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*''An account of the operations of the 18th (Indian) Division in Mesopotamia, December 1917 to December 1918, with the names of all the units which served with the division and a nominal roll of all the officers'' by Walter Edward Wilson-Johnston 1919.
*''Iraq Administration Reports 1914–1932'' in ten volumes (5, 500 pages): Contents: 1. 1914-1918 -- 2. 1918 -- 3-4. 1919 -- 5-6. 1920 -- 7. 1920-1924 -- 8. 1925-1927 -- 9. 1928-1930 -- 10. 1931-1932, with contents outline<ref> [http://www.archiveeditions.co.uk/titledetails.asp?tid=51 Iraq Administration Reports 1914–1932]</ref>
==Volunteer Regiments==
A unit known as the Volunteer Artillery Battery (Rangoon Contingent) was captured at Kut. Very likely this was , or was connected with, the [[Rangoon Port Defence Volunteer Corps]], which had an Artillery section. E H Jones, who wrote ''The Road to En-Dor'' (see Historical books online, below) was a member of this unit. For more details, see ''En-dor Unveiled'' ( External links below).
== External links ==
*[http://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/26th-gurkha-rifles-in-mesopotamia-1916/ Capt George Theodore Gill and 2/6th Gurkha Rifles in Mesopotamia 1916] from David Gill’s gillww1. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131115081404/http://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/26th-gurkha-rifles-in-mesopotamia-1916/ archive.org link])
*[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.
*''En-Dor Unveiled : The Story behind The Road to En-dor'' by Tony Craven Walker February 2014. [http://wwwdocs.ottomanhistorypodcastgoogle.com/2012/12/worldviewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hesperuspress.com%2Fthe-warroad-indianto-soldiersen-prisonersdor%2Fdownloads%2FEndorUnveiled.pdf html "Indian Soldiers and POWs in the Middle East during World War I"version] by Vedica Kant, Robert Upton, and Chris Gratien, Ottoman History Podcast, No[https://www.hesperuspress. 86 (December 21, 2012) “ In this podcast, Vedica Kant talks about com/the experience of Indian POWs in the Ottoman Empire as well as that of Ottoman soldiers captured by the British army and brought -road-to India and Burma-en-dor/downloads/EndorUnveiled.pdf pdf], with additional commentary by Robert Upton regarding military recruitment in British India...” Webpage contains images.*[http://www.turkishreviewhesperuspress.orgcom/trthe-road-to-en-dor/newsDetail_getNewsByIddownload-free-ebook.action?newsId=223337 The history hidden in Haydarpaşa Cemeteryhtm link to other downloads] by Vedika Kant 01 August 2013hesperuspress.com. Retrieved 26 October 2014. Contains correspondence from E H Jones, refer "Historical books online" below. Holds the graves He was a member of some 400 soldiers from what are now the Commonwealth realms who died in TurkeyVolunteer Artillery Battery (Rangoon Contingent). Very likely this was , mostly as POWsor was connected with, the [[Rangoon Port Defence Volunteer Corps]], in World War Iwhich had an Artillery section.
*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
*Accounts by Captain Kalyan Kumar Mukherji , a member of the Indian Medical Service, originally written in Bengali. 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 accounts, in Bengali, are available online, refer below. 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).
*[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, (the author is catalogued as Limaye Go Gan') where the Introduction is in English.
*[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.turkishreview.org/tr/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=223337 The history hidden in Haydarpaşa Cemetery] by Vedika Kant 01 August 2013. Holds the graves of some 400 soldiers from what are now the Commonwealth realms who died in Turkey, mostly as POWs, in World War I.
*[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.
*[http://www.mespot.co.uk Grandpa’s Journal] Harry James Goulter Pearman was with the Army Audit Staff in Mesopotamia. Most of the entries are for 1921. It is difficult for some/all browsers to navigate navigate this site.<ref>The dates of the entries are in the top LH corner of the Home webpage. The entries from the journal are in the format
*[http://archive.org/stream/kutprisoner00bishrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''A Kut Prisoner''] by H. C. W. Bishop, Indian Army Reserve of Officers. 1920 Archive.org
*[http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/report-on-treatment-of-british-prisoners-of-war-in-turkey ''Report on the treatment of British Prisoners of War in Turkey''] Presented to Parliament November 1918. British Library online documents: IOR/L/MIL/7/18737
*[https://archive.org/details/roadtoendor00unkngoog ''The road Road to En-Dor; being an account of how two prisoners of war at Yozgad in Turkey won their way to freedom''] by E H Jones Lt. IARO, 1920 Archive. org The author, Elias Henry Jones was captured at Kut and had previously been in the [[Indian Civil Service]] in Burma. Biographical details are available below<ref>[http://homefrontmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/elias-henry-jones/ Elias Henry Jones] homefrontmuseum (accessed 22 July 2014)</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/secretsofkuttit00mous ''The Secrets of a Kuttite, an Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity and Stamboul Intrigue''] by Captain E O Mousley, RFA 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/prisonerinturkey00stiluoft ''A Prisoner in Turkey''] by John Still 1920 Archive.org. Contains some comments concerning the prisoners from Kut.
