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*The [https://www.greatwarforum.org Great War Forum], a message board for the First World War, has a subcategory [https://www.greatwarforum.org/forum/209-middle-east-north-africa/ Middle East and North Africa] where archived threads may be read. To view images, place a post, reply to a post or search, you need to have registered. See [[Mailing lists#Military|Mailing lists-Military]] for more details.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110623134645/http://scotsatwar.org.uk/AZ/Iraq%201917.htm "Iraq 1917 - A 90th Anniversary"] by Dr D M Henderson 2007. (archive.org) The Scots at War Trust. A review of the war in Mesopotamia
*[https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/mesopotamia-campaign Mesopotamia campaign] nam.ac.uk
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/maps/graphics/maps_52_mesop_kut_(1600).jpg Maps of operations] firstworldwar.com
*[http://www.mespot.net Mesopotamia Campaign: 300 photographs taken by Captain Charles Henry Weaver]. Captain Weaver worked with The Red Cross, but was under military command. He was mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the MBE for his wartime service. Includes Hospital Ships, nurses. mespot.net
**[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]]. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/battles/p_meso_commission.htm Further information] The First World War, The National Archives [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/index.htm online exhibition].
*[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 [httphttps://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://ww1.nam.ac.uk/microsites/ww1/stories/lieutenant-henry-gallup / Soldiers’ Stories: [Diary extracts<nowiki>]</nowiki> Lieutenant Henry Gallup of 1/5th Hampshire Howitzer Battery, Royal Field Artillery] was present at the siege of Kut. National Army Museumww1.nam.ac.uk*[httphttps://wwwww1.nam.ac.uk/microsites/ww1/stories/private-william-jay Soldiers’ Stories: [Account extracts<nowiki>]</nowiki> Private William Jay of 1/5th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment]. An account of the attempt to relieve the besieged British-Indian forces at Kut. Includes details of the dreadful conditions the wounded endured due to lack of medical facilities. ww1. nam.ac.uk
*[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158634493 "Bombardier Pearse. How He Died. Unwholesome Turkish Biscuits"]. ''National Advocate'' (Bathurst, NSW) 27 Nov 1917 Page 3 trove.nla.gov.au. Bombardier Pearse of the [[Volunteer Artillery Battery]] died soon after the fall of Kut.
*[http://ww1.nam.ac.uk/stories/major-george-campbell-wheeler Soldiers' Stories: Major George Campbell Wheeler] 9th Gurkha Rifles, won the Victoria Cross while crossing the River Tigris during the Second Battle of Kut on 23 February 1917. nam.ac.uk.
