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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/76
Title:
Short memorandum on the inception, difficulties and results of the Mesopotamian Campaign
Scope & Content:
This file is a printed report consisting of a memorandum on the inception, difficulties and results of the Mesopotamia Campaign, printed by the General Staff, India (Simla, 1916). It gives details about the present situation in Mesopotamia, Indian troops, and difficulties in terms of the politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (5 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/87
Title:
'Plan of operations for the support of Muhammareh'
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:

1 volume, including 2 maps (10 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/132
Title:
Shipping and congestion of stores at Basrah
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (13 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/109
Title:
Despatch by Lieutenant-General Sir George Frederick Gorringe, K.C.B, C.M.G, D.S.O., on the Operations of the Tigris Column 23rd January to 30th April 1916 (Forwarded by G.O.C., Force "D".)
Scope & Content:
This file contains a despatch written by Lieutenant George Frederick Gorringe regarding the military operations of the Tigris Column for the period 23 January 1916 to 30 April 1916. The report is introduced by a letter from Lieutenant-General Percy Lake, Commanding Indian Expeditionary Force "...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (77 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73
Title:
Naval Staff monographs (historical) vol 4 no 15 - Naval operations in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This monograph concerns operations in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf from the outbreak of war with Germany to the fall of Kut on 29th April 1916. It is organised into the following chapters: the theatre of operations; the attitutude of Turkey; the inception of the expedition; landing of the ex...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:

73 folios

6. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/95
Title:
Report on the Operations in the Vicinity of Shaiba 12th-14th April 1915. Simla: General Staff India, 1915.
Scope & Content:
This file contains military despatches regarding the Battle of Shaiba that took place between British and Ottoman forces on 12-14 April 1915. The file begins with an introductory letter from General Sir John Eccles Nixon, Commanding Force "D" to the Chief of General Staff, Simla (folios 4-6) t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

35 folios

7. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/86
Title:
Plan for operations in Turkish Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file is a report, compiled by the Army Headquarters and printed in 1914 at the Government Monotype Press (Simla), regarding planning for operations in Turkish Mesopotamia (Iraq). The report has been compiled on the basis of the latest information available and with approval of His Excellency...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

8. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/77
Title:
Summary of Papers Dealing with the Transfer of the Control of the Operations in Mesopotamia from the India Office to the War Office
Scope & Content:
This file is a printed report entitled 'Summary of Papers Dealing with the Transfer of the Control of the Operations in Mesopotamia from the India Office to the War Office', printed by the Government of India Army Department (Simla: 1916). It consists of two sections: the first outlines the detai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (9 folios)

9. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/98
Title:
'Report from General Sir J. E. Nixon, K.C.B., Commanding I.E.F. "D." on the Operations at Dilwar 10th-16th August 1915'
Scope & Content:
This confidential report is published by the General Staff, India, and consists of a letter from General Sir John Eccles Nixon, Commanding Indian Expeditionary Force D, to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, and encloses a report by Major C E H Wintle, 96th Berar Infantry, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 file (18 folios)

10. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/133
Title:
Summary of correspondence relative to surveying operations and river conservancy in Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This secret summary was compiled by the Army Department, War Section Case and printed in Simla in September 1916. It contains letters and telegrams sent from 10 February 1915 to 16 May 1916 between the officers of the Government of India, the Director of the Royal India Marine and the Director...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1916
Extent:

1 volume (48 folios)