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==Persia==
==Persia==
In Persia , "in 1915, at the time of the revolt of Tangestan,  [British military] reinforcements were sent [to Busehr  (Bushire, the main port)] in order to coun¬teract the moves of the German consul,… .On that occasion a narrow-gauge railway 37 miles long was constructed to link Busehr with Borazjan, on the way to Shiraz….At the same time a factory for constructing railroad equipment was established at Busehr. The evacuation of the town by the British in March 1919 put an end to these attempts".  <ref>[http://www.iranica.com/articles/busehr-ar Busehr]  Encyclopaedia Iranica</ref>
In Persia , "in 1915, at the time of the revolt of Tangestan,  [British military] reinforcements were sent [to Busehr  (Bushire, the main port)] in order to counteract the moves of the German consul,… .On that occasion a narrow-gauge railway 37 miles long was constructed to link Busehr with Borazjan, on the way to Shiraz….At the same time a factory for constructing railroad equipment was established at Busehr. The evacuation of the town by the British in March 1919 put an end to these attempts".  <ref>[http://www.iranica.com/articles/busehr-ar Busehr]  Encyclopaedia Iranica</ref>


==Mesopotamia==
==Mesopotamia==

Revision as of 17:58, 1 August 2010

Persia

In Persia , "in 1915, at the time of the revolt of Tangestan, [British military] reinforcements were sent [to Busehr (Bushire, the main port)] in order to counteract the moves of the German consul,… .On that occasion a narrow-gauge railway 37 miles long was constructed to link Busehr with Borazjan, on the way to Shiraz….At the same time a factory for constructing railroad equipment was established at Busehr. The evacuation of the town by the British in March 1919 put an end to these attempts". [1]

Mesopotamia

"Without the work of the Indian auxiliaries on the Mesopotamian railways – which supplied almost every requisite for fighting and for everyday living on campaign –the Allied forces would never have enjoyed the victory they achieved."[2]

Major Frederick Cole and his unit from India built the railway from Basra to Baghdad in Iraq, then Mesopotamia. (Major Cole was Inspector of Railways in India from about 1915 to 1930).[3]

Rail track was sent from India. “For Mesopotamia, we pull up existing lines.”[4]

Trains were sent from India, including fourteen military trains in 1916. In 1918 the entire (locos, rolling stock, track, and all fixtures and fittings) Powayn Steam Tramway, in Bengal was sent for use on the Bushire Light Railway in Persia.[5]

The Iraq Railways and the Indian Railway Department were a Unit and Regiment of the Indian Army in Mesopotamia during World War 1 according to a soldier’s record on the CWGC.[6] First World War medal card indexes (refer Online Records below) mention Mesopotamian Railways, Iraq Railways and Railways Baghdad as corps, with Mesopotamian Railways being mentioned more frequently, but it is not known by us to what extent these three differ. In addition, there are other railway units mentioned, which may be Mesopotamian based, but which could be in other theatres. Refer separate list.

External links

References

  1. ↑ Busehr Encyclopaedia Iranica
  2. ↑ Memorial Gates Trust, First World War-Mesopotamia
  3. ↑ Vay to go by Alison Gibson from Mid-day.com
  4. ↑ The First World War, 1914-1918, Volume II, page 114 by Charles Repington 1920,(Archive.org) quoting a letter from Sir Charles Monroe, C-in-C in India, dated Simla, August 15, 1917
  5. ↑ Indian / South-Asian Industrial Locos: Military Trains by Simon Darvill. IRFCA
  6. ↑ Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s record for J. Flatman
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