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Prisoners of the Turks (First World War)

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** Other records from FO 383 include FO 383/456 File 117571 (03/09/1918) Various lists: Nominal role of British Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, Men and Indian military personnel held at Afrion Kara Hissar, Kedos, Konia, and Magnesia in Turkey providing rank, name and unit/ship… 2. List of Assistant Surgeons of the Indian Medical Service: PoWs in Turkey. 3. List of Sub Assistant Surgeons of the Indian Medical Service; PoWs inTurkey…<ref>themonsstar [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=114664&p=1094884 POWs] ''Great War Forum'' 13 January 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2015.</ref>
:'''Note''': [[Findmypast|findmypast]] has a dataset of records "Prisoners Of War 1715-1945" and a similar Browse dataset (both located in Armed forces & conflict/Regimental & service records) which contain selected records from FO 383, including some for Indian Army soldiers, together with some other records from The National Archives. Includes at leat parts from FO 383/336, POWs in Turkey, 1917; FO 383/456, POWs in Turkey, 1918.
*International Committee of the Red Cross Historical Archives online records:
**[http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/List/1082890/1873/50410/ R 50410-R 50508] List of Prisoners from Croissant Rouge Ottoman. Includes Indian Army soldiers.
**[http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/List/1082890/1873/50509/ R 50509-R 50840]. Further List of Prisoners from Croissant Rouge Ottoman. Includes some Lists of deaths, with causes of death. Includes Indian Army soldiers. Note: there appear to be some unrelated records included.
**[http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/List/4174659/1873/51794/ R 51794, R 51795] is a two page list of British Officers repatriated Prisoners of War from Turkey, reported at Alexandria October 1918. This appears to be a British War Office document.
*[http://www.cwgc.org/about-us/what-we-do/archive.aspx Commonwealth War Graves Commission Archive] , located in the Head Office in Maidenhead, England. The Catalogue Records relating to Turkey are available in this [http://www.cwgc.org/about-us/what-we-do/archive/archive-catalogue.aspx link] then select Archive Catalogue Part 1 Sections 07-08, then scroll down.
*[http://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/prisoners_of_war_ottoman_empiremiddle_east "Prisoners of War (Ottoman Empire/Middle East)"] by Yücel Yanıkdağ . Scroll down to the section "Entente Prisoners of War in the Ottoman Empire" encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net. The mortality rate of the British and Dominion prisoners in Ottoman captivity was very high.
*[http://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/prisoners_of_war "Prisoners of War"] by Heather Jones. encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net. "Section 6: Mistreatment" contains information about prisoners in Turkey.
**[http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3445273&I=1&SE=1 Narrative: ''Two and a half Years a prisoner of war in Turkey''] Related by Trooper GW Handsley, [2nd Light Horse] Written by Serj. JH Foster 1919. 39 pages. The narrative is pages 7-39. This is an Australian file. [Subsequently published, see following entry].
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-38438001/view#page/n0/mode/1up ''Two-and-a-Half Years a Prisoner of War in Turkey''] Related by Trooper G.W. Handsley, Second Light Horse Regiment ; written by Sergeant J.R. Foster, 2nd edition c 1920. nla.gov.au
*“Captives of the Turks” by Sgt. (later Capt.) John Halpin, 12th L.H. Regt., A.I.F., author of ''Blood in the Mists'' published in Sydney, 1934. A series of articles appearing in ''Reveille'', published by The Returned and Services League of Australia New South Wales Branch in 1934. Unfortunately only Parts 7-9 of the article in Volume 8, Numbers 1-3, September-November 1934 are available online, which document the harsh treatment soldiers who were not officers received.
:[http://reveille.dlconsulting.com/cgi-bin/reveille?a=d&d=RV193409.1.12&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------ Part 7, page 10], [http://reveille.dlconsulting.com/cgi-bin/reveille?a=d&d=RV193410.1.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------# Part 8, page 10] [http://reveille.dlconsulting.com/cgi-bin/reveille?a=d&d=RV193411&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------# Part 9 page 10]. reveille.dlconsulting.com
*Sample chapters from [http://www.saradistribution.com/otherranksofkut.htm ''Other Ranks of Kut''] by P. W. Long, M.M. Flight Sergeant R.A.F, 1938. Transcription of the Preface, Author’s Note, Chapter One and Chapter Six only, with details of the titles of the remaining chapters. saradistribution.com. The author was at the time Driver Percy Walter Long, 67528, 63rd Battery, R.F.A.<ref>[http://www.rushdenheritage.co.uk/war/longDriverPW.html Driver P. W. Long] 63rd Battery, R.F.A. rushdenheritage.co.uk. [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31759/supplement/1230 The London Gazette Supplement] 27/30 January 1920, page 1230</ref> Long’s account starts on 30th April 1916, the day after the surrender of Kut. From the preface by Sir Arnold Wilson, M.P. “Of 2,592 British rank and file taken prisoner at Kut, 70 per cent died in captivity”. [http://www.naval-military-press.com/other-ranks-of-kut.html More about the book]
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015014437605?urlappend=%3Bseq=25 ''Adventures in the Near East, 1918-1922''], by A. Rawlinson 1924 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015014437605?urlappend=%3Bseq=348 Pages 272-333] describe the author's imprisonment, when on 18 March 1920, he, and four British soldiers he commanded, were arrested by Turkish Nationalist Troops and confined for 20 months, until exchanged for Turkish prisoners 31 October 1921.
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