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Personal Resource Library

The following list of books are in my personal collection, and range from books published during World War I to the present day. I am always interested in adding to my collection, so drop me a line at BRIAN if you know of a book not listed here.

For a list of addresses for researching WW1 personnel, please visit my Resources page.

  • Aitken, Sir Max. Canada in Flanders: The Official History of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Volume 1

  • Bairnsfather, Capt. Bruce. The Bystander's Fragments from France. 8th edition

  • Barnard, Leslie G, editor. The War Pictorial: The Leading Pictorial Souvenir of the Great War; Depicting Especially the Part Played by Canada and Canadians. Vol. One

  • Barnard, Leslie G, editor. The War Pictorial: The Leading Pictorial Souvenir of the Great War; Depicting Especially the Part Played by Canada and Canadians. Vol. Two

  • Bercuson, David J. & Granatstein, J.L.. Dictionary of Canadian Military History

  • Bishop, Arthur. Courage in the Air: Canada's Military Heritage. Volume I

  • Bishop, Arthur. Courage on the Battlefield: Canada's Military Heritage. Volume II

  • Bishop, Arthur. Courage at Sea: Canada's Military Heritage. Volume III

  • Bishop, Chris & Drury, Ian C., editors. Battles of the 20th Century: A Pictorial history of the greatest battles illustrated with maps and diagrams

  • Burns, Ross, editor. The World War I Album

  • Canadian War Records Office. Canada in Khaki

  • Collier, P. F. & Son. Collier's Photographic History of the European War Including Sketches and Drawings Made on the Battle Fields

  • Cross, W.K. The Charlton Standard Catalogue of First World War Canadian Infantry Badges. Second Edition

  • Duncan-Clark, S. J. and Plewman, W. R..Pictorial History of the Great War , 1st. editon and 4th edition

  • Eden, Major Steven. Military Blunders: Wartime Fiascoes from the Roman Age Through World War I

  • Facey, A.B.. A Fortunate Life

  • Fitzsimons, Bernard, editor. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare.Vols 1 - 24 inclusive

  • German, Commander Tony. The Sea is at Our Gates: The History of the Canadian Navy

  • Giesier, Patricia. Valour Remembered: Canada and the First World War

  • Government of Canada, Veterans Affairs. John McCrae

  • Hahn, Major J. E.. The Intelligence Service Within the Canadian Corps 1914-1918

  • Hay, Ian. All In It! "K (1)" Carries On

  • Hay, Ian. The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a Unit of "K (1)"

  • Haythornthwaite, Philip J. . The World War One Source Book

  • Lotz, Jim. Canadians At War

  • MacPherson, Ken & Burgess, John. The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-1981: A complete pictorial history of Canadian Warships

  • Marshall, Chris, editor. The Encyclopedia of Ships: The History and Specifications of over 1200 Ships

  • Marteinson, John et al. We Stand On Guard: An Illustrated History of the Canadian Army

  • Mirouze, Laurent. World War 1 Infantry in Colour Photographs

  • Morton, Desmond. When Your Number's Up: The Canadian Soldier in the First World War

  • Moyer, Laurence V.. Victory Must Be Ours: Germany in the Great War 1914-1918

  • Nasmith, Col. George G.. Canada's Sons and Great Britain in the World War: A Complete and Authentic History of the Commanding part played by Canada and the British Empire in the World's Greatest War

  • O'Shea, Stephen. Back to the Front: An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War 1

  • Prescott, John F.. In Flanders Fields: The Story of John McCrae

  • Royal Army Medical Corps Training 1911

  • Sheffield, G.D. The Pictorial History of World War I

  • Simkins, Peter. World War I: The Western Front.

  • Summers, Jack L. Tangled Web: Canadian Infantry Accoutrements 1855-1985

  • Taylor, A.J.P.. From Sarajevo to Potsdam

  • von Bernhardi, General Friedrich. Translated by Allen H. Powles. Germany and the Next War

  • Wallace, W.S.. Canada in the Great War. 1st. edition and 4th edition

  • Wetherell, J.E. (selected and edited by). The Great War in Verse and Prose.

  • Wilson, Peter, editor. Volume One. Canadian Railway Troops During World War 1: 1st. Battalion Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps November 1917 - April 1918

  • Winter, Jay & Baggett, Blaine. The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

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