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*[http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=92153 Personal bibliography of the Mesopotamia Campaign] by Mikemeso. Great War Forum thread
*Naval and Military Press have a reprint edition of [http://www.naval-military-press.com/with-the-m.t.-in-mesopotamia.html ''With the M.T. in Mesopotamia''] by Brevet Lieut. Col . F. W. Leland, R.A.S.C.. The author was an officer in Mechanical Transport in 1916-1918. "An account of the work of Mechanised Units in Mesopotamia , vital to understanding supply problems in a harsh terrain". ([https://web.archive.org/web/20091231192405/http://www.naval-military-press.com/with-the-m.t.-in-mesopotamia.html archive.org link])
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*Articles 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]) The earlier part of the memoir, from joining up in Calcutta to the fall of Kut is described in [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=12 "On to Baghdad"]. Scroll to the bottom of the page for part 1
*[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://amitavghosh.com/blog/?p=5004 “Yet another Indian First World War memoir found!”] Article about the ''War Memoirs'' of Captain Limaye, Indian Medical Service, written in Marathi. He was with the 87th Punjabis 1918-1921. He saw action in Mesopotamia and was involved in operations against the Kurdistanis in 1919 and in quelling the Arab Rebellion in 1920. amitavghosh.com. This book may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, where the Introduction is in English.
*[http://www.reubique.com/IWT.htm Inland Water Transport and Docks] Reubique.com. The article mentions that this section of the Royal Engineers was founded in 1914 and was later responsible for alternate transportation during World War One in various theatres of war - including Mesopotamia where personnel from India and China were deployed.
