Collection 425/1284 Report by General Sir C. Melliss on conditions and treatment of British prisoners of war interned in Turkey; memorandum by Major T.D. Cree, assistant political officer with Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, regarding treatment of self, companions and family in Turkey.
Collection 425/117 Part 1 Treatment of British and Indian prisoners of war in Germany; supply of comforts and clothing for Indian prisoners in Germany.
Collection 425/1525 Disposal of surplus stores in South Persia.
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This file contains correspondence dated 12 April-23 July 1919. The correspondence concerns the disposal of surplus arms and military stores in southern Persia [Iran] after the First World War, in particular a proposal from the Government of India to sell these to the Government of Persia. Some o...
Collection 425/1388 ‘European War 1914: Indian Units for Persia. Formation of Mechanical Transport and Labour Companys.’
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This file contains correspondence concerning the formation of a Ford Motor Van Company (No. 5 Mechanical Transport Company), for service in Seistan [Sistan], including efforts by the Government of India, Army Department to acquire vehicles from Singapore and elsewhere; and the formation of a lab...
Collection 425/1364 ‘European War 1914-: British Mission Escort South Persia. (South Persia Rifles) Acting promotion. Service to count as field service for leave pay.’
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This file contains correspondence concerning leave pay for invalided officers of the Escort to the British Mission in South Persia [Iran] and temporary promotion for personnel of the Escort and the Sistan Field Force, as part of arrangements for units of the Indian Army serving with Expeditionar...
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
Collection 425/1045 ‘European War, 1914 to: Military Policy in Connection with the Bakhtiaris’
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This file concerns military policy towards the Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] tribe, which was responsible for the defence of oil fields and pipelines in Arabistan [Khuzestan] under an agreement with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The file contains correspondence between the General Officer Commanding...
Collection 425/214 ‘European War 1914-: Rewards for meritorious service in the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia.’
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This file contains correspondence dated 9 February 1915 to 16 April 1919. The correspondence concerns recommendations for rewards and promotions for British and Indian military and naval personnel serving in Mesopotamia [Iraq], southern Persia [Iran], and the Persian Gulf in the First World War....
Collection 425/1271 Part 2 ‘European War 1914: Reports on: (1) The Conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab River from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf; (2) The development of the Port of Basra by Sir George Buchanan’
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This file contains correspondence concerning: appointments of personnel to the Irrigation Directorate in Mesopotamia [Iraq]; the proposed dredging of Hammer Lake [Lake Hammar]; river dredgers needed in Mesopotamia; and a request that river dredgers currently in Mesopotamia be returned to India. ...
Collection 425/1279 ‘European War 1914-: Removal of Lieut. Gen. Sir P. Lake from command of forces in Mesopotamia and appt. of Maj.-Gen. (temp Lt. Genl.) F.S. Maude C.B. C.M.G. D.S.O.’
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This file contains correspondence, dated 10 August 1916-29 September 1916, concerning arrangements for the replacement of Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Lake by Lieutenant-General Frederick Stanley Maude as Commander of British forces in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The file also contains a copy of a Parli...