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11. IOR/L/MIL/5/784

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)

12. IOR/L/MIL/5/792

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/792
Title:
Mesopotamia Remounts
Scope & Content:
The file contains memoranda, with some correspondence and copy telegrams, relating to the supply of horses, mules and ponies for the cavalry, infantry and artillery in Mesopotamia [Iraq] (the supply of animals for the Mesopotamia Campaign was undertaken by the Government of India). Notably cove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1917-26 Mar 1919
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

13. IOR/L/MIL/5/793

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/793
Title:
Mesopotamia Royal Flying Corps
Scope & Content:
The file contains memoranda, correspondence and papers, regarding provision of Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force) aircraft and personnel for military operations in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Notably covers: repeated requests in 1917 from General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamia, for aircraft an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1917-17 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

14. IOR/L/MIL/5/794

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/794
Title:
Policy etc. following Genl. Smuts recommendations: Egypt and Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding military policy and strategy in Egypt and Mesopotamia [Iraq] during the First World War in response to recommendations made by General Jan Christiaan Smuts, Defence Minister of South Africa and a member of the Imperial War Cabinet. Topics covered in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1918-28 Mar 1918
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

15. IOR/L/MIL/5/795

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/795
Title:
Order of Battle Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force 1- 3-20 with correction slips
Scope & Content:
Memoranda issued by General Officer Commanding/General Headquarters, Mesopotamia (all duplicated to Commander-in-Chief, India), to the War Office, listing the detailed corrections to be inserted into the Order of Battle of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, covering the period 9 October 1920-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1919-29 Nov 1921
Extent:
1 file (115 folios)

16. IOR/L/MIL/5/796

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/796
Title:
Mesopotamia: demobilisation of British troops
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters regarding the demobilisation of British troops in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and India after the First World War. The file contains discussion of the following: the number of troops; artillery forces; origins of troops; breakdown of troops by division, both Indian and Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1919-5 Feb 1920
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

17. IOR/L/MIL/5/797

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/797
Title:
Mesopotamia: despatch of troops to Force 'D'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters and copies of telegrams regarding the despatch of troops and the revolt in Mesopotamia during 1920. The file contain discussion despatch of Indian and British troops and battalions; the situation regarding Moslem [Muslim] troops; the organisation of brigades; issu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1920-15 Dec 1920
Extent:
1 file (174 folios)

18. IOR/L/MIL/5/798

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/798
Title:
Unrest in Northern Mesopotamia (Kurds)
Scope & Content:
The file consists primarily of correspondence and telegrams between the War Office and the General Officer Commanding Mesopotamia regarding the conflict and attacks taking place in Kurdistan. The file includes the following related subjects: the creation of the Kurdish National committee and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1919-10 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 file (101 folios)

19. IOR/L/MIL/5/802

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/802
Title:
Draft report of the Committee on Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file contains a draft report from the War Office Committee on Mesopotamia [Iraq], chaired by Lieutenant-General Sir George Macdonogh, Adjutant-General to the Forces. The report considers the establishment of an Imperial Mesopotamian Police or the raising of ‘troops for special permanent serv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

20. IOR/L/MIL/5/806

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/806
Title:
Memoranda and papers by General Herbert Vaughan Cox, Military Secretary to the India Office, regarding British military strategy in Central Asia and the Middle East
Scope & Content:
The file chiefly comprises typescript and some manuscript copies of letters, memoranda, notes and minutes by General Herbert Vaughan Cox. There are three letters to Cox from external correspondents, some printed memoranda and one cutting from the Morning Post. Folios 1-2 comprise a list of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1918-8 Jan 1920
Extent:
1 file (223 folios)