Bibliography / Reading List

The following bibliography lists any resources that have been a useful reference aide in the creation of this website. Please submit additional recommendations via the comments section at the bottom of the page, or directly to fmsketches@macbrem.com.

Books	The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's): A Record of its Services in the Great War Hard as Nails: The Sportsmen's Battalion of World War One Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front The Somme Books by Peter Doyle »        British Army Cap Badges of the First World War »        Trench Talk: Words of the First World War  (cover features a Mackain illustration) »        British Postcards of the First World War  (features examples of Mackain postcards) »        Remembering Tommy  (article on Mackain and many examples of his postcards) World War 1 in Postcards (features an article on Mackain’s Tommy’s Life and examples of postcards) Collecting British Army Postcards (features an article on Mackain’s Tommy’s Life and examples of postcards) Books on Google »        Kitchener's Army: The Raising of the New Armies, 1914-16  (mentions 23 RF) »        The history of the Second Division, 1914-1918, Volume 2
Websites & Articles	Wikipedia »        2nd Division: First World War »        Trench warfare »        Battle of the Somme »        Battle of Delville Wood Delville Wood official website »        British Army units linked to Delville Wood (including 23RF and 24RF) »        Extracts from the diary of Walter Giddy The Long, Long Trail »        The 2nd Division in 1914-1918 »        The Army Service Corps: Base Depots The War Diary of George Culpitt, Royal Welch Fusiliers  (personal experiences of WW1, including the ones below) »        Chapter 2 Etaples Camp »        Chapter 3 To the Front »        Chapter 4 The Somme »        Chapter 8 Winter 1916 »        Chapter 11 A Brief Respite »        Chapter 12 Wounded World War 1 1914-16 (BEF) The Royal Fusiliers 1914-1918 Short biography of Charles E. Montague, who served with the Sportsman’s Battalion. New York Times » 1915 article on British clergymen enlisting with the Sportsmen’s Battalion. Essex Police Memorial Trust » Frederick J Boyce  (includes  a poem about 23RF) Parish of Hornchurch » The History of St. Andrew’s Church  (mentions a memorial to the Sportsman’s Battalion) Through These Lines » Research: Etaples Australian War Memorial » Iso Rae in Etaples The Straits Times  » 1929 article on Mrs Cunliffe Owen
Blogs & Forums	Great War Forum  (features many discussions related to 23RF and 24RF related topics, some listed here) »        Units and Formations »        Etaples Training Camp »        First Sportsman’s Battalion »        23rd Sportsman's Regiment, Royal Fusiliers »        Unidentified (unofficial) silver medal Oct 1914 ? »        Sportsmans Battalions, who qualified ? Canadian Great War Project »        Fergus H E Mackain Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) Study Group » Fergus Mackain Army Service Numbers »        The Royal Fusiliers - Sportsman's Battalions  (lists some service numbers for 23RF, 24RF and 30RF) »        Map of Etaples Tommy’s War International Military Forums » "Tommy's Dictionary Of The Trenches"
Photographs	Flickr (including 23RF and 24RF related photos, one listed here) »        23rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, 1915 National Library of Scotland  »  First World War “Official Photographs” »        Before shaving Tommy cleans his rifle after coming out of the trenches World War 1 Photos                                 »        Royal Fusiliers, including 23RF and 24RF
Museums & Libraries	The Fusiliers Museum, London »        Article on “Real Sporting Heroes”  (includes a section on the Sportsmen’s Battalions) Imperial War Museum, London
Postcard Collecting	Picture Postcards from the Great War »        "Sketches of Tommy's Life" Postcards: by Fergus Mackain The Great War Postcards »        Picture postcards of the First World War: Soldiers humor on Great War postcards Reflections of a Bygone Age »        Picture Postcard Monthly magazine Postcard Pages Online Auctions »        eBay  »  WW1 Postcards for sale »        Delcampe » WW1 Postcards for sale