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*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,645563.0.html  A collection of WW1 photographs, most probably taken in Mesopotamia]. Includes a few images of Indian soldiers. rootschat.com Forum thread.
*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,645563.0.html  A collection of WW1 photographs, most probably taken in Mesopotamia]. Includes a few images of Indian soldiers. rootschat.com Forum thread.
*[http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2012/12/world-war-indian-soldiers-prisoners.html "Indian Soldiers and POWs in the Middle East during World War I"] by Vedica Kant, Robert Upton, and Chris Gratien, Ottoman History Podcast, No. 86 (December 21, 2012) “ In this podcast, Vedica Kant talks about the experience of Indian POWs in the Ottoman Empire as well as that of Ottoman soldiers captured by the British army and brought to India and Burma, with additional commentary by Robert Upton regarding military recruitment in British India...” Webpage contains images.
*[http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2012/12/world-war-indian-soldiers-prisoners.html "Indian Soldiers and POWs in the Middle East during World War I"] by Vedica Kant, Robert Upton, and Chris Gratien, Ottoman History Podcast, No. 86 (December 21, 2012) “ In this podcast, Vedica Kant talks about the experience of Indian POWs in the Ottoman Empire as well as that of Ottoman soldiers captured by the British army and brought to India and Burma, with additional commentary by Robert Upton regarding military recruitment in British India...” Webpage contains images.
*Blog by Amitav Ghosh: "Shared Sorrows: Indians and Armenians in the prison camps of Ras al-‘Ain, 1916-18". It is based on an account written by an  Indian member of the Bengal Ambulance Corps (BAC), who became a prisoner after the fall of Kut. and ended up in the prison camps of Ras al-'Ain, in northern Syria, in 1916.  “The reason the story has survived is that one of the Indian prisoners happened to write about about his war experiences  forty years later. His name was Sisir Sarbadhikari and his book Abhi Le Baghdad (or On To Baghdad) appeared in 1958”  It is in 18 parts, in reverse order, consisting of two pages. Scroll to the bottom of [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23&paged=2 this page] for part 1. Scroll to the bottom of [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23 this page] to continue. ( archive.org links [https://web.archive.org/web/20130509003716/http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23&paged=2  1] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130509040810/http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23  2]
*Blog by Amitav Ghosh: "Shared Sorrows: Indians and Armenians in the prison camps of Ras al-‘Ain, 1916-18". It is based on an account written by an  Indian member of the Bengal Ambulance Corps (BAC), who became a prisoner after the fall of Kut. and ended up in the prison camps of Ras al-'Ain, in northern Syria, in 1916.  “The reason the story has survived is that one of the Indian prisoners happened to write about about his war experiences  forty years later. His name was Sisir Sarbadhikari and his book Abhi Le Baghdad (or On To Baghdad) appeared in 1958”  It is in 18 parts, in reverse order, consisting of two pages. Scroll to the bottom of [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23&paged=2 this page] for part 1. Scroll to the bottom of [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23 this page] to continue. ( archive.org links [https://web.archive.org/web/20130509003716/http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23&paged=2  1] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130509040810/http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=23  2])
*[http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll2/id/77/rec/68 ''Forgotten Airwar: Airpower in the Mesopotamian Campaign''] by Peter J Lambert, 2003 Master of Military Art and Science Thesis, Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Fort Leavenworth, KS. Combined Arms Research Library [CARL] Digital Library
*[http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll2/id/77/rec/68 ''Forgotten Airwar: Airpower in the Mesopotamian Campaign''] by Peter J Lambert, 2003 Master of Military Art and Science Thesis, Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Fort Leavenworth, KS. Combined Arms Research Library [CARL] Digital Library
*[http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=92153  Personal bibliography of the Mesopotamia Campaign] by Mikemeso. Great War Forum thread
*[http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=92153  Personal bibliography of the Mesopotamia Campaign] by Mikemeso. Great War Forum thread

Revision as of 12:40, 18 November 2013

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

The Inland Water Transport (Royal Engineers)

The Inland Water Transport and Docks Section of the Royal Engineers was originally formed in December of 1914 to deal with and to develop transport on canals and waterways of France and Belgium. The Section at first operated under the Director of Railways, but, owing to the rapid development of Inland Water Transport, a special directorate was formed in October of 1915. In the summer of 1916 all non-transport work in Mesopotamia became a part of the Inland Water Transport Directorate’s responsibilities, and during 1917 its scope was extended to cover Inland Water Transport and Dock Working in Egypt, in Salonika, and in other theatres of war. The European personnel in Mesopotamia were supplemented by over 42,000 native personnel from India, Egypt, West Africa and China.[2]

The British Library has the book The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia compiled by Lieut.-Col. L. J. Hall under the direction of Brigadier-General R. H. W. Hughes. [With plates.] published London 1921. Also available as a reprint through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop . Also available online, see below.

Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission appointed by the Government of India... to enquire into questions connected with the organisation and administration of the Railway and River Transport in Mesopotamia 1918 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Table of Contents is computer page 6. Refer Online books-Digital Library of India for more details about this site.

British Library holdings

References

  1. Mesopotamia 1920-21 from Harry’s Sideshows by Harry Fecitt kaiserscross.com
  2. Inland Water Transport and Docks Reubique.com

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. Volume II 1924 Archive.org.Contents,Index
All the volumes are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The Contents pages of Volume IV are computer/digital file pages 15-20. Titles of Indian Cavalry, Infantry and Pioneer Units who served in Mesopotamia 1914-1918 may be found on pages 402-404 (computer pages 463-465). Refer Online books-Digital Library of India for more details about this site.
Naval and Military Press has published reprint editions: Volume I, Volume II, Volume III, Volume IV
The titles were Volume I: Outbreak of Hostilities, Campaign in Lower Mesopotamia 1923; Volume II: April 1916: The Attempt on Baghdad, the Battle of Ctesiphon, the Siege and the Fall of Kut-al-Amara 1924; Volume III: April 1917: The Capture and Consolidation of Baghdad 1926; Volume IV: The Campaign in Upper Mesopotamia to the Armistice 1927