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: 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.  
: 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
:[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/206243 ''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
:[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.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044076903947?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''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)
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044076903947?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''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)
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/284463 ''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. Includes the First World War period, with  a chapter on Mesopotamia.
*[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
*[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
*''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), in TIFF format. It is also available to  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/279003 download as a 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.$b746003?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''The Tragedy of Mesopotamia''] by Sir George Buchanan 1938. Hathi Trust Digital Library. This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website in TIFF format, or [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/59319  as a pdf from the DLI]. The author was Director-General of Port Administration and River Conservancy at Basra. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Buchanan_(engineer_born_1865)  George Buchanan] Wikipedia entry
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$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

Revision as of 08:48, 10 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.
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
"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)