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*Barber - Charles Harrison [https://archive.org/stream/besiegedinkutaft00barb#page/n7/mode/2up ''Besieged in Kut, and after''] by Major Charles Harrison Barber I M S 1918 Archive.org*Imperial Basu - Satyen Basu, a doctor from Calcutta, joined the Indian Medical Service early in the Second World War Museums and served with the Allied forces in Iraq, Syria and North Africa. His unit surrendered near Tobruk in 1942 and he was transported to a POW camp in southern Italy, not far from Naples. His story is told in [http://wwwamitavghosh.iwm.org.ukcom/collectionsblog/item/object/1030007535 catalogue entry: Private Papers ?cat=14 "An Indian POW in Italy"] (scroll to the bottom of Colonel W C Spackman]: Ts memoir the page for part 1). amitavghosh.com (retrieved 2 May 2014). Also see ''A Doctor in the Army'' by Satyen Basu (331ppCalcutta 1960) covering his service as Regimental *Limaye - Captain Gopal Gangadhar Limaye received a temporary commission in the Indian Medical Officer to Service in early 1918 . He was with the 48th Pioneers, 6th Indian Division 87th Punjabis 1918-1921. He saw action in Mesopotamia, 1914 - 1915, at Kut during and was involved in operations against the siege, December 1915 - April 1916, Kurdistanis in 1919 and as a prisoner of war in Anatolia, 1916 – 1918quelling the Arab Rebellion in 1920. An edited version has been published: He wrote ''War Memoirs''Captured at Kut, Prisoner of the Turksin Marathi , in 1939. Some excerpts in English may be found in [http: The Great //amitavghosh.com/blog/?p=5004 “Yet another Indian First World War Diaries of Colonel William Spackman''memoir found!”] November 14, edited by Colonel R2012 amitavghosh.com.A(retrieved 10 May 2014). SpackmanThis book may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, where the Introduction is in English. (The author is catalogued as Limaye Go Gan')*Mukherji - Captain Kalyan Kumar Mukherji, I M S arrived in Mesopotamia in 1915. After the fall of Kut he was sent to a prisoner-of-war camp at Ras al-‘Ain, Syria where he died in 1917. He was posthumously awarded the Military Cross. His letters to his family were incorporated into a book, in Bengali, available online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, catalogued as ''Kalyan-Pradip'' by Mokshada Debi (two book files) Some excerpts have been translated into English by Amitav Ghosh. Scroll down to the entry [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?m=201207 The ‘Home and the World’ in Iraq 1915-17: Part 1] to commence. For the final posts, [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?m=201208 scroll down to the bottom three posts]. Written July- August 2012 amitavghosh.com (retrieved 10 May 2014). *Captain Gopal Gangadhar Limaye received a temporary commission in the Indian Medical Service in early 1918 . He was with the 87th Punjabis 1918O'Meara -1921. He saw action in Mesopotamia and was involved in operations against the Kurdistanis in 1919 and in quelling the Arab Rebellion in 1920. He wrote ''War Memoirs'' , in Marathi , in 1939. Some excerpts in English may be found in [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?p=5004 “Yet another Indian First World War memoir found!”] November 14, 2012 amitavghosh.com. (retrieved 10 May 2014). 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. (The author is catalogued as Limaye Go Gan')*''I’d Live it Again'' by Lieut.-Col Eugene John O’Meara, Indian Medical Service (rtd) 1935 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The author is catalogued as Meara. An autobiography. He joined the IMS in 1898*Scriven - Captain Robert Douglas Scriven of the Indian Medical Service was awarded the Military Cross<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35670/supplements/3601/page.pdf London Gazette Tuesday 18 August 1942]</ref> for his escape in 1942 from a Japanese P.O.W. camp, following the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941 His story is told in this [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1469554/Colonel-Tony-Hewitt.html obituary of Colonel Tony Hewitt].<ref> [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1469554/Colonel-Tony-Hewitt.html Obituary of Colonel Tony Hewitt] www.telegraph.co.uk 17 Aug 2004</ref>*Satyen Basu, a doctor from Calcutta, joined the Indian Medical Service early in the Second World War and served with the Allied forces in Iraq, Syria and North AfricaSpackman - W. His unit surrendered near Tobruk in 1942 and he was transported to a POW camp in southern Italy, not far from NaplesC. His story is told in Imperial War Museums [http://amitavghoshwww.iwm.org.comuk/collections/item/blogobject/?cat=14 "An Indian POW in Italy"1030007535 catalogue entry: Private Papers of Colonel W C Spackman] : Ts memoir (scroll 331pp) covering his service as Regimental Medical Officer to the bottom 48th Pioneers, 6th Indian Division in Mesopotamia, 1914 - 1915, at Kut during the siege, December 1915 - April 1916, and as a prisoner of the page for part 1)war in Anatolia, 1916 – 1918. amitavghosh.com (retrieved 2 May 2014). An edited version has been published: ''A Doctor in Captured at Kut, Prisoner of the ArmyTurks: The Great War Diaries of Colonel William Spackman'' , edited by Satyen Basu (Calcutta 1960) Colonel R.A. Spackman. is available at the [[British Library]]