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**[https://web.archive.org/web/20160803082140/http://www.naval-review.com/issues/1920s/1923-1.pdf "The Tigris Above Baghdad"] by Lieut-Comr. A S Elwell-Sutton RN. Scroll to item 15 page 153 ''The Naval Review'' February 1923 Vol. XI No. I, produced by The Naval Society. Now an archived webpage. Details of the Caddisfly, one of the 'Fly' class gunboats.
*[https://archive.org/stream/JRNMSVOL4Images/JRNMS_VOL_4#page/n527/mode/2up "The First Commission of HMS Firefly"] by Staff Surgeon FG Hitch RN ''JRNMS'' Volume 4, 1918 Archive.org. One of the 'Fly' class gunboats. Also details of other craft on the river Tigris.
*''Tigris Gunboats : a narrative of the Royal Navy's co-operation with the military forces in Mesopotamia from the beginning of the war to the capture of Baghdad (1914-17)'' by Vice-Admiral Wilfrid Nunn 1932 is available in a reprint edition<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/tigris-gunboats-a-narrative-of-the-royal-navys-co-operation-with-the-military-forces-in-mesopotamia-from-the-beginning-of-the-war-to-the-capture-of-baghdad-1914-1917/ ''Tigris Gunboats: A Narrative Of The Royal Navy’s Co-Operation With The Military Forces In Mesopotamia From The Beginning Of The War To The Capture Of Baghdad (1914-1917)''] by Vice-Admiral Wilfrid Nunn, first published 1932. Naval & Military Press.</ref> which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3.<ref>as [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19j4MlTv7n ''Tigris Gunboats''] fold3 (located in World War2/Military books/Britain)</ref>.
*''War in the Air: being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force'', Volumes II-VI by H A Jones. [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto05rale Volume V] 1935, [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto06rale Volume VI] 1937. Part of the series ''History of the Great War based on official documents''. Include Mesopotamia.
*[https://archive.org/details/australianflying00cutluoft ''The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War, 1914-1918''] by F M Cutlack 1933 (first published 1923) ''The Official History of Australia in the War: Volume VIII'' Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/mesopotamiadaily00phil ''Mesopotamia: the "Daily Mail" inquiry at Baghdad''] by Sir Percival Phillips 1922 Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/466 ''The Truth About Mesopotamia Palestine and Syria''] by John de Vere Loder 1923. Link to a pdf. Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.466 Archive.org version].
*[http://assyrianlevies.info/1915-1932.html ''Iraq Levies 1915-1932''] by Brigadier J Gilbert Browne CMG. CBE. DSO. 1932 . A transcription. “Assyrian RAF Levies”. Also available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/iraq-levies-1915-1932/ ''Iraq Levies 1915-1932''] Naval & Military Press.</ref> which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 as [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ807HO4jJ8DmZCOdYo ''The Iraq Levies''] (located in World War2/Military books/Iraq).
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/175176 ''The Ins and Outs of Mesopotamia''] by Thomas Lyell 1923. Link to a pdf. Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175176 Archive.org version].
*''Iraq: A Study in Political Development'' by Philp Willard Ireland 1937 [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/55027 Pdf download, Digital Library of India], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55027 Archive.org/DLI version]. [https://archive.org/details/Iraq Additional file Archive.org] - may require a Djvu or BitTorrent plugin for ease of reading. Includes chapters on the war period, in addition to the post war years.
