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...
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume II, Irak, The Lower Kārūn, and Luristan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, May, 1917), covering the regions of the Shatt el-‘Arab [Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab], Kārūn, Luristan, and the Tigris and Euphrates up to Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallūjah]. The v...
'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 ...
The map highlights the regions of Turanian-speaking peoples in the world, and is colour-coded to indicate majority and minority regions of: Turks; Urgo-Finns and Samoyeds; Mongols and Manchu-Tungusians. Red text overlaid on the map outlines the percentage or number of people which it counts as re...
