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IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3262
- Record Id:
- 040-000795956
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000792610
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x0001f4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100136923458.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3262
- Title:
- ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 27. PART I. [(Fr]om 1st to 15th October 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 October 1916. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: memoranda, telegrams, and letters containing instructions and reports.
A summary of the contents of this volume can be found at folios 3-9. This summary also acts as an index.
The volume mostly relates to:
- Reinforcements and supplies for Force D, including: water, materials, medical supplies, animals, river craft (especially barges), land transport, weapons, and rations
- Staff: awards, appointments, discipline, and illnesses
- Prisoners of war and exchange of civilians
- Updates from the Tigris line, especially at Kut-el-Amarah [Al-Kut]
- Updates from the Euphrates line, especially at Nasiriyah [also rendered in text as Nasiriyeh]
- Updates from the Russo-Turkish [Russo-Ottoman] front, especially at Hamadan
- Activities of the Marine Transport Department with Force D (ff 12-17)
- Main objectives and responsibilities of Force D in Mesopotamia, as discussed by: the Secretary of State for India; the Chief of the General Staff; the Chief of the General Staff, India; and the Commander-in-Chief, India
- Updates on the situation in Persia [Iran]
- Proposals regarding a Power Station at Basrah [Basra]
- Proposals regarding the Royal Flying Corps Depot at Bombay [Mumbai]
- Turkish forces: status on Persian front and the Euphrates line; distribution of troops in Mesopotamia (ff 97-98); general movements; and details of re-organisation
- Progress on the construction of railways
- Re-organisation and defense of lines of communication
- Shortage of chaplains in Mesopotamia.
The volume also includes:
- Appreciations [reports] from the Directorate of Military Operations summarising the situation in Mesopotamia on 1 October (ff 21-22) and 8 October (ff 69-70)
- Force D’s ‘Diary of Information’ for the week ending 23 September (ff 116-122), organised into sections entitled: ‘Climate and Floods’; ‘Port Administration and River Conservancy’; ‘Signals and Telegraphs’; ‘Amarah [Al ‘Amarah] Post Office’; ‘Chinese Labour’; ‘Ecclesiastical’; and ‘Prisoners of War’.
The summary of papers on folio 11 includes a handwritten note regarding the insertion of two supplementary memoranda. These memoranda are in loose-leaf form and can be found in the pocket at folio 135.
Whilst the volume contains copies of earlier material dating from September 1916, the bulk of the material dates from October 1916.
- 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
040-000795956 - 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/17/5/3262 : ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 27. PART I. [(Fr]om 1st to 15th October 1916.)’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0005]/037-000792610[0051]/038-000795114[0842]/040-000795956
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (133 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x0001f4
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 9 Sep 1916-15 Oct 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 135; 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 3-131; 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 27. 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)