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IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3260
- Record Id:
- 040-000795954
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000792610
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x0001f2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133320623.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3260
- Title:
- ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 26. PART I. (From 1st to 15th September 1916).’
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 and 15 September 1916. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: letters, telegrams, notes, reports, tables, and memoranda.
A summary of the contents of this volume can be found at folios 3-6 and the volume concerns:
- Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations
- ‘Report of Major General G[eorge] F[letcher] MacMunn’s Committee on the Organisation of the River Service in Mesopotamia’ on folios 14-25
- ‘Report on the Physical and Climatic Difficulties of the Mesopotamian Theatre of War by Major W[illiam] F[rederick] Blaker’ on folios 31-36
- Lists of Turkish [Ottoman] officials to be exchanged for British prisoners of war, and lists of the British prisoners handed over
- Views on the conduct of future operations in Mesopotamia and the situation in south-west Persia
- Japanese ships and intentions in the Gulf
- Railway progress and construction policy
- The re-organisation of Force D
- The organisation of camel corps and the purchase of camels
- The provision of river craft and other military supplies
- Labour requirements, including a proposal to send Chinese labourers to Mesopotamia
- The location of Russian and Turkish troops
- The health of Force D
- Recommendations for the Distinguished Service Cross to be awarded to thirteen officers of the Royal Indian Marine and for the Serbian Decoration to be awarded to members of Force D
- Difficulties of using and maintaining horses with Force D
- Financial assistance to the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr].
The following tables appear:
- Distribution of troops on 20 August 1916 on folios 27-29
- Report of the numbers of men and machines active in the Royal Flying Corps on 1 September on folio 42
- Distribution of medical units on 3 September 1916 on folios 148-149.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000788810
037-000792610
038-000795114
040-000795954 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/17 : Military Department Library
IOR/L/MIL/17/5 : Indian Army
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2421-4246 : Indian Army First World War - War Diaries
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3260 : ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 26. PART I. (From 1st to 15th September 1916).’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0005]/037-000792610[0051]/038-000795114[0840]/040-000795954
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (178 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x0001f2
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 31 Aug 1916-15 Sep 1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 180; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-178; these numbers are printed and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio.
Dimensions: 21 x 33cm
- Former External References:
- Volume 26. PART I.
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)