A handbook of Turkey in Europe (London: Intelligence Division, Admiralty; 1917)
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Copy of 'A handbook of Turkey in Europe, prepared on behalf of the Admiralty, Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division, January 1917.' The volume contains thirteen photographic plates (folios 99-106) and a map (folio 171). Contents (folio 6): Section I I. Boundaries and Physical Features, p...
Collection 425/77 Provision of burial ground near the mosque at Woking and at Brookwood necropolis for Mahomedan (Muslim) soldiers who have to be interred in England.
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Includes sketches of burial ground and monuments and correspondence regarding orientation of Muslim soldiers' headstones
A brief record of the advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under the command of Gen Sir Edmund Hynman Allenby, July 1917 to October 1918. London: HMSO, 2nd edn 1919.
This file includes minutes and correspondence on the Interdepartmental Conference to discuss post-war extended service in India or Mesopotamia. Topics discussed include rates of pay, payments of bounties, furlough, and passages for family members. The file includes a printed minute 'Military De...
Collection 435/12 Part 1 ‘British Military Mission in Iraq’
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The file contains correspondence and copies of correspondence relating to the recruitment of Indian Army officers to the British Military Mission in Iraq. Correspondents include the Foreign Office, War Office, Indian Office, Air Ministry, the British Embassy in Baghdad, Government of India and t...
Military Depots Register of Recruits: Infantry: ''Infantry Description Book''
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alphabetical roll of men marched from Chatham to the depot 23 Jul 1801, and of recruits attached to the Company's service from Cpt Nugent's levy 9 Oct-5 Dec 1801; list of recruits received and forwarded to India 1802-1815; list of recruits embarked from the depot, arranged by ship, 1805-1811
Collection 269/100 'Attack on Lieut. Bullock in Persia. Claim for compensation for personal injuries, killed orderly and stolen property'
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The file contains correspondence relating to an attack on Lieutenant F S Bullock on the Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] road near Dourporlan on his way to Tehran on language leave. The file contains a copy of his letter to his mother giving details of the attack, and claims for compensation against the P...
'Plan of operations for the support of Muhammareh'
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The file consists of two maps (folios 2-3) of Lower Mesopotamia and a printed report, compiled at Army Headquarters and published by the General Staff, India (Simla), concerning a plan of operations for the support of Muhammareh [Muḥammarah/Khorramshahr] in the context of the British conflict wi...
Correspondence relating to details of shipping and congestion of storeships at Basrah for the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, published by the Quarter Master General, Simlah, in 1916. The information is divided into two sections: shipping and congestion of storeships at Basrah and is annotated ...
