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**[https://web.archive.org/web/20120819163534/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Water_Mesopotamia/Water_Mesopotamia_01.htm "Watering the Regiment"] from ''The War Illustrated'', 6th July, 1918. "Here, in Mesopotamia, water is life".
**[http://web.archive.org/web/20120721002443/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Mesopotamia/Eden_01.htm "The Fight for the Garden of Eden"] from the book ''Many Fronts''
**[http://web.archive.org/web/20120203001248/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Mesopotamia/Wounded_01.htm "Wounded in Mesopotamia"] from an official report by [[List of doctors and surgeons#Bombay|Major R Markham Carter]]. [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20230922183339/https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/battles/p_meso_commission.htm Further information] The First World War, The National Archives [httphttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/+/https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/index.htm online exhibition], archived.
*[http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/podcasts/voices-of-the-first-world-war/podcast-18-mesopotamia Mesopotamia] Imperial War Museums. Podcast 18 in the series ''Voices of the First World War''. Extracts from soldiers accounts, with a transcript of the podcast.
*Transcribed [https://www.tcd.ie/library/fitasfiddles/the-memoirs/beresford/ Diary of Stanley Cyril Beresford Mundey] Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ([[43rd Regiment of Foot|43rd]]). He went from India to Mesopotamia to rejoin his regiment in May 1915, flew with the RFC as an observing officer from 7th September 1915 (page The Union Jack Was Hoisted) and took part in the Siege of Kut, although there is no account of this period. The account for 1916 covers his time as a POW until December 1916. Trinity College Dublin tcd.ie
*[https://archive.org/details/mycampaigninmeso0000sirc/page/n11/mode/2up ''My Campaign in Mesopotamia''] by Major General Sir Charles V F Townshend 1920. London edition. Archive.org. Also available [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030674355?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 HathiTrust Digital Library]. There was also a two volume New York edition 1920.
:''Townshend of Chitral and Kut: Based on the diaries and private papers of Sir Charles Vere Townshend'' by Erroll Sherson 1928. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.525043 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/behindsceneswars/page/205/mode/2up ''Behind the Scenes in Many Wars being the Military Reminiscences of Lieut.-General Sir George MacMunn''] published 1930 includes chapters on Mesopotamia commencing [https://archive.org/details/behindsceneswars/page/205/mode/2up page 206] Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/journalroyalartillery1926oct/page/403/mode/2up "Iraq and Mosul"] by Lieut.-General Sir George MacMunn page 403 ''The Journal of the Royal Artillery Volume 53, No.3 1926 October''. Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/armyquarterlyv15-1927/page/42/mode/2up "Lines of Communication in Mesopotamia"] by Lieut.- General Sir George MacMunn, page 42 ''The Army Quarterly Volume 15, 1927 October- 1928 January'' Archive.org.
*[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”. Also [https://archive.org/details/mesopotamiakeyto00parf ''Mesopotamia : the Key to the Future''] by Canon J T Parfit 1917 Archive.org and ''Serbia To Kut'' by Joseph T Parfit 1917 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.143207 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title: ''Serbia to Kut: an account of the War in the Bible Lands'' [Balkans, Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Mesopotamia]. An overview of the conflict.
*[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 Qatar Digital Library
* ''When’s When In Mesopotamia'' by General Staff, Mes. Ex. Force Printed at the Government Press Baghdad 1919. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284792 Archive.org version], mirror from 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.
* ''The Spoken Arabic of Mesopotamia'' by John Van Ess, first published 1917. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284503 Archive.org], mirror from Digital Library of India.
=====Medical=====
*[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
=====Regimental histories and accounts=====
*For Indian Army regimental histories, see [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|The Guides, (Cavalry and Infantry)]]; [[Hodson's Horse]]; [[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry|7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Infantry]]; [[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|26th Punjabis]]; [[41st Regiment of Dogra Infantry|41st Dogras]]; [[6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|59th Scinde Rifles]]; [[33rd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|93rd Burma Infantry]]; [[104th Wellesley’s Rifles]]; [[105th Mahratta Light Infantry]]; [[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd King Edward's Own Goorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]]; [[5th Gurkha Rifles]]; [[2nd Bombay Pioneers]]; [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Bengal]], [[Madras Sappers and Miners|Madras]], [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]] for years to 1922;: For other Indian Army regimental histories on fold3 (Ancestry owned pay website), see [[Hodson's Horse]]; [[Bhopal Battalion|9th Bhopal Infantry]]; [[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|20th (Cambridge's Own) Infantry, Brownlow's Punjabis]]; [[24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|24th Punjabis]]; [[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|26th Punjabis]]; [[45th Regiment of Sikh Infantry|45th Rattray’s Sikhs]]; [[7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry| 67th Punjabis]]; [[5th Gurkha Rifles]]; [[4th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry| 2nd Battalion, Madras Pioneers]];
*[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/motorcycle17lond_/motorcycle17lond#page/n131/mode/1up/ "The Motor Cycle in Mesopotamia. Carrying Despatches Through Deep Mud and Blinding Dust"] page 70 ''The Motor Cycle'', Volume 17, July 27th 1916 with [https://archive.org/stream/motorcycle17lond_/motorcycle17lond#page/n428/mode/1up/ photographs] page 287. Archive.org.
*[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/wreathofmemories00gosciala/page/62 Mesopotamia] page 62 ''A Wreath of Memories: George Joachim Goschen'' (Viscount) 1917. Archive.org. At the end of 1915, he came with his regiment 1/5th Bn. [[3rd Regiment of Foot|East Kent Regiment]] (TF) from India. He died 19 January 1916 of wounds received 7 January at the [[Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad|battle of Sheikh Saad]].
*[https://archive.org/details/the-connaught-rangers-vol-1/page/n11/mode/2up ''The Connaught Rangers Volume 1, 1st Battalion, formerly 88th Foot''] by Lieut.-Colonel HF N Jourdain and Edward Fraser 1924 Archive.org. During the Great War, the Battalion fought in Mesopotamia, on the Western Front and in Palestine.*[https://archive.org/details/histeastsurreyregimentvol3/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the East Surrey Regiment Volume 3 1917-1919''] by Colonel H W Pearse and Brigadier-General H S Sloman 1924 Archive.org. Includes Mesopotamia, including punitive operations in Southern Khurdistan (Kurdistan) in 1919.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.19498/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914 to 1919''] by C T Atkinson 1924. Archive.org. Includes two chapters on Mesopotamia, in 1915 and 1917, and mentions of Mesopotamia in Chapters 31-32. Also available as a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140224123824/http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/QORWK%20C%20T%20Atkinson.html transcription]
*[https://archive.org/details/norfolkregimentvol2/page/n9/mode/2up ''The History of the Norfolk Regiment 1685-1918. Volume 2, 4th August 1914 to 31st December 1918''] by F Loraine Petre c 1925 Archive.org. Includes Mesopotamia.
*[https://archive.org/details/manchesterregimentvol2/page/n11/mode/2up ''History of the Manchester Regiment (Late the 63rd and 96th Foot), Volume 2 1883-1922''] by Colonel H C Wylly 1925 Archive.org. Includes Mesopotamia, both in 1916-1917 and during the 1920 Revolt.
*[https://archive.org/details/hist2ndqueensrregv7/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the Queen’s Royal Regiment Volume 7''] [1905- 1923] by Colonel H C Wylly c 1925 Archive.org. The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment. Includes Mesopotamia.
*[https://archive.org/details/the-devonshire-regiment-1914-1918/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Devonshire Regiment 1914-1918''] by C T Atkinson 1926 Archive.org. The various Battalions fought in Mesopotamia, on the Western Front, in Salonika, Egypt, Palestine, Italy and North Russia, and were in India.
*[https://archive.org/details/loyalnorthlancashirereg/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Volume 2 1914-1919''] by Colonel H C Wylly (Harold Carmichael) 1933. Archive.org. Includes Mesopotamia.
*[https://archive.org/details/gunrunninggulf/page/145/mode/2up "Rifle Thieves of Iraq"] page 146 ''Gun-running in the Gulf and Other Adventures'' by Brig.-Gen. H H Austin (Herbert Henry) 1926 Archive.org
*Articles from ''The Army Quarterly'', all Archive.org.
**[https://archive.org/details/armyquarterlyv3-1921/page/77/mode/2up '"The Memory of a Side-Show"] by H B R page 77 ''The Army Quarterly'' Volume 3, 1921 October- 1922 January. Kurna Mesopotamia, the land of the Marsh Arabs.
**[https://archive.org/details/armyquarterlyv6-1923/page/n33/mode/2up "Kut-Ul-Amarah"] by Major-General J C Rimington page 17 ''The Army Quarterly'' Volume 6, 1923 April- July.
**[https://archive.org/details/armyquarterlyv7-1923/page/329/mode/2up Notes on the Military Geography of Iraq] by Captain R J Wilkinson I A page 329 ''The Army Quarterly'' Volume 7, 1923 October- 1924 January
**[https://archive.org/details/armyquarterlyv7-1923/page/n377/mode/2up “A Tribal War”] by R H D page 345 ''The Army Quarterly'' Volume 7, 1923 October- 1924 January. The Persian road in Mesopotamia in 1918.
**"Some Aspects of Maude’s Campaign in Mesopotamia" by Major R H Dewing R E.
***[https://archive.org/details/armyquarterlyv13-1926/page/297/mode/2up Part 1] page 297 ''The Army Quarterly'' Volume 13, 1926 October- 1927 January.
***[https://archive.org/details/armyquarterlyv14-1927/page/69/mode/2up Part 2] page 69; [https://archive.org/details/armyquarterlyv14-1927/page/n417/mode/2up Part 3] page 347 ''The Army Quarterly'' Volume 14, 1927 April- July
======Siege of Kut and Prisoner of War accounts======
Includes accounts by Medical Officers and Royal Flying Corps members.
:For a story ''The Kana Burha'' by Sir George MacMunn, set in Mesopotamia, see Fiction, below.
:[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32379/page/5321 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.
*[httphttps://archive.org/details/jramc.bmj.com-1922-vol38vol39/contentpage/39353/5mode/354.full.pdf 2up "Narrative of a March into Kurdistan during the Rebellion of 1919"] by Captain J. C. Burns ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1922;39:5 pages 354-371. Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/armyquarterlyv11-1925/page/85/mode/2up "The Campaign in South Kurdistan, 1919"] by the Rev. J Cethin Jones (Chaplain to Fraser’s Force) page 86 ''The Army Quarterly Volume 11, 1925 October- 1926 January''. Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t3319zt4k?urlappend=%3Bseq=3 ''Review of the civil administration of Mesopotamia''] by Gertrude L Bell. Issued by the India Office December 1920. HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available [https://archive.org/details/reviewofciviladm00iraqrich/page/n2 Archive.org].
:''The Letters of Gertrude Bell'' published 1927. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209780 ''Volume I''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70327 ''Volume II'']. Mainly letters sent to her family. ''Volume II'' is in respect of her time in Baghdad 1917-1926.
*[https://archive.org/details/twoyearsinkurdis00hayw/page/n9 ''Two Years in Kurdistan : Experiences of a Political Officer, 1918-1920''] by W R Hay, Captain, attached 24th Punjabis, Political Dept, Government of India. 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/insurrection-mesopotamia/page/n11/mode/2up ''The Insurrection in Mesopotamia 1920''] by Lieutenant General Sir Aylmer L. Haldane 1922. Archive.org.
:Also see [[Mesopotamia Campaign#Regimental histories and accounts|Regimental histories and accounts]] above for the Manchester Regiment during the 1920 Revolt.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.43529/page/n5/mode/2up ''Alarms and Excursions in Arabia''] by Bertram Thomas 1931 Archive.org. Includes "Adventure 1: A Punative Expedition against Marsh Arabs" [1918] and "Adventure II: As a District Officer in the Mesopotamian Insurrection of 1920".
*[https://archive.org/details/mesopotamiadaily00phil ''Mesopotamia: the "Daily Mail" inquiry at Baghdad''] by Sir Percival Phillips 1922 Archive.org
