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Immediately after the Armistice with Turkey orders had been issued for British troops to move to the Caucasus, due to the situation there. Troops were sent from the nearest British forces available, from North Persia [Mesopotamia Force], and from the Salonika Force.<ref> Page 503, ''Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, Volume 2'' by Capt H. FitzM. Stacke, 1928. Reprint edition, Naval & Military Press. Refer Historical books online.</ref> In January 1919 it was decided all British troops in the Caucasus should be under one command, which at that time was still called the British Salonika Force, subsequently known as the Army of the Black Sea,<ref> Page 506, ''Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, Volume 2'' by Capt H. FitzM. Stacke, 1928. Reprint edition. Naval & Military Press</ref> which was tasked with ensuring that Turkey complied with the terms of the Armistice.
Medals to Indian Army soldiers that are classified as 'Salonika Medals' were mostly awarded for actions by the British Army of the Black Sea against Turkish nationalists, emerging Communist forces or bandits and brigands in Anatolia, the Caucasus and Transcaspia.<ref>bushfighter [Fecitt, Harry]. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/topic/forums238913-salonikatranscaspiaarmy-of-black-sea-query/index.php?showtopicdo=238913findComment&pcomment=2398515 Salonika/Transcaspia/Army of Black Sea query] ''Great War Forum'' 12 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016 5 June 2018.</ref>
===Constantinople===
Constantinople was the Headquarters of the Army of the Black Sea.
**Listen to the [https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80007060 1983 Interview with Lendon Fitz Payne] British NCO served with Royal Engineers Signal Service and Royal Corps of Signals on Western Front and in Russia, 1915-1923. Includes posting to Constantinople. Catalogue number 7256
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=g4SbP95FkT0C&pg=PA284 Bibliography of Memoirs and other First Hand accounts] page 284 ''The Russian Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921: An Annotated Bibliography'' by Jonathan Smele Google Books.
*[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/49601/HAIDAR%20PASHA%20CEMETERY Haidar Pasha Cemetery] a suburb of Istanbul. Includes a Memorial and Addena panel erected to commemorate Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War who died fighting in South Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, and in post Armistice operations in Russia and Transcaucasia, whose graves are not known, together with others buried in cemeteries in South Russia and Transcaucasia whose graves can no longer be maintained. cwgc.org. Those commemorated include Lieut.-Colonel Geoffrey Davis Pike, head of the ‘Caucasus Military Agency’, killed, probably executed, by the Bolsheviks in August 1918. <ref>medalmaniac [Les] [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzone.com/forums/indexgreatwarforum.php?org/topic/188176-col-gd-pike-mc-9th-gurkhas-kia-caucasus-15-august-1918/&?do=findComment&comment=2458361 Col G.D. Pike MC, 9th Gurkhas, KIA Caucasus 15 August 1918] ''Great War Forum'' 1 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 20165 June 2018.</ref>
*[http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2014/11/11/indians-in-the-middle-east-the-forgotten-soldiers-of-the-first-world-war/ Indians in the Middle East: The forgotten soldiers of the First World War] by Vedika Kant. Mentions Indian Soldiers buried in Istanbul’s Haydarpaşa English Cemetery. Although the text says these are POW deaths, a comment by Adil dated August 17, 2015 says “The Haidar Pasha Memorial largely commemorates Indians who died post the Armistice and most casualties are from the Army of the Black Sea”. LSE South Asia Centre, London School of Economics.
*[http://www.atam.gov.tr/dergi/sayi-42/british-policy-on-the-fate-of-constantinople-and-the-allied-occupation-of-the-city-on-march-16-1920 "British Policy on the Fate of Constantinople and the Allied Occupation of the City on March 16 [1920<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Dr. Neşe Özden. Scroll down to English version. Ataturk Research Centre.atam.gov.tr
*''Stalky’s Forlorn Hope'' by Captain Stanley George Savige (Australian Army Officer) 1919 is available as a [http://nla.gov.au/nla.aus-vn5018499 pdf download] from the National Library of Australia. It is also available as a [http://alh-research.tripod.com/Light_Horse/index.blog/2055843/the-battle-of-baku-azerbaijan-26-august-to-14-september-1918-captain-sg-savige-stalky146s-forlorn-hope/ transcription from Chapter 1] from the website "Desert Column: The Australian Light Horse Studies Centre". (Also on the archived website [http://web.archive.org/web/20090515142319/http://www.firstaif.info/stalky/0-stalky-index.htm First AIF. Includes the Foreword)]. Lionel Dunsterville was the model for Kipling's character 'Stalky'.
*[https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi205edinuoft#page/284/mode/2up/ "Further Adventures of the Armoured Cars: Persia and Baku"] pages 285-297 ''Blackwood's Magazine'' Volume 205, January-June 1919. Archive.org. The author elsewhere is stated to be A. H. Ruston, who was Temp. Major, Machine Gun Corps (Motor). Allpress (Alpress/Alpres) Harold Ruston was awarded the DSO for actions near Baku on 26 August 1918, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31583/supplement/12227 ''London Gazette'' entry].
**Ruston had previously been Temp. Lieut-Cdr R.N.V.R, Naval Armoured Car Squadron, during the Russian retreat in Galicia in July and August 1917. Ruston’s Naval commission was terminated 31.1.18 when he transferred to the Army <ref>TNA ADM/273/5/356 and ADM/337/118</ref>, along with other personnel. The Dunsterforce Armoured Car Brigade (known as the Duncars) was formed at the end of January 1918 from personnel from the Russian Armoured Car Division who were transferred from the Admiralty (or, more precisely, the Royal Marines, under whose control they were from November 1917) to the Machine Gun Corps (Motors). Duncars were equipped with a mixture of Austin armoured cars and Ford Model T vans armed with machine guns.<ref> charlesmessenger. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.com/forums/index.php?org/topic/244590-armoured-cars-naval-galicia-machine-gun-corps-baku/&?do=findComment&comment=2460717 Armoured Cars: Naval, Galicia/ Machine Gun Corps, Baku] ''Great War Forum'' 7 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 20165 June 2018.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170521000156/http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/topics/war/rnacd.shtml Ulster's Forgotten Eastern Front] by Peter Stevenson, written c 2004 bbc.co.uk. The story of the Russian Armoured Car Division. Cites the book ''The Czar's British Squadron'' by Bryan Perrett and Anthony Lord.</ref>
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20120919161000/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Brits_in_Caucasus/Brits_in_Caucasus.htm 'With British. Armoured-Cars in the Caucasus'] told by a Petty-Officer, from ''The War Illustrated, 3rd February, 1917'' with photographs from an earlier edition. These photographs were republished in [https://archive.org/stream/warillustratedal08hammuoft#page/2720/mode/2up pages 2720-2721, Volume 8] ''The War Illustrated Album de Luxe'' Archive.org
*"Epic of the Dunsterforce" ''Reveille'' December 1931, published by The Returned and Services League of Australia New South Wales Branch. Contains List of AIF members (Officer and NCOs) of Dunsterforce. Limited extracts from ''With Horse and Morse in Mesopotamia''. [http://reveille.dlconsulting.com/cgi-bin/reveille?a=d&d=RV19311231.1.5&srpos=1&e=------193-en-20--1--txt-txIN-----# Pages 3-4 (digital pages 5-6)], [http://reveille.dlconsulting.com/cgi-bin/reveille?a=d&d=RV19311231.1.34&e=------193-en-20--1--txt-txIN------ page 32 (digital 34)] reveille.dlconsulting.com.
