The Great War 1914 - 1919

Julila · Post by **Julila** » July 16th, 2009, 4:29 am

November 11th, 1918 = armistice
June 28th, 1919 = signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

"Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous", would that be PD for everyone, Europe included? [adopted]

Julie.

rlaughton · Post by **rlaughton** » August 16th, 2009, 5:27 pm

A new suggestion from 206thCEF at the Great War Forum:

TANKS, 1914-1918: The Log Book of a Pioneer

I checked it out on archives.org and it is an interesting story. It even involves Winston Churchill in his early days with the Admiralty and a great support of "Land Ships" (tanks) to be used in the Great War.

I have added it to my suggestion list on my Librivox site at Telnic:

http://suggestions.librivox.laughton.tel/

I have been working my way through the Great War readings already completed ..... the end is near, as I now listen to "Return of a Soldier", so we need some more!

rlaughton · Post by **rlaughton** » August 16th, 2009, 6:32 pm

And another from 206thCEF:

Sniping in France (1920)

At first I thought it might be too technical, but it has merit. Maybe I am too focused on my readings!!

Post by **annise** » August 16th, 2009, 7:16 pm

Julila wrote:November 11th, 1918 = armistice
June 28th, 1919 = signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

"Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous", would that be PD for everyone, Europe included?

Julie.

It would depend on when it was published as far as USA is concerned - but I guess "anonymous" doesn't have a death date - interesting thought - do you have a link for it?

Anne

rlaughton · Post by **rlaughton** » August 17th, 2009, 6:02 am

If you go to the Gutenberg site it says the creator was Anonymous:

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18910

It also specifically states it was not copyrighted in the USA.

It was reported released on July 26, 2006, which upon checking the Gutenberg text version is the E-Book release date.

The book is listed on both Amazon and Google and although it appears to be an old diary, the Google pages do say it is "copyrighted material"?

Here are the Google hits:

http://tinyurl.com/p3j3ju

This page says it was first published in 1915 by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London:

http://www.mytimemachine.co.uk/warnurse.htm

The hitch appears to be that part marked by Google as copyrighted material. Maybe that is standard on their web site.

Here is what Gutenbery says:

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Interesting!

ExEmGe · Post by **ExEmGe** » August 17th, 2009, 12:00 pm

Julila wrote:Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous", would that be PD for everyone, Europe included?

Searching for the book on Google produces one or two references which say that the book has been attributed to 'Katherine Luard'. Searching for 'Katherine Luard' produces nothing but references to this book apart from one document in Essex county archives which consists of letters to a Katherine E Luard from her sister
I read the book recently and it is more a series of letters than a true diary. Although the author writes in a very unsensational matter-of-fact manner It is one of the very few books that brought tears to my eyes. It is well worth reading and I'd like to BC it.
So far as the copyright question is concerned. it's impossible to say. Assuming she survived the war and the flu etc. (and those Esssex letters continue until 1925) She would probably only have been between 40-50 in 1939 - the cut-off date for EU countries. On the other hand rhe book seems to be being published happily by the on-dmand publishers in the UK so it's probably alright.

miss stav · Post by **miss stav** » August 17th, 2009, 12:13 pm

Hi ANdy,
Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front sounds like a very interesting book. It would be lovely to see you bc it. I'll dpl if you want.
Stav.

Julila · Post by **Julila** » August 17th, 2009, 12:18 pm

Thank you for all the information!!

I read a large chunk of it by now, and I think it is the very matter-of-fact style that I find gripping. If you all agree that it's almost certainly PD in Europe, I would love to read this as a solo for LV. The only thing is, I'm involved in quite a lot of projects right now, so it would have to wait some time.

Julie.

miss stav · Post by **miss stav** » August 17th, 2009, 12:28 pm

Hi Julie,
surtenly, it would be great to hear you reading it as a solo. If you want, you can start it and give a nice kind deadline that you'll be able to stand by.
Stav.

ExEmGe · Post by **ExEmGe** » August 18th, 2009, 11:54 am

miss stav wrote:I'll dpl if you want.
Stav.

Thanks Stav. I've put it up in new projects.

Julila · Post by **Julila** » August 18th, 2009, 1:57 pm

miss stav wrote:Hi Julie,
surtenly, it would be great to hear you reading it as a solo. If you want, you can start it and give a nice kind deadline that you'll be able to stand by.
Stav.

Well, since ExEmGe has already started a group-project, I'll just tag along with that one

.

Julie.

rlaughton · Post by **rlaughton** » August 20th, 2009, 6:10 pm

Another from 26CEF:

The first Five Hundred; being a historical sketch of the military operations of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in Gallipoli and on the Western Front during the Great War (1914-1918) together with the individual military records and photographs where obtainable of the men of the first contingent, known as "The First Five Hundred", or "The Blue Puttees"

http://www.archive.org/details/firstfivehundred00cramuoft

rlaughton · Post by **rlaughton** » August 26th, 2009, 5:06 am

The Canadian "Emma Gees" - A History of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps
by Lt.-Col. C.S. Grafton
Transcribed by Dwight G. Mercer

http://tinyurl.com/ll67so

This book is also available on the Internet Archive:

http://www.archive.org/details/canadianemmagees00grafuoft

Although it is a 1938 publication there is no copyright on the book. The book is stated to be in the public domain. I know Dwight Mercer and he has assured me he researched the copyright in great detail.

I would be interested in what the LibriVox Admin team has to say about such a book, as it is certainly an excellent candidate for the project. The LibriVox rules may be more strict than the Internet Archive rules?

Richard

rlaughton · Post by **rlaughton** » August 26th, 2009, 9:11 am

Canada In Flanders
3 Volume Set
The Official Story of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Flanders from 1914 - 1918.
Max Aitken Beaverbrook 1879-1964

(Note this is not the Official History, but rather the "Official Story"). It was written during the war, not years after the war as was the 1938 text of Duguid (abandoned due to WWII) and the 1962 text of Nicholson (the real official history).

The 3 volumes are available on the Internet Archive: (I have added a title to give the reader an idea of what time line is covered. There are no real titles to the 3 Volumes.)

Volume 1 1915: The First Division from Mobilization to Givenchy
http://www.archive.org/details/canadainflanders00aitkuoft

Volume 2 1916 - 1917: The Second and Third Divisions Join - From St. Eloi to Ypres Hill 62
http://www.archive.org/details/officialstory00beavuoft

Volume 3 1918: The Fourth Division Joins - from Sanctuary Wood to Regina Trench
http://www.archive.org/details/canadaflanders03charuoft

RuthieG · Post by **RuthieG** » August 26th, 2009, 9:27 am

rlaughton wrote:The Canadian "Emma Gees" - A History of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps by Lt.-Col. C.S. Grafton

As this was published in Canada, my understanding is that public domain status in the US will depend on whether it was

Published without compliance with US formalities, and in the public domain in its source country as of 1 January 1996

It would, I think, need to be cleared through Project Gutenberg for us to be sure.

Ruth