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Sanctuary Wood museum preserved trenches, in the Ypres Salient This area of the website provides an A-Z listing of First World War terms, personalities, biographical sketches, battles, weaponry, etc.  All material listed by category elsewhere in the site is contained within this section.

Conversely many articles are solely listed within the encyclopedia given that they do not sit comfortably within any existing category.

The encyclopedia is grouped alphabetically. This page lists entries grouped under the letter 'S'.

Articles
Article Said Halim Pasha
Article Sabelli, Giovanni
Article Sacred Route (Voie Sacree)
Article Salandra, Antonio
Article Salay, Julius (Life in the Trenches Audio, 1916)
Article Samarrah Offensive
Article Samsonov, Alexander
Article Sanctuary Wood Cemetery
Article Sanctuary Wood Museum
Article Sandbags
Article Sandes, Flora
Article Sandfontein, Battle of
Article San Giuliano, Marquis di
Article Sap-head; Listening Post
Article Sap-head, Memoir of
Article Sapper, Memoir of a
Article Sarajevo - Film Footage of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Article Sari Bair, Battle of
Article Sari Bair, Battle of - Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett's Account
Article Sari Bair, Battle of - German Officer's View
Article Sari Bair, Battle of - Lord Kitchener's Report
Article Sari Bair, Battle of - Sir Ian Hamilton's Report
Article Sarrail, Maurice
Article Sartorius, Esmee - August 1914 (Memoir)
Article Sassoon, Siegfried
Article Sassoon, Siegfried (Absolution)
Article Sassoon, Siegfried (The Rear-guard)
Article Satire - Satirical Magazines of the First World War
Article Saunders, George - On New German Constitution
Article Saunders, Harold - Trenches at Vimy Ridge (Memoir)
Article Sazonov, Sergei
Article Scapa Flow
Article Scapa Flow, Scuttling of
Article Scarborough and Hartlepool, Raid on
Article Scaroni, Silvio
Article Scheer, Reinhardt
Article Scheidemann, Philipp
Article Schenck & Van - I Don't Want To Get Well (Song 1918)
Article Schlanke Emma
Article Schlieffen, Alfred von
Article Schlieffen Plan
Article Schlieper, Rear-Admiral - Reaction to Fall of Tsingtao
Article Schönburg-Hartenstein, Alois Fürst
Article Schools, UK and Recruitment
Article Schroder, Ludwig von
Article Schwarzlose Gun
Article Scimitar Hill, Battle of
Article Scorched Earth Tactics
Article Scott-Moncrieff, Charles (Back in Billets)
Article Scott-Moncrieff, Charles (Domum)
Article Scott-Moncrieff, Charles (Field of Honour, The)
Article Scott-Moncrieff, Charles (Willow-tree Bough, The)
Article Sea, Memoir of War at
Article Sea, Photographs of the War at
Article Sea, Race to the
Article Sea Scouts
Article Sea, War at
Article Second International
Article Seeckt, Hans von
Article Seeger, Alan
Article Self-inflicted wounds (SIW)
Article Send Me Away With a Smile (Song, 1917)
Article Serbia, Appeal to Russia for Assistance, 1914
Article Serbia, Austrian Statement re: Military Campaign, 1914
Article Serbia, Austrian Ultimatum to and Reply, 1914
Article Serbia, Belgian Reaction to Austrian Ultimatum, 1914
Article Serbia, British Reaction to Austrian Ultimatum, 1914 (1)
Article Serbia, British Reaction to Austrian Ultimatum, 1914 (2)
Article Serbia, Bulgarian Rejection of Atrocity Allegations
Article Serbia, Corfu Declaration
Article Serbia During the First World War
Article Serbia, Erich von Falkenhayn on the Fall of
Article Serbia, French Reaction to Austrian Ultimatum, 1914
Article Serbia, Kaiser Wilhelm on Austrian Ultimatum, 1914
Article Serbia, League of Neutral Countries' Report, 1917
Article Serbia, Memoir of Great Retreat
Article Serbia, Montenegro on Creation of Greater Serbia
Article Serbia, Prince Alexander on Greater Serbia
Article Serbia, Ultimatum to Serbia (Accompanying Letter), 1914
Article Serbia, U.S. Reaction to Austrian Ultimatum, 1914
Article Serbia, von Cramon on the Fall of
Article Serbia, Yugoslav Committee on Greater Serbia
Article Sergeant Solomon Isaacstein - Guy Harris (Song, 1916)
Article Service, Robert
Article Servicemen's Centres, U.S.
Article Severyuk, Alexander - On Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty
Article Shaiba, Battle of
Article Shanks, Edward (Good Wishes)
Article Shanks, Edward (Low Germany)
Article Shanks, Edward (Marching at Home: Pictures)
Article Shanks, Edward (On Account Of Ill Health)
Article Sharp-shooter; Franc-Tireur
Article Sharp, William - On Aftermath of Hindenburg Retreat
Article Sharp, William - On Early Use of the Paris Gun
Article Sharqat, Battle of
Article Shatrov - God Save The Tsar! (Song, 1903)
Article Shcherbachev, Dmitry
Article Sheikh Sa'ad, Battle of
Article Shell Scandal
Article Shell Shock
Article Shell Shock - Repression of War Experience (1917)
Article Shelters; Dug-outs
Article Sheridan, Mark - Belgium Put The Kibosh... (Song, 1915)
Article Shiala, Battle of
Article Shook, Alexander
Article Shout, Alfred
Article Shrapnel
Article Shrapnel Corner
Article Shuvaev, Dmitry
Article Siam (Thailand) and the First World War
Article Sidney's in Civvies Again - Vesta Tilley (1919)
Article Sikh Contribution (Feature Article)
Article Silver Helmets, Battle of the
Article Simpson, John
Article Sims, William
Article Sinclair, May
Article Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts - J. Charman (Song, 1914)
Article Sitwell, Osbert
Article Sitwell, Osbert (Babel)
Article Sitwell, Osbert (Tears)
Article SIW (Self-inflicted wounds)
Article Sketches, Wartime
Article Slang, Trench
Article Smirnov, Ivan
Article Smith-Barry, Robert
Article Smith-Dorrien, Horace
Article Smith-Dorrien, Horace - 1914 Film Footage of
Article Smoke Clouds - Payne, Herbert (Song 1917)
Article Smuts, Jan Christian
Article Smyth, Nevill Maskelyne
Article Snipers
Article Solf, Wilhelm
Article Somer Farm Cemetery
Article Somewhere in France... - Stanley Kirkby (Song)
Article Somewhere in France is a Lily - Henry Burr (Song)
Article Somme, Battle of the
Article Somme, Battle of the - Crown Prince Rupprecht's Report
Article Somme, Battle of the - Official German Account
Article Somme, Battle of the - Philip Gibbs' Account
Article Somme, Battle of the - Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch
Article Somme, Lochnagar Crater
Article Somme, Memoir of (1)
Article Somme, Memoir of (2)
Article Somme, Memoir of and Resultant Prisoner-of-War
Article Somme River
Article Somme, Thiepval Memorial to the Missing
Article Sonnino, Sidney
Article Sonnino, Sidney - Opening Address at Versailles
Article Sorley, Charles Hamilton
Article Sorley, Charles Hamilton (A Letter From the Trenches...)
Article Sorley, Charles Hamilton (Army of Death, The)
Article Sorley, Charles Hamilton (To Germany)
Article Sorley, Charles Hamilton (Two Sonnets)
Article Souchon, Wilhelm
Article South Africa, Delville Wood Cemetery
Article South Africa, Delville Wood Memorial
Article Spain During the First World War
Article Spanbroekmolen Cemetery
Article Spanbroekmolen Crater
Article Spandau Gun
Article Spartacist Uprising in Berlin 1918-19
Article Spee, Maximilian von
Article Spoilbank Cemetery
Article Spring Offensive - Arz von Straussenberg on
Article Spring Offensive - Hindenburg on Opening of
Article Spring Offensive - Ludendorff on Opening of
Article Spring Offensive - Memoir of Retreat During 1918
Article Squeak (Pip, Squeak and Wilfred)
Article Stabbed in the Back - Ludendorff on German Army
Article Stalluponen, Battle of
Article Stamboliski, Alexander
Article Stand-To
Article Star Shell
Article St Charles de Potyze
Article Steinacker, von - Official Account of Somme Offensive
Article St Eloi Craters
Article Stepanovic, Stepa
Article Sterling, R. W. (Bonny, Bonny Braes, The)
Article Sterling, R. W. (Historic Oxford)
Article Sterling, R. W. (Last Lines)
Article Sterling, R. W. (River Bathe, The)
Article St Etienne Gun
Article St George's Memorial Church
Article St Julien, Canadian Memorial, Brooding Soldier
Article St Julien, Memoir of action at
Article St Mihiel - Crown Prince Wilhelm on Battle of
Article St Mihiel - John J Pershing on Battle of
Article St Mihiel - Max von Gallwitz on Battle of
Article Stockholm Conference
Article Stones, William - Executed at Dawn
Article Stoger-Steiner von Steinstatten, Rudolf
Article Stokes, Wilfred
Article Stones, William
Article Stony Broke in No Man's Land - Frank Miller (1921)
Article Stopford, Frederick
Article Stramm, August
Article Straussenberg, Arz von
Article Straussenberg, Arz von - On the German Army, 1918
Article Streets, John W. (Love of Life)
Article Stresemann, Gustav
Article Strict Accountability Warning, U.S. to Germany, 1915
Article Sturdee, Frederick
Article Sturgkh, Karl von
Article Sturmer, Boris
Article Sublime Porte
Article Submarines; Deutschland's Arrival in U.S., 1916
Article Submarines; Deutschland's Arrival in U.S. - Allied Protest
Article Submarines; Deutschland's Arrival in U.S. - U.S. Statement
Article Suckling, F. - The Circus (Memoir)
Article Suez Canal, Defence of the
Article Suffragettes - Footage of Epsom Derby 1913
Article Sugar - Ernie Mayne (Song 1917)
Article Suk, Grigory
Article Sukhomlinov, Vladimir
Article Sulzbach, Herbert
Article Sunken Lane
Article Supreme War Council
Article Sussex, Sinking of
Article Suvla Bay, Landings at
Article Suvla Bay, Memoir of Evacuation of
Article Suvla Bay, Memoir of Flood at
Article Swinton, Ernest
Article Swinton, Ernest - Journalist Reports 1914 (1st Aisne)
Article Swinton, Ernest - Journalist Reports 1914 (1st Ypres)
Article Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916

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