin McCleave of the 64th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force for March to October 1916, covering his service until his death on the Western Front.
Harry Williams - Trenches and Trees
Memoirs of British soldier Harry Williams.
Harvey L. Williams
Letters written from April 1917 to December 1918 by Harvey Williams, a US military ambulance driver in France and Italy.
Helen Lauder Fowlds
Biography, diary, letters and pictures of Nursing Sister Helen Fowlds of the Canadian Army Medical Corps.
Henry Jetton Tudury
The diary of Sergeant Henry Tudury of the 59th Infantry, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Force for April 1917 to August 1919.
Herb Ash
Diary of Private Herb Ash of the Australian Imperial Force, for January 1916 to August 1918.
Ivor 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.
James Norman Hall - High Adventure
A personal account of the air war written by James Hall, who served in the Lafayette Escadrille and the US 94th Squadron.
James Rogers McConnell Collection
Personal papers of James McConnell, one of the seven original American flyers in the Lafayette Escadrille.
James Starkie
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.
John Cannon Stothers
Letters written from July 1916 to January 1919 by John Stothers of the 170th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
John Daniel - Just a Postcard
A collection of postcards sent to and from New Zealand soldier John Daniel.
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.
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.
John William Gower - Diary
The diary of Corporal John Gower of the Royal Field Artillery for August 1914 to April 1915.
Josef Sramek - Memoirs
The diary of Josef Sramek of the Austrian army, covering his captivity in Serbia, Albania, Italy and France from 1914 to 1916.
Joseph Daniel Fewster
The diary of Sergeant Joseph Fewster of the 1st (Hull) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, for January 1916 to October 1917, covering his service in German East Africa.
Joseph Jones
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.
Leonard Dudley Richards
The diary of Leonard Richards of the Leicestershire Regiment for 1915, covering his service on the Western Front.
Lloyd Duncan Edwards
The diary of Private Lloyd Edwards of the 5th Bedfordshire Regiment for January to July 1918, covering his service in France.
Lloyd Staley
Letters written from August 1917 to July 1918 by Lloyd Maywood Staley of the 137th U.S. Infantry.
Manfred von Richthofen - The Red Fighter Pilot
A personal account of the air war written by Captain Manfred von Richthofen, the legendary "Red Baron".
Mark's War
The diary of Mark Foreman of the Royal Fusiliers, for October 1916 to May 1917.
Mathew Chopin - A World War 1 Soldier's Memoi
Memoirs of Mathew Chopin, of the Middle Western 89th Division, covering his service from training until the Armistice.
Nathaniel Rouse
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.
Norman Keith Calder
The diary of Midshipman Calder of the Royal Australian Navy for January 1917 to December 1918.
Norvel P Clotfelter - WWI Journals
The diary of Norvel Clotfelter, of the 344th Machine Gun Battalion, for June 1918 to February 1919.
Paul Rademacher
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.
Percival Fox
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.
Percy Smith - Letters from the Great War
Letters written from October 1914 to September 1915 by Lieutenant Percy Smith of the Royal West Kent Regiment.
R.L. Dwight's WWI Diary
The diary of US soldier Robert Dwight for April 1918 to April 1919.
Richard Irving Dacre
The memoirs of Lt. Colonel Richard Dacre of the Royal Army Medical Corps, covering his service on the Western Front.
Robert Bell
The diary of Robert Bell of the Royal Marine Light Infantry for 1915 covering the time leading up to his service at Gallipoli.
Robert Ellwood
The memories of Robert Ellwood of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force covering his service at Gallipoli and on the Palestine Front.
Robert Hamilton
The diary of Lieutenant Robert Peyton Hamilton of the County of London Regiment for 1915, covering his service on the Western Front.
Robert Lindsay Mackay
The diary of Robert Mackay, of the 11th Batallion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, for 1916 to 1918.
Stapleton Tench Eachus - The Great War Diaries
The diary of Stapleton Eachus of the Royal Engineers, for May to September 1916.
Sylvester Benjamin Butler's AEF Scrapbook
The wartime scrapbook of Captain Butler of the 301st Supply train, American Expeditionary Force.
Thomas Reginald Part - Diary
The diary of Lance Corporal Part, a signaller with the 24th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, for 1915 to 1917.
Travis Hampson
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.
Victor Edward Borgonon
The diary of Lieutenant Victor Borgonon of the Suffolk Regiment for January 1918 to August 1919, covering his service in Salonika.
Vincent Goodwin - Memoirs from World War I
The memoirs of Private Goodwin of the 2nd Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade.
Walter Shuttleworth
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.
Weldon McCoy Barr
The diary of Ordnance Sergeant Barr, of the US Army, for September to November 1918.
Wilfred Allen
The diary of Wilfred H. Allen of the 108th Infantry, 27th NY Division, American Expeditionary Force, from May 1918 to April 1919.
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.
Willard Newton
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.
William Allcock
Extracts from letters and diary of Captain William Allcock of the Royal Flying Corps, covering his service on the Western Front.
William Bernard Whitmore
The diary of William Whitmore of the 14th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, covering 1915 and 1916.
William Dalton Lycett
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.
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.
William Harrison Walp
The diary of Sergeant William Walp of the 6th Regiment Coast Artillery, American Expeditionary Force, for July 1917 to July 1918.
William James Cording
The diary of Private William Cording of the Somerset Light Infantry for March 1916 to July 1919.
William Livergood
The diary of William A Livergood, of the US army, for September 1917 to September 1920.
William Peden's World War I Memoirs
Memoirs of Private Peden of the 8th Battalion, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
World War I Memoirs, Memorials, Reminiscences
Collection of wartime diaries and firsthand accounts from the World War I Document Archive.
Wyn Griffith - Up to Mametz
The memoir of Ll. Wyn Griffith, first published in 1931.