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===Indian Medical Service===
*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) *Guthrie - James. [http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/096777200501300305 Abstract of an article] "‘It seems he is an Enthusiast about Tibet’: Lieutenant-Colonel James Guthrie, OBE (1906–71)" by Alex McKay, ''Journal of Medical Biography'' Volume: 13 issue: 3, page(s): 128-135 Issue published: August 1, 2005. Of the more than 20 officers of the Indian Medical Service who served in Tibet during 1904–50, when British Indian diplomats were stationed in that Himalayan state, James Guthrie was perhaps the most successful both in gaining the goodwill of the Tibetans and in advancing the reputation of medicine there. A Scotsman, Guthrie served in various military hospitals in India before his posting to Gyantse in southern Tibet in 1934–36, and during World War II he rose to be Assistant Director of Medical Services at the 10th Army headquarters in Teheran and Baghdad. In 1945 he was posted to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa as Medical Officer to the British mission there. With his wife, who had nursing experience, he remained there until 1949.
*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'']. or ''Sainyatil Athavani''. 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).
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1953602/?page=1 Obituary of R Markham Carter] 1875-1961 from the ''British Medical Journal'', with an additional [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1968961/?page=1 tribute] (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc) A large part of his career was in Bombay. He was renowned for the stand he took in respect of the appalling conditions suffered by casualties at Basra in Mesopotamia during the [[First World War]].
