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{{War|name=Mesopotamia Campaign |dates=6 November 1914-14 November 1918 |image=|location=Mesopotamia |combatant1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland United Kingdom] |combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire Ottoman Empire]| |result=<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_Campaign#Armistice_of_Mudros.2C_October Armistice of Mudros]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitioning_of_the_Ottoman_Empire Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire] |medal=<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uS-fOGwehuUC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=Mesopotamian+campaign+medals&source=bl&ots=r8f4MMfcwh&sig=JEt5IYEYLwLnc_ubntysNqwRU7k&hl=en&ei=qoAYTIGUIOWM4gbdg8mdDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false The 1914-15 Star]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uS-fOGwehuUC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA14&dq=Mesopotamian+campaign+medals&source=bl&ots=r8f4MMfcwh&sig=JEt5IYEYLwLnc_ubntysNqwRU7k&hl=en&ei=qoAYTIGUIOWM4gbdg8mdDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false The British War Medal 1914-18] |category=[[:Category:Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia Campaign]] |link1=}}
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This event is part of the [[First World War]]
*[[Second Battle of Kut]] 23 February 1917
*[[Fall of Baghdad]] 11 March 1917
*[[Samarra Offensive]] 13 March-23 April 1917
*[[Battle of Ramadi]] 28 September 1917
*[[Capture of Tikrit]] 5 November 1917
*[[Battle of Sharqat]] 23-30 October 1918
== Biographies ==
Details of some of the protagonists in the campaign
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Fenton_Aylmer,_13th_Baronet General Sir Fenton Aylmer](1862-1935)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Barrett_(Indian_Army_officer) Maj-Gen Sir Arthur Barrett](1857–1926)* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cobbe General Alexander Cobbe] (1870-1931)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sinclair_Delamain Brig- Gen Walter Delamain](1862-1932)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colmar_Freiherr_von_der_Goltz Baron Wilhelm von der Goltz](1843–1916)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._F._Gorringe Lieut-Gen Sir George Gorringe](1868–1945)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halil_Kut Halil Pasha](1882-1957)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kâzım_Karabekir Kâzım Karabekir](1882–1948)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Stanley_Maude Lieut-Gen Sir Frederick Maude] (1864-1917)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshall_(British_Army_officer) Gen Sir William Marshall] (1865–1939)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_John_Melliss Maj-Gen Sir Charles Melliss VC](1862-1936)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nixon_(general) Lieut-Gen John Nixon](1857–1921)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nureddin_Pasha Colonel Nureddin Pasha](1873-1932)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Vere_Ferrers_Townshend Maj-Gen Sir Charles Townshend](1861–1924)
==6th (Poona) Division ==
