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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/105
- Record Id:
- 040-000799119
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000799011
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001ad
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023442331.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/105
- Title:
- Report from Lieut-General Sir P. H. N. Lake K.C.B., K.C.M.G. Commanding I.E.F. "D" on the Defence of Kut-Al-Amarah under Major-General C. V. F. Townshend, C.B., D.S.O., 3 December 1915-29 April 1916
- Scope & Content:
- This volume is a 'Report from Lieut-General Sir P. H. N. Lake K.C.B., K.C.M.G. Commanding I.E.F. "D" on the Defence of Kut-Al-Amarah under Major-General C. V. F. Townshend, C.B., D.S.O., 3 December 1915-29 April 1916' published by the General Staff, India (Government Central Branch Press, Simla: 1916). The report concerns the siege of Kūt and consists of a copy of a letter (No. 168-15-O), dated July 1916, from Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake, Commanding Indian Expeditionary Force D, to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla (folio 2r), submitting a despatch (No. 15-10-A), dated 10 March 1916, from Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, Commanding, 6th Indian Division, to the General Officer Commanding, Indian Expenditionary Force D (folios 2v-8r), including appendices (folios 8v-21). The report is marked 'Confidential' on the front cover (folio 1).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- Europeana Collections 1914-1918
India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000788810
037-000799011
038-000799053
039-000799078
040-000799119 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/17 : Military Department Library
IOR/L/MIL/17/15 : Iran, Iraq, Persian Gulf
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41-138 : Iraq
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/65-138 : Mesopotamian Campaign
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/105 : Report from Lieut-General Sir P. H. N. Lake K.C.B., K.C.M.G. Commanding I.E.F. "D" on the Defence of Kut-Al-Amarah… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0015]/037-000799011[0002]/038-000799053[0026]/039-000799078[0041]/040-000799119
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 volume (22 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001ad
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- 6th (Poona) Division, 1903-1916
Commander of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 1914-1920
Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 1914-1921
Townshend, Charles Vere Ferrers, Knight, army officer, 1861-1924 - Places:
- Kut Al-Amarah, Middle East, Asia
Mesopotamia, Asia Minor
