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IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3305
- Record Id:
- 040-000795999
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000792610
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x00021f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100142276968.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3305
- Title:
- ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] FORCE “D”. Volume 49. Part I. (From 1st to 15th August 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 August 1918. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include letters, memoranda, telegrams, and appreciations [reports] from the Directorate of Military Operations.
An index to the contents of this volume can be found at folios 3-30. The volume concerns:
The situation in Mesopotamia, including:
- The administration of the areas occupied by Force D, including the formation of an Agricultural Directorate
- Railway construction in Mesopotamia and Persia [Iran]
- The recruitment and organisation of new personnel for Force D.
The situation in Persia and the Caucasus, including:
- The progress of Dunsterforce and of General Wilfrid Malleson’s mission
- Intelligence concerning Turkish [Ottoman] and German activities
- Efforts to gain local support in Persia, particularly among the Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] tribe for assistance in the defence of the oil fields
- The situations at Baku and Krasnovodsk [Türkmenbaşy]
- Discussions concerning support for the Trans-Caspian Government
- Support for the Assyrian and Armenian populations.
The volume also includes:
- The distribution of Force D (ff 31-38), including lines of communication (ff 39-48), and a list of officers and commanders (ff 49-50)
- The distribution of troops and lines of communication for Force D on 13 July (ff 260-269) and 20 July (ff 250-259)
- Statement showing the strengths of the contingents with Force D on 22 June (ff 56-68) and 29 June (ff 201-213)
- Strength returns of Force D on 6 July (ff 88-90) and 13 July (ff 311-313)
- Ammunition and gun returns (f 69, ff 177-178, f 219, f 226, ff 319-320)
- The distribution of the Turkish Army on 6 August (ff 143-151) and 13 August (ff 297-306)
- Returns of the sick and wounded for 29 June (ff 157-158) and 13 July (246-247)
- State of supplies (ff 126-128, 284-286)
- The ration strength of Force D on 6 July (ff 194-200) and 20 July (ff 313-317)
- Statements of shipping tonnage discharged (f 53, ff 110-111, ff 130-131, f 159, f 161, f 172, f 214, f 224, f 231, f 249, ff 287-288, f 293, f 326)
- Return of pilots and machines (f 224)
- Inland Water Transport personnel strength returns for 3 August (f 173) and 18 August (f 293).
The vast majority of material in the volume dates from August 1918, but there is also a small amount of material which dates from June and July 1918.
- 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
040-000795999 - 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/17/5/3305 : ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] FORCE “D”. Volume 49. Part I. (From 1st to 15th August 1918.)’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0005]/037-000792610[0051]/038-000795114[0885]/040-000795999
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (337 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000112.0x00021f
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 28 Jun 1918-15 Aug 1918
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 339; 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 3-337; 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 49. 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)