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*[http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll2/id/188/rec/1    ''The British Experience in Iraq from 1914-1926: What Wisdom Can The United States Draw From Its Experience?''] by Matthew W. Williams. A thesis presented to the Faculty of the US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 2004.                                                                      Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library.  [http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA429024 pdf download] dtic.mil
 
*[http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll2/id/188/rec/1    ''The British Experience in Iraq from 1914-1926: What Wisdom Can The United States Draw From Its Experience?''] by Matthew W. Williams. A thesis presented to the Faculty of the US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 2004.                                                                      Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library.  [http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA429024 pdf download] dtic.mil
 
*[http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll2/id/77/rec/68 ''Forgotten Airwar: Airpower in the Mesopotamian Campaign''] by Peter J Lambert, 2003 Master of Military Art and Science Thesis, Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Fort Leavenworth, KS. Combined Arms Research Library [CARL] Digital Library
 
*[http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll2/id/77/rec/68 ''Forgotten Airwar: Airpower in the Mesopotamian Campaign''] by Peter J Lambert, 2003 Master of Military Art and Science Thesis, Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Fort Leavenworth, KS. Combined Arms Research Library [CARL] Digital Library
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*[http://past.oxfordjournals.org/content/197/1/211.full#fn-112 "Developing Iraq: Britain, India and the Redemption of Empire and Technology in the First World War"] by Priya Satia ''Past & Present'' (2007) Volume 197, Issue 1, pages 211-255
 
*[http://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/26th-gurkha-rifles-in-mesopotamia-1916/ Capt George Theodore Gill and 2/6th Gurkha Rifles in Mesopotamia 1916] from David Gill’s gillww1. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131115081404/http://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/26th-gurkha-rifles-in-mesopotamia-1916/ archive.org link])
 
*[http://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/26th-gurkha-rifles-in-mesopotamia-1916/ Capt George Theodore Gill and 2/6th Gurkha Rifles in Mesopotamia 1916] from David Gill’s gillww1. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131115081404/http://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/26th-gurkha-rifles-in-mesopotamia-1916/ archive.org link])
 
*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,645563.0.html  A collection of WW1 photographs, most probably taken in Mesopotamia]. Includes a few images of Indian soldiers. rootschat.com Forum thread.
 
*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,645563.0.html  A collection of WW1 photographs, most probably taken in Mesopotamia]. Includes a few images of Indian soldiers. rootschat.com Forum thread.
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:Volume II is also available on Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/campaigninmesopo02mobe#page/n3/mode/2up Volume II],  [http://archive.org/stream/campaigninmesopo02mobe#page/n7/mode/2up Contents],[http://archive.org/stream/campaigninmesopo02mobe#page/538/mode/2up Index]
 
:Volume II is also available on Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/campaigninmesopo02mobe#page/n3/mode/2up Volume II],  [http://archive.org/stream/campaigninmesopo02mobe#page/n7/mode/2up Contents],[http://archive.org/stream/campaigninmesopo02mobe#page/538/mode/2up Index]
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg04macp#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the Great War: Medical Services: General History Volume 4''] by  Sir William Grant Macpherson and Thomas John Mitchell. Includes Mesopotamia. 1924 Archive.org
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg04macp#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the Great War: Medical Services: General History Volume 4''] by  Sir William Grant Macpherson and Thomas John Mitchell. Includes Mesopotamia. 1924 Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/stream/inlandwatertrans00hall#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia''] compiled by Lieut.-Col. L. J. Hall 1921 Archive.org
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*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b746003?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''The Tragedy of Mesopotamia''] by Sir George Buchanan 1938. Hathi Trust Digital Library. This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The author was Director-General of Port Administration and River Conservancy at Basra. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Buchanan_(engineer_born_1865)  George Buchanan] Wikipedia entry
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b42328?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''A Chapter of Misfortunes : the Battles of Ctesiphon and of the Dujailah in Mesopotamia, with a summary of the events which preceded them'']  by Major-General W. D. Bird 1923 Hathi Trust Digital Library
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b42328?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''A Chapter of Misfortunes : the Battles of Ctesiphon and of the Dujailah in Mesopotamia, with a summary of the events which preceded them'']  by Major-General W. D. Bird 1923 Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[https://archive.org/stream/inlandwatertrans00hall#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia''] compiled by Lieut.-Col. L. J. Hall 1921 Archive.org
 
 
*''The Long Road to Baghdad'' by Edmund Candler 1919 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/longroadtobaghda00canduoft  Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/longroadtobaghd02cand  Volume II]
 
*''The Long Road to Baghdad'' by Edmund Candler 1919 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/longroadtobaghda00canduoft  Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/longroadtobaghd02cand  Volume II]
 
*''British Campaigns in the Nearer East, 1914-1918. From the outbreak of war with Turkey to the Armistice'' by Edmund Dane , Military Correspondent of the ''Westminster Gazette'' 1919 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns01dane  Volume I: ''The Days of Adversity''], [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns02dane  Volume II: ''The Tide of Victory'']
 
*''British Campaigns in the Nearer East, 1914-1918. From the outbreak of war with Turkey to the Armistice'' by Edmund Dane , Military Correspondent of the ''Westminster Gazette'' 1919 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns01dane  Volume I: ''The Days of Adversity''], [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns02dane  Volume II: ''The Tide of Victory'']
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*[https://archive.org/details/prisonerinturkey00stiluoft ''A Prisoner in Turkey''] by John Still 1920 Archive.org. Contains some comments concerning the prisoners from Kut.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/prisonerinturkey00stiluoft ''A Prisoner in Turkey''] by John Still 1920 Archive.org. Contains some comments concerning the prisoners from Kut.
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/inmesopotamia00swayuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''In Mesopotamia''] by Martin Swayne  (real name [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Nicoll Maurice Nicoll]), illustrated by the author. 1917 Archive.org. The author was a doctor in the British Army working in a mobile hospital.  
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/inmesopotamia00swayuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''In Mesopotamia''] by Martin Swayne  (real name [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Nicoll Maurice Nicoll]), illustrated by the author. 1917 Archive.org. The author was a doctor in the British Army working in a mobile hospital.  
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*[http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/2272 ''Mesopotamia, 1914-15 : Extracts from a Regimental Officer's Diary'']  by H. Birch Reynardson 1919 may be downloaded as a pdf from OUDL - Osmania University Digital Library. Downloads from the  OUDL site may only be  available  during Indian office hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm) (IST = GMT+5:30). This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The author was  an officer in the [[43rd Regiment of Foot|1st Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]]
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/mesopotamia00palmuoft#page/n3/mode/2up  ''Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916''] from Robert Palmer 1916 Archive.org. He went with a draft from the 6th Hants, ([[37th Regiment of Foot|Hampshire Regiment]]) in India since November 1914, to reinforce the 4th Hants.  Both these regiments were part of the Territorial Force. He was killed June 21, 1916, aged 27 years.  
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/mesopotamia00palmuoft#page/n3/mode/2up  ''Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916''] from Robert Palmer 1916 Archive.org. He went with a draft from the 6th Hants, ([[37th Regiment of Foot|Hampshire Regiment]]) in India since November 1914, to reinforce the 4th Hants.  Both these regiments were part of the Territorial Force. He was killed June 21, 1916, aged 27 years.  
 
*[https://archive.org/details/dwellerinmesopot00maxw  ''A Dweller in Mesopotamia being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden, with sketches'']  by Donald Maxwell 1921 Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/details/dwellerinmesopot00maxw  ''A Dweller in Mesopotamia being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden, with sketches'']  by Donald Maxwell 1921 Archive.org
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*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.32000009934342?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Loyalties: Mesopotamia; a personal and historical record, Volume II 1917-1920''] by Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson 1931. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also published under the title ''Mesopotamia, 1917-1920; a Clash of Loyalties''.
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.32000009934342?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Loyalties: Mesopotamia; a personal and historical record, Volume II 1917-1920''] by Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson 1931. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also published under the title ''Mesopotamia, 1917-1920; a Clash of Loyalties''.
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t3319zt4k?urlappend=%3Bseq=3 ''Review of the civil administration of Mesopotamia'']  by Gertrude L Bell. Issued by the India Office December 1920. Hathi Trust Digital Library
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t3319zt4k?urlappend=%3Bseq=3 ''Review of the civil administration of Mesopotamia'']  by Gertrude L Bell. Issued by the India Office December 1920. Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b746003?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''The Tragedy of Mesopotamia''] by Sir George Buchanan 1938. Hathi Trust Digital Library. The author was Director-General of Port Administration and River Conservancy at Basra. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Buchanan_(engineer_born_1865)  George Buchanan] Wikipedia entry
 
 
*The following  are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.  
 
*The following  are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.  
 
**''Field Notes Mesopotamia'' by General Staff India 1915 (Poor quality print)
 
**''Field Notes Mesopotamia'' by General Staff India 1915 (Poor quality print)
**''Mesopotamia 1914-15'' by H.Birch Reynardson 1919
 
 
**''Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914 -1917'' Arnold T Wilson 1930
 
**''Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914 -1917'' Arnold T Wilson 1930
 
*''Kalyan Pradeep: Captain Kalyan Kumar Mukhopadhadhaya, I.M.S.-er Jiboni'', by Mokkhoda ['Mokshada'] Debi (1928) [''Kalyan Pradeep: The Life of Captain Kalyan Kumar Mukherji, I.M.S.''] in Bengali may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The catalogue entry is ''Kalyan-Pradip'' by  Mokshada  Debi  There are two book files
 
*''Kalyan Pradeep: Captain Kalyan Kumar Mukhopadhadhaya, I.M.S.-er Jiboni'', by Mokkhoda ['Mokshada'] Debi (1928) [''Kalyan Pradeep: The Life of Captain Kalyan Kumar Mukherji, I.M.S.''] in Bengali may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The catalogue entry is ''Kalyan-Pradip'' by  Mokshada  Debi  There are two book files

Revision as of 12:17, 28 November 2014

Mesopotamia Campaign
6 November 1914-14 November 1918
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
Mesopotamia - Troops entrenching.jpg
Location: Mesopotamia
Combatants:
United Kingdom Ottoman Empire
Result:

Armistice of Mudros
Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire

Medals:
The 1914-15 Star
The British War Medal 1914-18
Links:
Category: Mesopotamia Campaign
Battlemappic.gif See our interactive map of
Mesopotamia Campaign
locations and routes on Google Maps
Mesopotamia 1917 Assistant Surgeon G E Ferguson, IMD

This event is part of the First World War

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.

However the country actually remained a theatre of warfare until a peace treaty was ratified in 1924. Large numbers of troops from India were sent to deal with a revolt in 1920[1]

Related articles

For further details of events during this period see the following articles

Biographies

Details of some of the protagonists in the campaign

Also see

British Library holdings

  • Military Department Library: Iran, Iraq, Persian Gulf IOR/L/MIL/17/15 contains categories relating to the Mesopotamian Campaign, and the war period, including
    • Mesopotamian Campaign
      • Indian Expeditionary Force 'D'. Nominal rolls of officers in Commands, Staff and with units. Simla: Military Sec's Branch, Army HQ India, Jun 1914. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/80 1914
      • Composition of the Headquarters, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force (Force 'D'). Simla/Delhi: GSI, 1917-21. 19 issues: monthly Feb-Oct & Dec 1917, Jan-Apr 1918, Oct 1918, Jan & Jul 1919, May 1920, Jan & Apr 1921. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/85 1917-1924
      • Officers, warrant officers and non-commissioned officers brought to notice by General Officer Commanding I.E.F. 'D' for good services rendered during the operations from November 1914 to 31st March 1915. Simla: GSI, 1915. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/134 1915
      • List of names of officers and men under Maj-Gen Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend brought to notice for gallant and distinguished service in the field 5th October 1915 to 17th January 1916. Simla: GSI, 1916. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/135 1916
      • Particulars of service rendered by officers as received from General Townshend. Simla: GSI, 1916. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/136 1916
      • Recommendations for rewards in connection with operations against Arab tribesmen on the Euphrates Line January and February 1916. Simla: GSI, 1916. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/137 1916
  • Military Department Library: Indian Army IOR/L/MIL/17/5 1854-1947 includes
    • Roll of rewards and promotions to officers and men of the Indian Army and departments serving in the various expeditionary forces in France (A), Egypt (E), the Mediterranean (G), East Africa (B), Mesopotamia (D), and in operations in the Persian Gulf, at Muscat, Aden, Somaliland, in China, and on the north-west and north-east frontiers of India, notified in the London and India Gazettes marginally noted. no imprint, 5th & 6th edns 1916. 2 vols. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2414 1916
  • An account of the operations of the 18th (Indian) Division in Mesopotamia, December 1917 to December 1918, with the names of all the units which served with the division and a nominal roll of all the officers by Walter Edward Wilson-Johnston 1919.
  • Iraq Administration Reports 1914–1932 in ten volumes (5, 500 pages): Contents: 1. 1914-1918 -- 2. 1918 -- 3-4. 1919 -- 5-6. 1920 -- 7. 1920-1924 -- 8. 1925-1927 -- 9. 1928-1930 -- 10. 1931-1932, with contents outline[2]

Volunteer Regiment

See Volunteer Artillery Battery . The Battery was captured at Kut. The majority of the men were from Burma. E H Jones, (refer External links, and Historical books online, below), previously a member of the Indian Civil Service in Burma, was a gunner and subsequently an officer in this Battery.

FIBIS resources

  • "Trumpeter Inwood, an Anglo-Indian hero of the Kut Garrison" by Rosemary Reardon FIBIS Journal Number 32 (Autumn 2014) pages 18-29. For details of how to access this article, see FIBIS Journals.

External links

Historical books online

  • History Of The Great War: The Campaign In Mesopotamia 1914-1918 Volumes I-IV by F J Moberly. 1923-1927.
The titles are Volume I: Outbreak of Hostilities, Campaign in Lower Mesopotamia, published 1923; Volume II: April 1916: The Attempt on Baghdad, the Battle of Ctesiphon, the Siege and the Fall of Kut-al-Amara, published 1924; Volume III: April 1917: The Capture and Consolidation of Baghdad, published 1926; Volume IV: The Campaign in Upper Mesopotamia to the Armistice, published 1927
Hathi Trust Digital Library editions
Volume 1

Contents

Bibliography

Index

Volume II

Contents

Bibliography

Index

Volume III

Contents

Bibliography

Index

Volume IV

Contents

Bibliography

Index

Chronological Summary of the Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918

Titles of Indian Cavalry, Infantry and Pioneer Units who served in Mesopotamia 1914-1918

Volume II is also available on Archive.org Volume II, Contents,Index

References

  1. Mesopotamia 1920-21 from Harry’s Sideshows by Harry Fecitt kaiserscross.com
  2. Iraq Administration Reports 1914–1932
  3. The dates of the entries are in the top LH corner of the Home webpage. The entries from the journal are in the format http://www.mespot.co.uk/journal/ab.cd.ef.shtml , where, for a particular entry, ab is the year, cd is the month, ef is the first mentioned day in the month (all two digits)
  4. Elias Henry Jones homefrontmuseum (accessed 22 July 2014)