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11. 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)

12. 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)

13. IOR/L/MIL/5/808

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/808
Title:
'Intelligence Mesopotamia'
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of various telegrams on railways between the Director of Military Intelligence, the Commander-in-Chief India, the General Officer Commanding Mesopotamia, and the Caucasus Military Agent during the period July-November 1917. Principal subjects of discussion are: the exte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Jul 1917-10 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

14. IOR/L/MIL/5/783

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)

15. IOR/L/MIL/5/741

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/741
Title:
'British Garrison of India after the War'
Scope & Content:
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 Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1918-10 Oct 1918
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

16. 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)

17. IOR/L/MIL/5/768

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/768
Title:
PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM
Scope & Content:
This file contains working drafts of confidential prints, correspondence and telegrams from the room of Sir Edmund Barrow, Military Secretary in the India Office, collected for the Mesopotamian Commission which was convened to examine the causes of the besieging and surrender of the Indian Exped...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1918
Extent:
1 file (687 folios)

18. 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)

19. 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)

20. IOR/L/MIL/5/512

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/512
Title:
Copy correspondence between the East India Company Court and the War Office on supplying field telegraph equipment to the forces in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copy correspondence between James Melvill, Secretary, East India Company, with the War Office, regarding procurement of two field telegraphs for shipment to Bombay and transmission to Bushire, the Headquarters of the Expedition force in the Persian Gulf (also spelled Gulph), u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1856-16 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)