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*[https://archive.org/stream/besiegedinkutaft00barb#page/n7/mode/2up ''Besieged in Kut, and after''] by Major Charles Harrison Barber I M S [Indian Medical Service] 1918 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/besiegedinkutaft00barb#page/n7/mode/2up ''Besieged in Kut, and after''] by Major Charles Harrison Barber I M S [Indian Medical Service] 1918 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/inkutcaptivitywi00sand ''In Kut and Captivity : with the Sixth Indian Division''] by Major E W G Sandes 1919 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/inkutcaptivitywi00sand ''In Kut and Captivity : with the Sixth Indian Division''] by Major E W G Sandes 1919 Archive.org
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284373 ''Tales of Turkey''] by Major E W C Sandes 1924. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284373 ''Tales of Turkey''] by Major E W C Sandes 1924. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284373 Archive.org version].
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b302550?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Turkey in Travail: the Birth of a New Nation''] by Harold  Armstrong (Lately Assistant and Acting Military Attache to the High Commissioner , Constaninople) 1925 Hathi Trust Digital Library. The initial chapters cover the fall of Kut and the author’s experiences as POW in Turkey. He appears to have then been an officer in an Indian Army regiment.   
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b302550?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Turkey in Travail: the Birth of a New Nation''] by Harold  Armstrong (Lately Assistant and Acting Military Attache to the High Commissioner , Constaninople) 1925 Hathi Trust Digital Library. The initial chapters cover the fall of Kut and the author’s experiences as POW in Turkey. He appears to have then been an officer in an Indian Army regiment.   
*[http://archive.org/stream/kutprisoner00bishrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''A Kut Prisoner''] by H. C. W. Bishop, Indian Army Reserve of Officers. 1920  Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/kutprisoner00bishrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''A Kut Prisoner''] by H. C. W. Bishop, Indian Army Reserve of Officers. 1920  Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/details/roadtoendor00unkngoog ''The Road to En-Dor; being an account of how two prisoners of war at Yozgad in Turkey won their way to freedom''] by E H Jones Lt. IARO, 1920  Archive.org The author, Elias Henry Jones  was captured at Kut and had previously been in the [[Indian Civil Service]] in Burma.  Biographical details are available below<ref>[http://homefrontmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/elias-henry-jones/ Elias Henry Jones] homefrontmuseum (accessed 22 July 2014)</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/roadtoendor00unkngoog ''The Road to En-Dor; being an account of how two prisoners of war at Yozgad in Turkey won their way to freedom''] by E H Jones Lt. IARO, 1920  Archive.org The author, Elias Henry Jones  was captured at Kut and had previously been in the [[Indian Civil Service]] in Burma.  Biographical details are available below<ref>[http://homefrontmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/elias-henry-jones/ Elias Henry Jones] homefrontmuseum (accessed 22 July 2014)</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/secretsofkuttit00mous ''The Secrets of a Kuttite, an Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity and Stamboul Intrigue''] by Captain E O Mousley, RFA 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/secretsofkuttit00mous ''The Secrets of a Kuttite, an Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity and Stamboul Intrigue''] by Captain E O Mousley, RFA 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/caughtbyturks00yeatuoft ''Caught by the Turks''] by Francis Yeats-Brown 1919  Archive.org The author was a member of the Royal Flying Corps who was captured near Baghdad in 1915. Also by the same author ''Bengal Lancer'', (1930)  which contains a chapter on his time in Mesopotamia prior to his capture: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/58995 Pdf download], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/208478 Another pdf download] Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/GoldenHorn ''Golden Horn''] by Francis Yeats-Brown 1932 Archive.org. May requires a DJVu or BitTorrent reader for ease of reading. Also available  on the Digital Library of India website with a choice of two pdf downloads [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/175964 Download 1],  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/209036 Download 2].   "A sketch of the political activities in Turkey from 1908 to the world war, and an account of the author's experiences as a prisoner of war of Turkey. This latter part (chap. V-XI) is a revision of the author's book published in 1919 under title: ''Caught by the Turks''." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Yeats-Brown Wikipedia]
*[https://archive.org/details/caughtbyturks00yeatuoft ''Caught by the Turks''] by Francis Yeats-Brown 1919  Archive.org The author was a member of the Royal Flying Corps who was captured near Baghdad in 1915. Also by the same author ''Bengal Lancer'', (1930)  which contains a chapter on his time in Mesopotamia prior to his capture: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/58995 Pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.58995  Archive.org version];  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/208478 Another pdf download] Digital Library of India, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208478 Archive.org version].  [https://archive.org/details/GoldenHorn ''Golden Horn''] by Francis Yeats-Brown 1932 Archive.org. May requires a DJVu or BitTorrent reader for ease of reading. Also available  on the Digital Library of India website with a choice of two pdf downloads [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/175964 Download 1],  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/209036 Download 2]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209036 Archive.org version]  "A sketch of the political activities in Turkey from 1908 to the world war, and an account of the author's experiences as a prisoner of war of Turkey. This latter part (chap. V-XI) is a revision of the author's book published in 1919 under title: ''Caught by the Turks''." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Yeats-Brown Wikipedia]
*[https://archive.org/details/prisonerinturkey00stiluoft ''A Prisoner in Turkey''] by John Still 1920 Archive.org. Contains some comments concerning the prisoners from Kut. A book in the ''On Active Service'' Series
*[https://archive.org/details/prisonerinturkey00stiluoft ''A Prisoner in Turkey''] by John Still 1920 Archive.org. Contains some comments concerning the prisoners from Kut. A book in the ''On Active Service'' Series
*[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.  
*[https://archive.org/details/messagefrommesop00lawl  ''A Message from Mesopotamia''] by the Hon. Sir Arthur Lawley 1917 Archive.org . The author was a Red Cross Commissioner investigating [medical] conditions.
*[https://archive.org/details/tobagdadwithbrit00clar  ''To Bagdad with the British''] by Arthur Tillotson  Clark,  1918 Archive.org. The author, an American undergraduate student, volunteered to work with the YMCA in Mesopotamia, where he ran a YMCA hut in various locations, following the troops.
*[https://archive.org/details/tobagdadwithbrit00clar  ''To Bagdad with the British''] by Arthur Tillotson  Clark,  1918 Archive.org. The author, an American undergraduate student, volunteered to work with the YMCA in Mesopotamia, where he ran a YMCA hut in various locations, following the troops.
*[https://archive.org/details/fromgallipolitob00ewinuoft ''From Gallipoli to Baghdad''] by William Ewing,  Chaplain to the Forces 1917 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/fromgallipolitob00ewinuoft ''From Gallipoli to Baghdad''] by William Ewing,  Chaplain to the Forces 1917 Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/details/leicestershiresb00thomrich ''The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad''] by Edward J Thompson MC 1919 Archive.org. The author was an Army chaplain.
*[https://archive.org/details/leicestershiresb00thomrich ''The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad''] by Edward J Thompson MC 1919 Archive.org. The author was an Army chaplain.
*[https://archive.org/details/baggingbaghdad00bettgoog ''The Bagging of Baghdad''] by Ernest Betts (late the Worcestershire Regiment) a book in the ''On Active Service'' Series. 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/baggingbaghdad00bettgoog ''The Bagging of Baghdad''] by Ernest Betts (late the Worcestershire Regiment) a book in the ''On Active Service'' Series. 1920 Archive.org
*[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, in TIFF format, or [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/156399  download as a pdf] from the DLI. The author was  an officer in the [[43rd Regiment of Foot|1st Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]]
*[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, in TIFF format, or [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/156399  download as a pdf] from the DLI. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.156399 Archive.org version]. 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/regimentalrecord04dudl  ''Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (23rd Foot). Volume IV 1915-1918 Turkey-Bulgaria-Austria''] by Major  C H Dudley Ward 1929 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/regimentalrecord04dudl  ''Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (23rd Foot). Volume IV 1915-1918 Turkey-Bulgaria-Austria''] by Major  C H Dudley Ward 1929 Archive.org.
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*[https://archive.org/details/australianflying00cutluoft ''The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War, 1914-1918''] by F M Cutlack 1933 (first published 1923)  ''The Official History of Australia in the War: Volume VIII'' Archive.org   
*[https://archive.org/details/australianflying00cutluoft ''The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War, 1914-1918''] by F M Cutlack 1933 (first published 1923)  ''The Official History of Australia in the War: Volume VIII'' Archive.org   
*[https://archive.org/details/incloudsabovebag00tennrich ''In the Clouds above Baghdad, being the Records of an Air Commander''] by Lt-Col J E Tennant 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/incloudsabovebag00tennrich ''In the Clouds above Baghdad, being the Records of an Air Commander''] by Lt-Col J E Tennant 1920 Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/150717 ''War In The Desert:  An R. A. F. Frontier Campaign''] by John Bagot Glubb 1960. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  Mainly about Iraq in the 1920s.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/150717 ''War In The Desert:  An R. A. F. Frontier Campaign''] by John Bagot Glubb 1960. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150717 Archive.org version].  Mainly about Iraq in the 1920s.
*[https://archive.org/details/waringardenofede00roosuoft  ''War in the Garden of Eden''] by Kermit Roosevelt, Captain, Motor Machine Gun Corps 1919 Archive.org. The author was an American, the son of (pre WW1) US President Theodore Roosevelt, who was appointed an honorary Captain in the British Army in August 1917. Page 66 indicates the author was in the 14th Battery, Light-armoured motor-cars (14th L. A. M. B.). The fighting cars were Rolls-Royce.
*[https://archive.org/details/waringardenofede00roosuoft  ''War in the Garden of Eden''] by Kermit Roosevelt, Captain, Motor Machine Gun Corps 1919 Archive.org. The author was an American, the son of (pre WW1) US President Theodore Roosevelt, who was appointed an honorary Captain in the British Army in August 1917. Page 66 indicates the author was in the 14th Battery, Light-armoured motor-cars (14th L. A. M. B.). The fighting cars were Rolls-Royce.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101048260184?urlappend=%3Bseq=3 ''Report of the Commission appointed by Act of Parliament to enquire into the Operations of War in Mesopotamia. Together with a separate report by Commander J. Wedgwood and appendices'']. Presented to Parliament. HMSO 1917. Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://menadoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/landau/content/structure/188193 Menadoc at Bibliothek.uni-halle.de version]
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101048260184?urlappend=%3Bseq=3 ''Report of the Commission appointed by Act of Parliament to enquire into the Operations of War in Mesopotamia. Together with a separate report by Commander J. Wedgwood and appendices'']. Presented to Parliament. HMSO 1917. Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://menadoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/landau/content/structure/188193 Menadoc at Bibliothek.uni-halle.de version]
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**[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023442330.0x000002 ''Short memorandum on the inception, difficulties and results of the Mesopotamian Campaign''] printed by the General Staff, India (Simla, 1916) IOR/L/MIL/17/15/76
**[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023442330.0x000002 ''Short memorandum on the inception, difficulties and results of the Mesopotamian Campaign''] printed by the General Staff, India (Simla, 1916) IOR/L/MIL/17/15/76
**[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023514019.0x00000b ''Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917: Part I – Report''] Compiled by officers of the Staff College Quetta 1925 IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/1
**[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023514019.0x00000b ''Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917: Part I – Report''] Compiled by officers of the Staff College Quetta 1925 IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/1
**[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023464681.0x000002 ''Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission appointed by the Government of India... to enquire into questions connected with the organisation and administration of the Railway and River Transport in Mesopotamia'']  1918. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/125/1. This book is  also available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/206468 pdf download]. The [[British Library]] also holds two maps published in conjunction with the report.
**[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023464681.0x000002 ''Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission appointed by the Government of India... to enquire into questions connected with the organisation and administration of the Railway and River Transport in Mesopotamia'']  1918. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/125/1. This book is  also available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/206468 pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206468 Archive.org version]. The [[British Library]] also holds two maps published in conjunction with the report.
*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Default.aspx The British Library digitised manuscripts] include  
*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Default.aspx The British Library digitised manuscripts] include  
**IOR/L/PS/11/121 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/PS/11/121  1917 Political and Secret Annual Files] which includes “Indian Journalists Tour of Mesopotamia” Newspaper articles written in Indian newspapers June 1917
**IOR/L/PS/11/121 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/PS/11/121  1917 Political and Secret Annual Files] which includes “Indian Journalists Tour of Mesopotamia” Newspaper articles written in Indian newspapers June 1917
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070503162055/http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/resources/resource%20pages/Mesopotamia/insurrection_mesopotamia.html  ''The Insurrection in Mesopotamia 1920''] by Lieutenant General Sir Aylmer L. Haldane 1922 (links to pdf downloads) Archive.org
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070503162055/http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/resources/resource%20pages/Mesopotamia/insurrection_mesopotamia.html  ''The Insurrection in Mesopotamia 1920''] by Lieutenant General Sir Aylmer L. Haldane 1922 (links to pdf downloads) Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/mesopotamiadaily00phil ''Mesopotamia: the "Daily Mail" inquiry at Baghdad''] by Sir Percival  Phillips 1922 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/mesopotamiadaily00phil ''Mesopotamia: the "Daily Mail" inquiry at Baghdad''] by Sir Percival  Phillips 1922 Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/466 ''The Truth About Mesopotamia Palestine and Syria''] by John de Vere Loder 1923. Link to a pdf. Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/466 ''The Truth About Mesopotamia Palestine and Syria''] by John de Vere Loder 1923. Link to a pdf. Digital Library of India.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.466 Archive.org version].
*[http://assyrianlevies.info/1915-1932.html  ''Iraq Levies 1915-1932''] by Brigadier J Gilbert Browne CMG. CBE. DSO. 1932 .  A transcription. “Assyrian RAF Levies”
*[http://assyrianlevies.info/1915-1932.html  ''Iraq Levies 1915-1932''] by Brigadier J Gilbert Browne CMG. CBE. DSO. 1932 .  A transcription. “Assyrian RAF Levies”
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/175176 ''The Ins and Outs of Mesopotamia''] by Thomas Lyell 1923. Link to a pdf. Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/175176 ''The Ins and Outs of Mesopotamia''] by Thomas Lyell 1923. Link to a pdf. Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175176 Archive.org version].
*[https://archive.org/details/Iraq  ''Iraq: A Study in Political Development''] by Philp Willard Ireland  1937 Archive.org. May require a Djvu or BitTorrent plugin for ease of reading. Also available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, (two different files), in a TIFF format, and also available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/55027 pdf on the DLI].  Includes chapters on the war period, in addition to the post war years.
*[https://archive.org/details/Iraq  ''Iraq: A Study in Political Development''] by Philp Willard Ireland  1937 Archive.org. May require a Djvu or BitTorrent plugin for ease of reading. Also available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, (two different files), in a TIFF format, and also available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/55027 pdf on the DLI]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55027 Archive.org/DLI version].  Includes chapters on the war period, in addition to the post war years.
*[https://archive.org/stream/memoirsofsirrona001290mbp#page/n251/mode/2up Page 219] ''The Memoirs Of Sir Ronald Storrs'' 1937 Archive.org. The author, working for the Foreign Office in Egypt, was appointed Political Officer in Mesopotamia in 1917 to represent the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia.
*[https://archive.org/stream/memoirsofsirrona001290mbp#page/n251/mode/2up Page 219] ''The Memoirs Of Sir Ronald Storrs'' 1937 Archive.org. The author, working for the Foreign Office in Egypt, was appointed Political Officer in Mesopotamia in 1917 to represent the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia.
*''Field Notes Mesopotamia'' by General Staff India 1915 (Poor quality print) is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website in TIFF format, or as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/108689 pdf from DLI]
*''Field Notes Mesopotamia'' by General Staff India 1915 (Poor quality print) is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website in TIFF format, or as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/108689 pdf from DLI] [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108689 Archive.org version]
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284792 ''When’s When In Mesopotamia''] by  General Staff, Mes. Ex. Force Printed at the Government Press Baghdad 1919. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Conversion tables  showing the European style dates from August 1914 to December 1919 and the equivalent dates under various other systems: Arabic - Old Style - Turkish Official - Jewish - Persian Zodiacal. Also details of Arabic time, where the day commences at sunset.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284792 ''When’s When In Mesopotamia''] by  General Staff, Mes. Ex. Force Printed at the Government Press Baghdad 1919. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284792 Archive.org version]. Conversion tables  showing the European style dates from August 1914 to December 1919 and the equivalent dates under various other systems: Arabic - Old Style - Turkish Official - Jewish - Persian Zodiacal. Also details of Arabic time, where the day commences at sunset.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284503 ''The Spoken Arabic of Mesopotamia''] by John Van Ess, first published 1917. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284503 ''The Spoken Arabic of Mesopotamia''] by John Van Ess, first published 1917. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284503 Archive.org].
*''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, [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/477826 Pdf download 1], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/336494 Pdf download 2].
*''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, [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/477826 Pdf download 1], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/336494 Pdf download 2].
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/366403 ''Sainyaan'tiila Aat'havand-ii''] by Limaye Go Gan' published 1939.  ''Sainyatil Athavani'', or ''War Memoirs'' of Captain Gopal Gangadhar Limaye.  Marathi language with an English Introduction. The author was in the Indian Medical Service IMS,  1918-1921. As part of the 87th Punjabis, he saw action in Mesopotamia and was involved in operations against the Kurdistanis in 1919 and in quelling the Arab Rebellion in 1920. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/366403 ''Sainyaan'tiila Aat'havand-ii''] by Limaye Go Gan' published 1939.  ''Sainyatil Athavani'', or ''War Memoirs'' of Captain Gopal Gangadhar Limaye.  Marathi language with an English Introduction. The author was in the Indian Medical Service IMS,  1918-1921. As part of the 87th Punjabis, he saw action in Mesopotamia and was involved in operations against the Kurdistanis in 1919 and in quelling the Arab Rebellion in 1920. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.

Revision as of 12:03, 24 January 2017

Mesopotamia Campaign
6 November 1914-14 November 1918
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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
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

  • British Library Catalogue Link
  • 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 Regiments

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.

Wounded and sick soldiers

Wounded and other ill soldiers from Mesopotamia were sent to India for treatment and convalescence. Some of these sadly became part of the group of soldiers who died in India.[3]

Persia and Transcaucasia

Troops under the control of the Army in Mesopotamia took part in actions in Persia, and later Transcaucasia. See Norperforce.

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: To October 1915 : Outbreak of Hostilities, Campaign in Lower Mesopotamia, published 1923; Volume II: To April 1916: The Attempt on Baghdad, the Battle of Ctesiphon, the Siege and the Fall of Kut-al-Amara, published 1924; Volume III: To 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. Note: Missing all/most Maps. Volume II Maps are available in the Archive.org version.
Volume I

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. Map: Middle East and Maps 8-9, 11, 13-17, 19-20. Description of Maps
Links to pdfs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III, Vol IV Digital Library of India. Archive.org versions Vol III, Vol IV.
"Casualties in the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, November 1914 to December 1918" page 218 History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: Medical Services: Casualties and Medical Statistics of the Great War by Major T. J. Mitchell and Miss G. M. Smith. 1931 Hathi Trust Digital Library
Appendices To The Report Of The Commission For Medical Arrangements In Mesopotamia Vol-II (July 1916). Link to a pdf download. Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.
"The Control of Flies and Vermin in Mesopotamia" page 23 The Review of Applied Entomology Volume V 1917 Archive.org.
"Heat-Stroke" Chapter IV page 51 In Mesopotamia by Martin Swayne (real name Maurice Nicoll) 3rd edition 1918 Archive.org.
  • With the M. T. in Mesopotamia by Brevet Lt.-Col F W Leland RASC 1920 Hathi Trust Digital Library. (M.T.= Mechanical Transport, part of the Royal Army Service Corps)
From the Gulf to the Caspian : being the souvenir booklet of the 33rd. Motor Ambulance Convoy which served in Mesopotamia and North Persia, 1916 to 1919 written by various members of the unit who remain anonymous. [1920?] State Library of Victoria. This Unit consisted of Army Service Corps personnel, together with Royal Army Medical Corps personnel.
The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume II by Colonel R H Beadon 1931. Link to an Adobe pdf download. Digital Library of India. Archive.org version. Includes the First World War period, with a chapter on Mesopotamia.
Loyalties: Mesopotamia; a personal and historical record, Volume II 1917-1920 by Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson 1931. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also available as a download from Kurdipedia.org 1936 edition. Also published under the title Mesopotamia, 1917-1920; a Clash of Loyalties.
  • Page 99 T. E. Lawrence: In Arabia and After by Liddell Hart 1934 Archive.org. T E Lawrence accompanied Aubrey Herbert, to negotiate regarding the besieged Kut garrison. Extracts from Lawrence’s description of these proceedings, in a letter dated 18 May [1916] from the website A Century Back: Writing the Great War, Day by Day. April 29, 2016. Scroll down. The letter was written to his family,[6] see more details.
Tales of Turkey by Major E W C Sandes 1924. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.
Despatch from Major General Sir George F MacMunn, officiating Commander-In Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, describing events since 1st January 1919, including North Persia, and Southern and Cental Kurdistan, for various operations between March and September 1919. The London Gazette 5 March 1920 Supplement: 31813 Page: 2877. The actual pages are dated 8 March 1920.
Four Despatches from the Commander-In Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force: Despatch No 1, dated 17th January 1920 from MacMunn, covering the period November 1919 to 17th January 1920. Despatches from Lieutenant-General Haldane, covering the periods: 18th January 1920 to 30th June 1920 in Mesopotamia and NW Persia.[Despatch No 2 dated 23rd August 1920. Page 5323]; 1st July 1820 to 19th October 1920 [Despatch No 3 dated 8th November 1920, page 5329] Despatch No 4, dated 8th February 1921 (page 5347) The London Gazette 1 July 1921 Issue: 32379 Page:5321.

References

  1. Mesopotamia 1920-21 from Harry’s Sideshows by Harry Fecitt kaiserscross.com
  2. Iraq Administration Reports 1914–1932
  3. Khyber Pass 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916 Great War Forum 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015
  4. 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). For archive.org diary entries, scroll down to URLs containing the word journal.
  5. PassTHE knowledge by Akhi Soufyan
  6. 29 April 2016: On this day in history T E Lawrence Society on Facebook. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  7. Elias Henry Jones homefrontmuseum (accessed 22 July 2014)