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IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3295
- Record Id:
- 040-000795989
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000792610
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x000215
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100140789835.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3295
- Title:
- ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 44. PART I. (From 1st to 15th March 1918).’
- 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 March 1918. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: letters, telegrams, notes, reports, tables, and memoranda.
An index to the contents of this volume and a summary of the contents can be found at folios 3-22. The volume concerns:
- Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations dated 3 March 1918 (ff 65-67) and 10 March 1918 (ff 196-197)
- Supplies, particularly of petrol, timber, tinplate, and bacon
- Movements of Turkish [Ottoman] troops
- The occupation of Hit and Sahibiyah [As Siniyah]
- Reinforcements for Force D
- Reports from the Royal Flying Corps of machines in service and pilots available
- Information concerning the recruitment and movements of Dunsterforce
- Supplies for railway construction
- A shortage of Inland Water Transport and railway personnel
- Pro-Bolshevik feeling among Russian volunteers
- The closure of Russian intelligence offices
- Discussion of British policy concerning Persia [Iran], and remarks on the situation in Kermanshah
- The dispatch of the 3rd Division to Palestine
- Efforts to economise on supplies
- Movement of ships and loads transported
- Action by the Jangalis
- The condition of the road to Kermanshah
- Locally sourced supplies.
The following tables appear:
- Distribution and composition of Force D, including details of: lines of communication; general organisation; and names of General Officers and Brigade Commanders (ff 23-37)
- State of supplies on 23 February 1918 (ff 49-50), 2 March 1918 (ff 148-150, 166-167), 9 March 1918 (ff 254-255), 9 March 1918 (ff 297-299)
- Weekly return of the sick and wounded on 16 February 1918 (ff 51-52), 23 February 1918 (ff 190-191), 2 March 1918 (ff 290-292)
- Ration strength of Force D on 9 February 1918 (ff 70-73), 16 February 1918 (ff 204-208), 2 February 1928 (ff 274-280)
- Strength returns and distributions for Force D on 22 December 1917 (ff 84-96), 16 February 1917 (ff 112-120), 2 February 1918 (ff 120-122), 29 December 1917 (ff 124-136), 5 January 1918 (ff 168-180), 9 February 1918 (ff 208-210), 12 January 1918 (ff 238-250), 23 February 1918 (ff 256-264)
- Distribution of the Turkish Army on 5 March 1918 (ff 106-108), 12 March 1918 (ff 231-233).
- 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
040-000795989 - 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/17/5/3295 : ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 44. PART I. (From 1st to 15th March 1918).’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0005]/037-000792610[0051]/038-000795114[0875]/040-000795989
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (301 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x000215
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 22 Dec 1917-15 Mar 1918
- 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 303; 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 3-301; 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 44. 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)