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*22 Co. 3rd Sappers and Miners | *22 Co. 3rd Sappers and Miners | ||
*[[48th Bengal Pioneers|48th Pioneers]] | *[[48th Bengal Pioneers|48th Pioneers]] | ||
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| + | == 12th Indian Division == | ||
| + | '''12th Indian Brigade'''<br> | ||
| + | ''Commanding Officer, Brigadier K E Lean''<br> | ||
| + | *2nd Btn [[50th Regiment of Foot|Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment]] | ||
| + | *[[4th Regiment of Rajput Infantry|4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs]] | ||
| + | *[[Mhairwara Battalion|44th Merwara Infantry]] | ||
| + | *[[90th Punjab Regiment|90th Punjabis]]<br> | ||
| + | '''30th Indian Brigade'''<br> | ||
| + | ''Commanding Officer, Major General C J Melliss'' | ||
| + | *[[24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|24th Punjabis]] | ||
| + | *[[76th Punjab Regiment|76th Punjabis]] | ||
| + | *2nd Btn [[43rd Gurkha Rifles|7th Gurkha Rifles]] | ||
| + | '''33rd Indian Brigade'''<br> | ||
| + | ''Commanding Officer, Brigadier R Wapshare''<br> | ||
| + | *1/4th Btn [http://www.1914-1918.net/hants.htm Hampshire Regiment] | ||
| + | *[[11th Regiment of Rajput Infantry|11th Rajputs]] | ||
| + | *[[66th Punjab Regiment|66th Punjabis]] | ||
| + | *[[67th Punjab Regiment|67th Punjabis]]<br> | ||
| + | '''Divisional Cavalry''' | ||
| + | *Two sqns [[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry]]<br> | ||
| + | '''Divisional Artillery''' | ||
| + | *86 Heavy Bty Royal Garrison Artillery | ||
| + | *104 Heavy Bty Royal Garrison Artillery | ||
| + | 1/5th Hants Howitzer Bty Royal Field Artillery<br> | ||
| + | '''Divisional Engineers'''<br> | ||
| + | *12 Field Coy Sirmur Imperial Service Coy, Sappers & Miners | ||
| + | *12 Div Signal Coy | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 13:55, 14 June 2010
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This event is part of the First World War
Contents
Synopsis
The Mesopotamia Campaign was fought from November 1914 to November 1918 between the Allies represented by the British Empire, mostly troops from the Indian Empire, and the Central Powers, mostly of the Ottoman Empire.
Related articles
For further details of events during this period see the following articles
Fao Landing 6 November 1914
6th (Poona) Division
16th Indian Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Btn Dorsetshire Regiment
- 1st Bn. 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis)
- 1st Btn 104th Wellesley’s Rifles
- 1st Btn 117th Mahrattas
17th Indian Infantry Brigade
- 1st Btn Ox & Bucks Light Infantry
- 1st Btn 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)
- 1st Btn 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry
- 1st Btn 22nd Punjabis
18th Indian Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Btn Norfolk Regiment
- 1st Btn 110th Mahratta Light Infantry
- 1st Btn 120th Rajputana Infantry
- 1st Btn 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs
Divisional Artillery
- X Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 76 Bty. Royal Field Artillery
- 82 Bty. Royal Field Artillery
- 63 Bty. Royal Field Artillery
- 1st Indian Mountain Artillery Brigade
- 23rd (Peshawar) Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)
- 30th Mountain Battery
Divisional troops
- 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry
- 17 Co. 3rd Sappers and Miners
- 22 Co. 3rd Sappers and Miners
- 48th Pioneers
12th Indian Division
12th Indian Brigade
Commanding Officer, Brigadier K E Lean
- 2nd Btn Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
- 4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs
- 44th Merwara Infantry
- 90th Punjabis
30th Indian Brigade
Commanding Officer, Major General C J Melliss
33rd Indian Brigade
Commanding Officer, Brigadier R Wapshare
Divisional Cavalry
Divisional Artillery
- 86 Heavy Bty Royal Garrison Artillery
- 104 Heavy Bty Royal Garrison Artillery
1/5th Hants Howitzer Bty Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Engineers
- 12 Field Coy Sirmur Imperial Service Coy, Sappers & Miners
- 12 Div Signal Coy
External links
- Mesopotamian Campaign Wikipedia
- Siege of Kut Wikipedia
- Mesopotamia 1914-1918.net
- "Iraq 1917 - A 90th Anniversary" by Dr D M Henderson 2007. The Scots at War Trust. A review of the war in Mesopotamia
- Maps of operations firstworldwar.com
Historical books online
- History Of The Great War: The Campaign In Mesopotamia 1914-1918 Volumes I-IV by F J Moberly. 1923-1927 are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The Contents pages of Volume IV are computer pages 15-20. Titles of Indian Cavalry, Infantry and Pioneer Units who served in Mesopotamia 1914-1918 may be found on pages 402-404 (computer pages 463-465). Refer Online books-Digital Library of India for more details about this site.
- A brief outline of the campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918 by Roger Evans, 1926 Archive.org (You will need a Djvu plug-in, see our article Online books-Archive.org)
- "Progress in Mesopotamia" from The war illustrated album de luxe; the story of the great European war told by camera, pen and pencil Volume 9 The Fourth Year 1917-1918 ed by JA Hammerton 1918 Archive.org
- "Final Victories over the Turk" from The war illustrated album de luxe; the story of the great European war told by camera, pen and pencil Volume 10 the Last Phase ed by JA Hammerton 1919 Archive.org
- The war in the cradle of the world Mesopotamia by Eleanor Franklin Egan 1918. Archive.org The author was correspondent for the Saturday Evening Post. More details in "Writing "Mesopot": Eleanor Franklin Egan on the river to Baghdad, 1917" by David Hudson.
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