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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]
: Links to pdfs [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/285028 Vol I], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/285005 Vol II], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/285017 Vol III], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/210669 Vol IV] Digital Library of India.
*[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
:[https://archive.org/stream/reviewofappliede51917comm#page/22/mode/2up "The Control of Flies and Vermin in Mesopotamia"] page 23 ''The Review of Applied Entomology Volume V 1917'' Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/stream/reviewofappliede51917comm#page/22/mode/2up "The Control of Flies and Vermin in Mesopotamia"] page 23 ''The Review of Applied Entomology Volume V 1917'' Archive.org.
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*''Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914 -1917: From the Outbreak of War to the Death of General Maude'' by Arnold T Wilson 1930 is available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website (barcode 2020050081212). It is also available to  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/279003 download as a (large) pdf] (barcode 5990010899070), also from the Digital Library of India.
*''Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914 -1917: From the Outbreak of War to the Death of General Maude'' by Arnold T Wilson 1930 is available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website (barcode 2020050081212). It is also available to  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/279003 download as a (large) pdf] (barcode 5990010899070), also from the Digital Library of India.
:[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/uc1.$b746003?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''The Tragedy of Mesopotamia''] by Sir George Buchanan 1938. Hathi Trust Digital Library. This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The author was Director-General of Port Administration and River Conservancy at Basra. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Buchanan_(engineer_born_1865)  George Buchanan] Wikipedia entry
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$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 in TIFF format, or [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/59319  as a pdf from the DLI]. 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
*''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'']
*[https://archive.org/details/ABriefOutlineOfTheCampaignInMesopotamia19141918 ''A brief outline of the campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918''] by Roger Evans, 1926 Archive.org (For ease  of reading, you may  need a [http://djvu.org/resources/ Djvu] or BitTorrent plug-in).
*[https://archive.org/details/ABriefOutlineOfTheCampaignInMesopotamia19141918 ''A brief outline of the campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918''] by Roger Evans, 1926 Archive.org (For ease  of reading, you may  need a [http://djvu.org/resources/ Djvu] or BitTorrent plug-in).  Also available as a [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/81412 pdf] from the Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/mesopotamia031379mbp ''Mesopotamia: The Last Phase''] by Lieut.-Colonel A H Burne Second Edition 1938 (First edition 1936?) Archive.org. From March 1917.
*[https://archive.org/details/mesopotamia031379mbp ''Mesopotamia: The Last Phase''] by Lieut.-Colonel A H Burne Second Edition 1938 (First edition 1936?) Archive.org. From March 1917.
*[https://archive.org/details/marvellousmesopo00parfrich ''Marvellous Mesopotamia: The World’s Wonderland''] by  Joseph T Parfit, Canon of St George’s Jerusalem 1920 Archive.org. Contains a number of chapters on WW1,  commencing with “The Causes of the War”
*[https://archive.org/details/marvellousmesopo00parfrich ''Marvellous Mesopotamia: The World’s Wonderland''] by  Joseph T Parfit, Canon of St George’s Jerusalem 1920 Archive.org. Contains a number of chapters on WW1,  commencing with “The Causes of the War”
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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. 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://dli.serc.iisc.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://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. The author/artist went to Mesopotamia for the Imperial War Museum. Also see the book below ''The Naval Front''.
*[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. The author/artist went to Mesopotamia for the Imperial War Museum. Also see the book below ''The Naval Front''.
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*[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). 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). 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.  
*''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://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/108689 pdf from DLI]
*''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 13:18, 8 September 2015

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 returned to India for treatment and convalescence. Some of these sadly became part of the group of soldiers who died in India.[3]

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 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
Links to pdfs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III, Vol IV Digital Library of India.
"The Control of Flies and Vermin in Mesopotamia" page 23 The Review of Applied Entomology Volume V 1917 Archive.org.
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.

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. Elias Henry Jones homefrontmuseum (accessed 22 July 2014)