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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/5/778
Title:: Mesopotamia. Local Resources.
Scope & Content:: The file contains telegrams and memoranda concerning the administration of local resources in Mesopotamia by the British military authorities, 1917-19. The main correspondents are: the War Office; Commander-in-Chief (C in C), India; and General Officer Commanding (GOC), Mesopotamia. Subjects c...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jul 1916-27 Jul 1919
Extent:: 1 file (96 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/5/779
Title:: Policy - Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence regarding the Mesopotamia Campaign of the First World War during May-December 1917. The correspondence discusses strategy, provisioning and recruitment. It is particularly concerned with a perceived unreliability as allies of Russian forces in Mesopotamia [Iraq]....
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 May 1917-20 Dec 1917
Extent:: 1 file (16 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/5/780
Title:: Port of Basra
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence regarding congestion at the port of Basra during the First World War, and suggestions for increasing capacity and improving efficiency. The primary correspondents are: the Commander-in-Chief, India; the General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamia; and the War Office.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17 Jul 1917-12 Oct 1918
Extent:: 1 file (91 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/5/781
Title:: Formation of XVII Divn for service in Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence regarding the formation and provisioning of the 17th Indian Division of the British Indian Army for service in the Mesopotamia Campaign of the First World War. The primary correspondents are: the Commander-in-Chief, India; the General Officer Commanding, Mesopo...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 6 Aug 1917-21 Oct 1917
Extent:: 1 file (50 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/5/782
Title:: 18th Divn for Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence regarding the formation and provisioning of the 18th Indian Division of the British Indian Army for service in the Mesopotamia Campaign of the First World War. The primary correspondents are: the Commander-in-Chief, India; the General Officer Commanding, Mesopo...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Aug 1917-9 Dec 1917
Extent:: 1 file (81 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/5/783
Title:: Addtl Cavalry Bgde for Force D
Scope & Content:: This file is comprised of correspondence concerning the provision of an additional Brigade for Force D in Mesopotamia. Issues discussed include: equipment to be supplied; maintaining military strength on the North West Frontier of India (folio 45); date of dispatch; and inclusion of horse artill...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 6 Sep 1917-1 Dec 1917
Extent:: 1 file (55 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/5/784
Title:: 7th Meerut Division. Transfer from Mesopotamia to Egypt
Scope & Content:: The file contains memoranda and tables regarding arrangements for the transfer of 7th (Meerut) Division from Basra (also spelled Basrah), Mesopotamia, to Egypt. Notably covers: allotment, movement and routing of ships sent to Basra (via Fao) to collect the troops; details of fitting out, suppl...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4 Dec 1917-30 Jan 1918
Extent:: 1 file (76 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/5/787
Title:: 'Railways - Mesopotamia and L of C [Lines of Communication] Policy'
Scope & Content:: The file, marked secret, contains correspondence and notes regarding rail and river transportation for the Mesopotamian campaign during the First World War. The papers cover a number of matters, including: Strategic considerations of the use of rail and river communications Supply of railway mat...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18 May 1917-21 Dec 1917
Extent:: 1 file (100 folios)

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