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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
*Basu - 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 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://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=14 "An Indian POW in Italy"] (scroll to the bottom of the page for part 1). amitavghosh.com (retrieved 2 May 2014). Also see ''A Doctor in the Army'' by Satyen Basu (Calcutta 1960)
*Limaye - Captain Gopal Gangadhar Limaye received a temporary commission in the Indian Medical Service in early 1918 . 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. He wrote ''War Memoirs'' , in Marathi , in 1939: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/366403 ''Sainyaan'tiila Aat'havand-ii''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India, where the Introduction is in English. (The author is catalogued as Limaye Go Gan'). 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')
*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) [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/477826 Pdf download 1], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/336494 Pdf download 2]. 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). [https://archive.org/stream/CalcuttaReviewJanuary1937/Calcutta-Review%2C-January-1937#page/n93/mode/2up Article in ''The Calcutta Review January 1937'', page 83] with [https://archive.org/stream/CalcuttaReviewJanuary1937/Calcutta-Review%2C-January-1937#page/n11/mode/2up photograph]. Archive.org.
*O'Meara - [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/528099''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| . Pdf download, 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>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35670/supplement/3601/ ''London Gazette'' Tuesday 18 August 1942] Supplement:
35670 Page: 3601</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>
*Shortt- Henry Edward. Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80008523 1985 interview with Henry Edward Shortt] Imperial War Museums. British officer who enlisted at the onset of war and served as Medical Officer with the Indian Medical Service attached to [[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|33rd Cavalry Regt]] in India and Mesopotamia, 1914-1918.
*Spackman - W.C. Imperial War Museums [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030007535 catalogue entry: Private Papers of Colonel W C Spackman]: Ts memoir (331pp) covering his service as Regimental Medical Officer to the 48th Pioneers, 6th Indian Division in Mesopotamia, 1914 - 1915, at Kut during the siege, December 1915 - April 1916, and as a prisoner of war in Anatolia, 1916 – 1918. An edited version has been published: ''Captured at Kut, Prisoner of the Turks: The Great War Diaries of Colonel William Spackman'', edited by Colonel R.A. Spackman.
