The First World War: A Documentary Record

Series One: European War 1914-1919, the War Reserve Collection (WRA -WRE)
from Cambridge University Library

Part 2: Trench Journals, Personal Narratives and Reminiscences

CONTENTS OF REELS

REEL 1

Listing and Guide

WRA 458 The British Prisoner of War
Vol 1, Nos 1-12
31 cm. London, 1918

WRA 487 The Gasper. The unofficial organ of the BEF
Nos 10, 12-21
38 cm. Salisbury, 1915-16

WRA 488 The Listening Post. 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion
Nos 1-4, 6-8,12-16, 19-32
31 cm. France, 1915-18

WRA 494 The Fifth Glo'ster Gazette
Nos 13-16, 18-25
31 cm [Gloucester], 1916-19

WRA 538 The Iodine Chronicle...No 1 Canadian Field Ambulance
No 5
34 cm. France, 1916

WRA 539 The Splint Record
Souvenir no
37 cm. [Flanders], December 1915

WRA 540 NYD incorporating…"The Iodine Chronicle", " The Splint Record", "Now and Then" The journals of 1, 2 & 3 Canadian Field Ambulances, respectively
Nos 1-4, 6
REEL 1 (cont.)

34 cm. London, 1916-17

WRA 566 The Open Exhaust. Unofficial organ of 358 Coy
Vol 1. No 4. 34 cm. n.p. 1916

WRA 574 Cinque ports Gazette. An active service magazine for… the 5th Royal Sussex Regt.
No 1. 31 cm. n.p. 1916

WRA 610 The Gehenna Gazette: being the summer members of the Hades Herald, the (un) official organ of the Inns of Court
OTC
34 cm. Berkhamstead, 1917

WRA 618 Der Kamerad. Feld-Ausgabe
No 164, Oct 4, 1918
33 cm. Dresden, 1918

WRA 622 La Baïonnette
No 7 NS 31 cm. Paris, 1915

WRA 630 Reveille [published on board troopship "Euripides"]
Last issue. Oct 23, 1916
36 cm. At sea, 1916

WRA 643 La Claque à Fond
Nos 20-24. 38 cm. [In the Trenches], 1918

WRA 643 The Salient. Being a seasonable supplement
to the 6 corps magazine
33 cm. [At the Front, France], Xmas 1915

REEL 2

WRB 17.1 Ward, H, Mr Poilu, notes and sketches with the fighting French 26 cm. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1916

WRB 17.2 Vince, C, England in France
Drawn by S R Jones
26 cm. Constable & Co., London, 1919

WRB 17.3 Maxwell, Donald, The Last Crusade
25 cm. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1920

WRB 17.4 "Arnewood". With the Guns West and East
26 cm. Mayflower Press, Plymouth, 1923

WRB 17.6 Australia in Palestine
28 cm. Agnes & Robertson, Sydney, 1919

REEL 3

WRB 18.301 The Barncroft Magazine. D-Company No. 14
Officer Cadet Battalion
26 cm. (Catterick), Jan to June 1918

WRB 18.302 Ultimus Magazine. D-Company 14th Officer
Cadet Battalion
26 cm. (Catterick), July 1918 to June 1919

WRB 18.303 The Canadian Scottish. Stray papers by a private
24 Aberdeen, 1915

WRB 18.304 The Anzac Book: written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the men of Anzac …
28 cm. London, 1916

WRB 18.305 The Parting of the Ways
28 cm. Auckland, (1919)

WRB 101 The Golden Horseshoe. The Journal of the 37th Division, BEF
28 cm. London, 1919

WRB 104. 1-2 Chronicles of the NZEF
Volumes 1 & 2. 28 cm. London, 1916-1917

REEL 4

WRB 104.3-5 Chronicles of the NZEF
Volumes 3, 4 & 5. 28 cm. London, 1917-1919

WRB 107 The Tenedos Times. A monthly journal of the Mediterranean destroyer flotilla during the early part of the war
26 cm. London, 1917
REEL 4 (cont.)

WRB 108.1 The Wipers Times. A facsimile reprint of the Trench Magazines:
A brief preface followed by: The Wipers Times
Vol 1 Nos 1-4. 12 Feb 1916 to 20 Mar 1916

The "New Church" Times (incorporating The Wipers Times)
Vol 1 Nos 1-4. 17 April 1916 to 29 May 1916

WRB 108.1 The Kemmel Times (incorporating The Wipers Times cont. and the "New Church" Times)

The Somme Times (incorporating ... [the above]) Vol 1 No 1. 31 July 1916

The BEF Times (incorporating … [the above])
Vol 1 Nos 1-5. 1 Dec 1916 to 1 Apr 1917

WRB 108. 2 The Wipers Times. A facsimile reprint of the Trench Magazines: A brief preface followed by:

The BEF Times
Vol 2 Nos 1-6. 17 Aug 1017 to 26 Feb 1918

The Better Times
Vol 1 Nos 1-2. Nov 1918 to Dec 1918

REEL 5

WRB 112.1-2 The Lead Swinger. The Bivouac Journal of the 1/3 West Riding Field Ambulances
3 volumes in 2. 27 cm. Sheffield, 4 Sept 1915 to 1 Mar 1919

WRB 201.1-2 The Thistle. Scottish Women’s Hospitals for Foreign Service Souvenir Book
Volumes 1 and 2. 28 cm. Glasgow, (1916-1917)

REEL 6

WRB 412 The Queen’s Own Gazette (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Vol XXXV, Nos 4-9
28 cm. Maidstone, 1916

WRB 422 The Dead Horse Corner Gazette. Canadian BEF
Nos 1-3
28 cm. London, 1915-1916

WRB 432 Pulham Patrol
Vol 1, Nos 4, 5, 9, 10
26 cm. Pulham, 1917-18

WRB 436 Anzac Bulletin
78 (New Issues), 80-95
28 cm. London, 1918

WRB 444 The Eaglet. American Forces Magazine
Vol 1, Nos 1-16, 18-23
28 cm. London, 1918-1919

WRB 448 American News
Vol 1, Nos 3-16, 19-20
28 cm. Madrid, 1918

WRB 469 Deutsche Internierten-Zeitung
Heft 34
28 cm. Berne, 1917

WRB 470 Journal des Internés Français
3e trimestre. No 29
26 cm. Berne, 1917

WRB 471 a.a.c. The Journal of the Anti-Aircraft Corps
Nos 2, 3
26 cm. London, 1917

WRB 473 The AOC Workshops Gazette
No 30
28 cm. n.p. 1918

REEL 7

WRB 479 The Mudhook, with which is incorporated "Dardanelles Dug-Out Gossip"
The Journal of the 63rd (RN) Division
Vol 1, Nos 1, 2
27 cm. Boulogne, 1917
REEL 7 (cont.)

WRB 480 Now and Then, being the official organ of No 3 Canadian Field Ambulance, 1st Canadian Division, BEF No 1
28 cm. Yeovil, 1915

WRB 481 The Gnome
NS Nos 2-5
25 cm. Cairo, 1917

WRB 482 The Brazier. 16th Battalion. The Canadian Scottish
No 1
28 cm. (At the front, France) 1916

WRB 483 Breath o’ The Heather (OC 236h Bn CEF)
No 3 & No 7 (Boat edition)
30 cm. Valcantier, 1917

WRB 484 Chronicles of the White Horse (Queen’s Own, Royal West Kent)
Nos 2, 3
26 cm. n.p. 1917

WRB 485 The Codford Wheeze (No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford)
Christmas Day, 1918
25 cm. Salisbury, 1918

WRB 486 The Compressor. A weakly effort at military hilarity
27 cm. (Egypt?), 1916

WRB 487 Doings in German East Afrika
Vol 1 No II
29 cm. Dar es Salaam, 1918

WRB 488 L’Echo des Guitounes … Organ officiel des Poilus du 144e de ligne
Nos 11 and 12
28 cm. n.p. 1915

WRB 489 Kamp-knews. The officious news-ance of the 3rd West Lancs Brigade RFA
No 22
28cm. Liverpool, 1917

WRB 490 Lager-Echo (German concentration camp magazine)
Vol 11 Nos 1-8, 10-12; Vol 2 Nos 2-7
29 cm. Knockaloe, Isle of Man, 1916-1918

WRB 492 "Stand To!" The Journal of the 20th (S) Battalion: "The Duke of Cambridge’s Own" the Middlesex Regt. "The Die Hards"
No 1
28 cm. London, 1916

WRB 493 The Quirk. RNAS, RN College, Greenwich
Vol 1, Nos 1-2
27 cm. London, 1917

WRB 494 Trench Echo. Published "every little while" by the City of Winnipeg Battalion
Christmas number
31 cm. France, 1917

WRB 496 The Pennington Press ASCMT
No 1, Nos 1-26; Vol 2, Nos 27-44
28 cm. Bromley, 1916-1917

REEL 8

WRB 500 The 79th News
1914-1919 (quarterly)
24 cm. Inverness, 1914-1919

WRB 514 TE HUIA (The Magazine of the 33rd Reinforcement)
Vol 1, No 1
28 cm. London, 1918

WRB 515 The Dump. XXIII Division
Vols II & III
28 cm. London, 1916-1917

WRB 516 The Sling. A Little Journal published by the boys of a Canadian Field Ambulance
Nos 1, 2
26 cm. On active service, 1917

REEL 9 (cont.)

WRB 517 Four Whistles. ‘D’ Company Scottish Officer Cadet Battalion
29 cm. Gailes, 1918

WRB 518 Four More Whistles. 9th Officer Cadet Battalion
25 cm. Glasgow, 1918

WRB 519 Memento of No 2 Company (XXII, OCB)
25 cm. Hipswell Camp, Catterick,
June to Dec 1918

WRB 520 Trot-Talk or East Coast Splashes
Vol 1, Nos 2-5
28 cm. (Ipswich), 1918-1919

WRB 525 Welsh Division
New Year Souvenir
25 cm. Cardiff, 1917-1918

WRB 533 Mufti
Nos 1-7
27 cm. Basildon, n.d.

WRB 541 The Hangar Herald
Nos 9, 10, 11
28 cm. (France), 1915

WRB 543 The Fag End. An unofficial journal of the fortieth reinforcement NZEF
29 cm. n.p. 1918

WRB 560 The Canadian War-Pictorial: A Photographic Record
Nos 1-4
29 cm. London, 1916

WRB 563 The Veteran
Vol 1, No 8
28 cm. Ottawa, 1918

WRB 565 The Australian at Weymouth
Nos 1-5
28 cm. Weymouth, 1918

WRB 569 The Indian. Journal of the US Medical Corps
Vol 1 No 13
28 cm. (On the High Seas), 1919

WRB 579 Camp Echo. Halbmonatsschrift für das Douglas Prisoner of War Camp
Nos 5-7
25 cm. Douglas, 1915-

WRB 588 Poison Gas: The Unofficial Organ of the 3rd Battalion Queen Victoria’s Rifles
Vol 1, No 1
25 cm. Salisbury, 1916

WRB 590 The OTC and Naval Cadets Magazine
Vol 5, No 10
25 cm. London, 1918

WRB 633 Canadian Sapper
Vol 1, No 2
28 cm. London, March 1918

WRB 639 Lines. The official organ of the Divisional Signal Company, RE
Vol 1, No 1
30 cm. (In the Field), 1917

WRB 645 The Third Battalion Magazine (AIF)
30 cm. Mansfield, August 1918

WRC 16.318 Scarlett-Synge, E. Report of visits to English prisoner-of- war camps in Germany
22 cms. (London), 1915

REEL 10

WRC 17.1 Hopkins, N M, Over the threshold of war ...
26 cm. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1918

WRC 17.2 Fraser-Tytler, N With Lancashire Lads and Field Guns…
22 cm. Privately Printed. Sheffield, 1922
REEL 10 (cont.)

WRC 17.7 Charteris, E, H Q Tanks, 1917-18
23 cm. Privately Printed, London, 1920

WRC 17.9 Smith, H R, A soldier’s diary
24 cm. Privately Printed, Evesham, 1940

WRC 17.10 Curry, C E (ed.) Sir R Casement's diaries…
24 cm. March, 1922

REEL 11

WRC 17.101 Voskamp, C J, Aus dem belagerten tsinglan
21 cm. Berlin, 1915

WRC 17.102 Koester, A, Die stille schlacht
24 cm. Munich, 1915

WRC 17.103 Jeanbennat, J, Lettres de Guerre (1914-18)
23 cm. Librarie Plan, Paris, 1920

WRC 17.104 Heldmann, K, Kriegserlebenisse eines Deutschen Geschichts professors in der Heimat
23 cm. Stuttgart, 1922

WRC 17.301 Anon, England ind Kriegs zeiten. Von Einem Englander
23 cm. Zurich, 1918

WRC 17.302 Krafft, T, Das kriegstagbuch
22 cm. Munich, 1915

REEL 12

WRC 17.303 Anon, J’accuse! Feuillets du Journal d’un soldat-homme de lettres
23 cm. Privately printed, Berlin, 1915

WRC 17.304 Ballande, C A, Le lieutenant de vaisseau C. Ballande. Extraits de ses lettres
24 cm. Fischbacher, Paris, 1916

WRC 17.305 L M, Visiones de Guerra
21 cm. Gran Imprenta Catolica, Madrid, 1915
WRC 17.306 Cadonna, C La guerra nella retrovie
21 cm. Bemporad & Figlio, Firenze, 1917

WRC 17.307 Snokowski, K, Na Przetomie
21 cm. Krakow, 1916

WRC 17.308 Montague, C E, Notes from Calais Base
22 cm. Fisher Unwin, London, 1918

WRC 17.309 Muchlon, W, Die Verheerung Europas
21 cm. Art Institut Fusli, Zurich, 1918

WRC 17.310 Barth, Ch, Harrowing experience in war zone
22 cm. Garfield, N J, 1916

WRC 17.31 Daleng, M, Meine elf Wochen Grenzbesetzung
21 cm. Schneider, St Gallen, 1915

WRC 17.312 Bellows, W A, Carnet de route
22 cm. Privately printed, Gloucester, 1917

REEL 13

WRC 17.313 Larsen, K, Arbeit-Dienst. Aus dem Dänischer ubersetzt
20 cm. Erich Reis, Berlin, 1916

WRC 17.314 Hahn, G, Totentanz 1914/5
21 cm. Ambrolium Barth, Leipzig, 1915

WRC 17.315 Gerard, J & V W, Mine Fire aar I Tyskland
21 cm. København, 1917

WRC 17.316 Böök, J, Resa till Frankrike 1915
20 cm. Stockholm, 1916

WRC 17.317 Anon, L’Invasion Allemande en Belgique
21 cm. n.p., n.d.

WRC 17.318 Guerrers, J C, La Guerra Europea
24 cm. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, 191-?

WRC 17.319 A collection of letters from the front, mostly to the Revd Dr Stevens in Tadlow, nr Royston, Herts, concerning the receipt of Christmas parcels.

REEL 14

WRC 401 The London Scottish Regimental Gazette
Nos 217-262
24 cm. London, 1914 ff

REEL 15

WRC 401 The London Scottish Regimental Gazette (cont)
Nos 263-274
24 cm. London, 1914 ff.

WRC 402 Barrak. The Camel Corps Review
24 cm. Cairo, 1917

WRC 403 The Mudlark, Bedfordshire Gazette
1st Battalion
No 1
24 cm. (Manchester), 1916

WRC 404 The Whizz-bang. A monthly from the Front
(Organ of the 6th Batt (TF) Durham Light Infantry)
Vol 1, Nos 1, 7
25 cm. Darlington, 1916-

WRC 406 The Volunteer’s Magazine. The official organ of the Corps of Citizens
Vol 1, Nos 1, 11
25 cm. London, 1916-17

WRC 408 The Singapore Searchlight. A periodical devoted to the doings of the Singapore RE (Volunteers)
Vol 1, Nos 1-5
25 cm. Singapore, 1915-16

WRC 408 The Searchlight - Monthly Publication of the RAMC, TF
(E Lancs) 2nd Weston General Hospital, Manchester
No 1, Vol 1
24 cm. October 1916

WRC 413 Soldiers Pie. (32nd Reinforcements NZEF)
24 cm. London, 1918

WRC 414 The Link (NZEF)
25 cm (London, 1918)

WRC 415 The Dagger or "London in the Line"
Nos 1-3
25 cm. London, Nov 1918 to Feb 1919

WRC 418 Calliope Clarion
Xmas 1915
25 cm. Manchester, 1915

WRC 423 The Periscope
Vol III, No 4
24 cm. Manchester, 1919

WRC 424 Bostall Heath Camp Magazine continuing as
Battery Babble (Camp Entertainments Committee Journal)
Vol 1, No 1 – Vol 1, No 2
Oct 1916 to Dec 1916
25 cm. Bostall Heath, 1916

WRC 426 The Grim Old Lion’s Dare-devil’s Gazette
25 cm. Clonmel, 1916

WRC 427 The Futile Fusilier
Xmas 1915
24 cm. n.p. 1915

WRC 429 The Red Feather (Regimental Magazine of the 6th (Service)
Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry)
Vol 1, Nos 4, 6, 7
25 cm. Aldershot, June 1915 to March 1916

WRC 449 Doeberitz Gazette
Nos 1, 2, 3
22 cm. Doeberitz, 1916-.

WRC 464 Aussie. The Australian Soldier’s Magazine
Nos 1-13
19-24 cm. Printed in the field, 1918

REEL 16

WRC 483 The Direct Hit. Journal of the 58th London Division
Vol 1, Nos 1-4
25 cm. (London), 1916-17

WRC 484 Bulletin of the Polish Voluntary Army
Nos 1-3
24 cm. Warsaw, 1920

WRC 487 Spit and Polish (B 120 REA)
Vol 1, Nos 1-4
20 cm. "The Low Countries", 1916

WRC 489 The Minden Magazine
Nos 1-8
20 cm. London, 1915

WRC 525 The Standard of C Company
21 cm. London, July 1918

WRC 526 The Jackass. The First Australian General Hospital Monthly
Nos 1, 2 & 5
24 cm. n.p. June to Oct 1918

WRC 527 "Honk". The Voice of the Benzine Lancers and Organ of the Gear-Box Musicians
Printed every sometimes for the Australian Ammunition Park
24 cm. In the Field, France, 12 Aug 1915 to 29 Aug 1915

WRC 528 Hangar Happenings
Nos (1)–4
24 cm. France, printed at Plymouth , 1917

WRC 529 "718". The ASCMT 718 W T Company’s Magazine
Nos 1-4
24 cm. Amiens, Sept 1916 to May 1917

WRC 530 The Wormlet
22 cm. France, 20 July 1918

WRC 531 Bairns Gazette
21 cm. n.p. 1917
WRC 532 White and Blue
Vol 1
24 cm. Jaffa, March 1918

WRC 533 La Vie Canadienne. Canadian Section, Gen HQ 3rd Echelon
Vol 1, No 7
24 cm. n.p. 1917

WRC 537 The Jackdaw – on active service. Being the "official" organ of
No 6. MAC
Vol 1, Nos 9-12
21 cm. (In the field), 1917

WRC 538 BIM (British Interned Magazine)
Vol 1, Nos 1-10; Vol 2, Nos 1-10
22 cm. [Mürren], 1917-18

WRC 554 The "On Guard"; being the monthly magazine of 339 and 341 companies RDC
Nos 1-9
22 cm. Oswestry, 1919

WRC 560 The Whippet. 24 Tank Corps OCB
Vol 1, Nos 1 & 2
23 cm. Winchester, 1918-19

REEL 17

WRD 17.1 Heutig, WO von Meine Diplomaten fahrt in verscheossene Land,
17 cm. Berlin & Wien, 1918

WRD 17.2 Crum, F M, With Riflemen, Scouts and Snipers
19 cm. Privately printed, Oxford, 1921

WRD 17.5 Warstat, W (ed), Das Erlebnis unserer jungen kriegsfreiwilligen
20 cm. Undreis, Gotha, 1916

WRD 17.101 Zobeltitz, F von, Kriegsfahrten eines Johanniters
17 cm. Ullsten, Berlin, 1915

WRD 17.102 Herbert, Lady M, Serbia and the Serbians
18 cm. Privately printed, London, 1915
REEL 17 (cont.)

WRD 17.103 Hedin, Sven, Baghdad, Babylon, Nineveh
19 cm. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1917

REEL 18

WRD 17.104 Aubry, L'Abbé Augustin, Ma captivité en Allemagne
19 cm. Perrin, Paris, 1916 (6th ed)

WRD 17.302 Colombel, Mme E, Journal d’une Infirmière d’Arras
20 cm. Bloud et Gay, Paris, 1916

WRD 17.303 Casales, A E, A young soldier in France
19 cm. Privately printed, Eastbourne, 1916

WRD 17.304 Gibbs, P, Genom tyskarnes andra linje
18 cm. Lundberg, Stockholm, 1916

WRD 17.305 Hedin, S, Hacia el Este
20 cm. Seither, Barcelona, 1916

WRD 17.306 Kipliong, R, La guerra nelle montagne
17 cm. Milano, 1917

WRD 17.307 Gomez Carzillo, E, Au coeur de la tragédie
19 cm. Berger Levrault, Paris, Nancy, 1917

WRD 17.309 Anon, A Trip to Germany During Wartime
18 cm. Privately printed, New York, 1915

WRD 17.310 Moraht, E, Unser gemeinsamer Krieg
19 cm. Lanng, Frankfurt, 1915

REEL 19

WRD 17.311 Gedult von Jungerfeld, E, Freih von
Aus den Urwäldern Paraguays zur Jahre
16 cm. Ullsten, Berlin, 1916

WRD 17.312 Lavenden, H, Les Grandes Heures
19 cm. Perrin, Paris, 1915

WRD 17.313 Boje Legionów Polskich
No 3
17 cm. Krakow, 1916

WRD 17.314 Burek, Wladyslav, Legiony Polskie
20 cm. Krakow, 1916

WRD 17.315 Sturdza, M, Avec l’armée roumaine (1916-1918)
19 cm. Hachette, Paris, 1918

WRD 17.316 Hedin, Sven, Hacia el Este
17 cm. Privately printed, Barcelona, 1916

WRD 17.317 Brandt, R, I kulregnet vid östfronten
19 cm. Stockholm, 1915

WRD 17.318 Lappuynes, E, Louvain: A personal experience
19 cm. Privately printed, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1915

WRD 17.319 Lawson, John A, Memories of Deville Wood
19 cm. Privately printed, Cape Town, 1918

WRD 17.320 Muehlon, W, Europas Ødelseggelse
20 cm. Nordiskforlag, København, 1918

REEL 20

WRD 17.321 Pallin, Erik, Stridsflygares, E Upplevelser
av Contract…
20 cm. Svenska, Stockholm, 1918

WRD 17.322 Danske soldaterbreve
20 cm. København, 1918

WRD 17.323 Was iche in mehr als 80 schlachten erlebte…
19 cm. Berlin, 1915

WRD 17.24 Unser vormarsch bis zur Marne
19 cm. Berlin, 1915

WRD 17.325 Locks, G M, Some impressions of an officer
20 cm. Privately printed, n.p. 1916

REEL 20 (cont.)

WRD 17.326 Maclean, J, On Active service with Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, vol 1
19 cm. Scottish Chronicle Press, Edinburgh, 1926

WRD 17.327 Maclean, J, Active service with Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, vol 2
19 cm. Scottish Chronicle Press, Edinburgh, 1926

WRD 17.329 Bellows, W, Three days in France
19 cm. Privately printed, Gloucester, 1914

WRD 46.396 The Soldiers’ war slang dictionary
19 cm. London, 1939

WRD 46.397 Downing, W H, Digger dialects
19 cm. Melbourne, 1919

WRD 405 The Incubator. The Magazine of the 2nd Reserve Batallion RNVR, 63rd Royal Naval Division Reserves
No 1
15 cm. n.p. 1918

WRD 412 The WRAF on the Rhine
Nos 1-3
20 cm. Cologne, July to Sept 1919

WRD 415 The Ascanian
No 1
21 cm. Published at sea, May to July 1917

WRD 416 The Wasp
No 1
18 cm. Published at sea, 1917

WRD 17.301 Cómo gané la Cruz de Hierro
14 cm. Seither, Barcelona, 1917

WRD 17.302 Mirandola, F, Walki I Brygady, 1914-1915
15 cm. Krakow, 1916