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IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3302

Record Id:

040-000795996

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

037-000792610

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x00021c

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100142579026.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3302

Title:

‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 47. PART II. (From 16th to 30th June 1918).’

Scope & Content:

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 16 and 30 June 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 can be found at IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3302. The volume concerns:

Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations dated 17 June 1918 (ff 48-50), 24 June 1918 (ff 216-218)
Supplies, particularly of cheese, blankets, and boots
Reports from the Royal Flying Corps of machines in service and pilots available
The movements of, positions of Russian officers within, and communication with Dunsterforce
Movement of ships and loads transported
Lists of officers sailing from England for Aden, Basrah [Basra] and India
Personnel requirements and reinforcements
Instructions to secure shipping and rolling stock at Baku, preparations for a siege there, and relations between Armenians and Bolshevics [Bolsheviks]
Information from Tiflis [Tbilisi]
Medical conditions and provisions in Mesopotamia
The despatch of Ford Van Companies
Information about individual Turkish [Ottoman] prisoners of war
Proposals by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to drill oil
Reports of atrocities committed by Turks on Armenians and the Turkish evacuation of Georgia
German intentions and activities in the Caucasus
Appointments of officers in Mesopotamia
Preparations for the defence of the oil fields.

The following tables appear:

Strength return and summaries of Force D on 27 April 1918 (ff 5-27), 18 May 1918 (ff 42-45, ff 299-312), 11 May 1918 (ff 143-158), 1 June 1918 (ff 236-239)
Ration strength of Force D on 25 May 1918 (ff 56-60), 18 May 1918 (ff 85-91), 25 May 1918 (ff 274-280), 8 June 1918 (ff 281-285)
Distribution of the Turkish Army on 18 June 1918 (ff 65-75), 25 June 1918 (ff 239-241)
Distribution of Force D on 1 June 1918 (ff 93-102), 8 June 1918 (ff 178-187)
Weekly return of the sick and wounded on 25 May 1918 (ff 106-107), 1 June 1918 (ff 233-234)
State of supplies on 17 June 1918 (ff 160-161), 10 June 1918 (ff 192-193)
Statement of motor vehicles with Force D on 1 May 1918 (ff 198-215).

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
040-000795996

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/17/5/3302 : ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 47. PART II. (From 16th to 30th June 1918).’

Hierarchy:

032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0005]/037-000792610[0051]/038-000795114[0882]/040-000795996

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (331 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x00021c

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1918

End Date:

1918

Date Range:

27 Apr 1918-30 Jun 1918

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 329; these numbers are printed, and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

Dimensions: 21 x 33cm

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