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<br>'''End of the account by Chris Woods'''.
<br>The author Chris Woods may be contacted by email: <nowiki>c.woods45@btinternet.com</nowiki>
===Further notenotes===*The alternative spelling Norderforce is occasionally seen.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/inlandwatertrans00hall#page/n7/mode/1up Map of Lower Mesopotamia] from''The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia'' compiled by Lieut.-Col. L. J. Hall 1921 Archive.org</ref>*''Operations in Persia 1914-1919'' is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, refer Historical books online, below.
==The British Salonika Force and the Army of the Black Sea==
Immediately after the Armistice with Turkey orders had been issued for British troops to move to the Caucasus, due to the situation there. Troops were sent from the nearest British forces available, from North Persia [Mesopotamia Force], and from the Salonika Force.<ref> Page 503, ''Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, Volume 2'' by Capt H. FitzM. Stacke, 1928. Reprint edition, Naval & Military Press. Refer Historical books online.</ref> In January 1919 it was decided all British troops in the Caucasus should be under one command, which at that time was still called the British Salonika Force, subsequently known as the Army of the Black Sea,<ref> Page 506, ''Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, Volume 2'' by Capt H. FitzM. Stacke, 1928. Reprint edition. Naval & Military Press</ref> which was tasked with ensuring that Turkey complied with the terms of the Armistice.
===Historical books online===
*''Operations in Persia 1914-1919'' by F. J. Moberly, part of the series ''Official History Of The Great War'' is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/operations-in-persia-official-history-of-the-great-war-other-theatres/ ''Operations In Persia. Official History Of The Great War''] by Brig.-Gen. F. J. Moberly, reprint of confidential edition (original pub 1929) Naval & Military Press.</ref> which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 as [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8bwp9VsLNdZZGR3Jt ''Operations in Persia''] (located in World War II/Military books/Iran).
*[https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi198edinuoft#page/356/mode/2up "Desert and Marsh in Arabistan"] by G E H page 356 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no 198 July-December 1915. Archive.org. Pursuit of the Turkish Army by British and Indian troops.
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.211243/2015.211243.History-Of#page/n529/mode/2up "The 12th Pioneers Machine Gun Section in Eastern Persia"] by Major E P Yeats. Appendix 9, page 404 ''History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933'' by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Covers the period from July 1915 and includes participation in Brigadier General Dyer's 1916 campaign, see next book.
