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'''''Operations in Persia 1914-1919''' F. J. Moberly. H.M.S.O. 1987 ISBN 0 11 290453 x Complete with fine maps and some photographs.'' Both the 1929 and 1987 editions are available at the [[British Library]].
''Moberly also wrote the 4 volumes of H.M.G.’s ‘Official History of the War’ dealing with Mesopotamia which has a full report on ‘Dunsterforce’ and some references to 'Norperforce’'' '''The Campaign In Mesopotamia Campaign 1914-1918''' published over several years up to 1927.''
<br>'''End of the account by Chris Woods'''.
<br>The author Chris Woods may be contacted by email: <nowiki>c.woods45@btinternet.com</nowiki>
===Further notes===
*The alternative spelling Norderforce is occasionally seen.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/inlandwatertrans00hall#page/n7/mode/1up Map of Lower Mesopotamia] from''The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia'' compiled by Lieut.-Col. L. J. Hall 1921 Archive.org</ref>
*''Operations in Persia 1914-1919'' is and ''The Campaign In Mesopotamia 1914-1918'' are available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, refer Historical books online, below.
==The British Salonika Force and the Army of the Black Sea==
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.
===Historical books online===
*[https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000142 ''History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919'' ]. A confidential publication compiled, by F. J. Moberlyarrangement with the Government of India, part under the direction of the series ''Official History Of Historical Section of The Great War'' is Committee of Imperial Defence, by Brigadier-General FJ Moberly in 1929. British Library India Office Records IOR/L/MIL/17/15/28 on Qatar Digital Library. Download also available.:Also available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/operations-in-persia-official-history-of-the-great-war-other-theatres/ ''Operations In Persia. Official History Of The Great War''] by Brig.-Gen. F. J. Moberly, reprint of confidential edition (original pub 1929) Naval & Military Press.</ref> which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 as [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8bwp9VsLNdZZGR3Jt ''Operations in Persia''] (located in World War II/Military books/Iran).
*[https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi198edinuoft#page/356/mode/2up "Desert and Marsh in Arabistan"] by G E H page 356 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no 198 July-December 1915. Archive.org. Pursuit of the Turkish Army by British and Indian troops.
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.211243/2015.211243.History-Of#page/n529/mode/2up "The 12th Pioneers Machine Gun Section in Eastern Persia"] by Major E P Yeats. Appendix 9, page 404 ''History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933'' by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Covers the period from July 1915 and includes participation in Brigadier General Dyer's 1916 campaign, see next book.
*[https://archive.org/details/raidersofsarhadb00dyerrich ''The Raiders of the Sarhad being the account of a Campaign of Arms and Bluff against the Brigands of the Persian-Baluchi border during the Great War''] by Brigadier General REH Dyer 1921 Archive.org. This campaign took place in 1916.
*British Library India Office Records on Qatar Digital Library. Read online (book reader is somewhat slow) or download.**[https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000143 ''Despatch by Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles and Commanding British Mission Escort in Persia on Minor Operations in Southern Persia. From 7th November 1917 to 31st March 1918''] IOR/L/MIL/17/15/29**[https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000144 ''Reports On Minor Operatons In South Persia Under Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E, C.M.G., from May to July 1918''] by General Staff India. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30**[https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000145 ''Report by H. E. General Lord Rawlinson of Trent, Commander-in-Chief in India, on the Minor Military Operations undertaken from 1917 to 1921 in North and North East Persia''] IOR/L/MIL/17/15/31**[https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000146 ''Report by H. E. General Lord Rawlinson of Trent, Commander-in-Chief in India, on the Minor Military Operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles from November 1919 to November 1921''] IOR/L/MIL/17/15/32**[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000147 ''Report on minor operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles from the 28th March to the 25th June 1917''] IOR/L/MIL/17/15/33. A despatch from Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes, Inspector General, South Persia Rifles, to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla, which provides details of five minor military operations undertaken against tribes in southern Persia. Five sketch maps appear at the end (ff 9-11).**[https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000148 ''Despatch by Lieutenant-General R. Wapshare, C.B., C.S.I. on the Organization and Working of the East Persian Line of Communications. From 1st April 1918 to 15th January 1919''] IOR/L/MIL/17/15/34**[https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000149 ''Report on the Working of the Line of Communication and on the Withdrawal of the British Military Mission in East Persia, 1919-20'']. General Staff India. 1921, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/35**[https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00014a ''Expenditure on Malleson Mission and troops in East Persia, 1918 to 1921''] (1921) IOR/L/MIL/17/15/36**[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100026415688.0x000016 ''Persian Baluchistan (including the Sarhad and Persian Mekran) The Quetta-Nushki extension railway'']. File created 8 May 1922. British Library: India Office Records IOR/L/PS/18/C208, in Qatar Digital Library . It includes a brief description of these regions and outlines local British activities during the First World War to counter threats to their interests.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b746029?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''History Of The Great War: The Campaign In Mesopotamia 1914-1918: Volume IV''] by F J Moberly 1927 [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b746029?urlappend=%3Bseq=16 Contents], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b746029?urlappend=%3Bseq=465 Index] Hathi Trust Digital Library.(For Volumes I-III, and an alternative online version for Vol IV, see [[Mesopotamia Campaign]])
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32184/supplement/159 "Despatch from General Sir G.F. Milne Commanding in Chief, the Army of The Black Sea dated 11 August 1920"] ''The London Gazette Supplement'' 7 January 1921 Supplement: 32184 pages: 159-175. From the date of the signature of the Armistice with Turkey to the date of the signature of the Turkish Peace Treaty (10th August 1920). Indian Army regiments mentioned: [[28th Light Cavalry]], [[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|19th Punjabis]], 1/[[21st Regiment of Punjab Infantry |21st Punjabis]], 1/[[ 25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|25th Punjabis]] and 1/[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force |54th Sikhs]].
