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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/109
- Record Id:
- 040-000799123
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000799011
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001b1
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023622387.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/109
- Title:
- Despatch by Lieutenant-General Sir George Frederick Gorringe, K.C.B, C.M.G, D.S.O., on the Operations of the Tigris Column 23rd January to 30th April 1916 (Forwarded by G.O.C., Force "D".)
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains a despatch written by Lieutenant George Frederick Gorringe regarding the military operations of the Tigris Column for the period 23 January 1916 to 30 April 1916.
The report is introduced by a letter from Lieutenant-General Percy Lake, Commanding Indian Expeditionary Force "D", addressed to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, Simla (folio 3).
The main body of the report (folios 4-21) provides a chronological account of events and is followed by a number of appendices (folios 22-62) including statistical tables, charts and diagrams related to the military operations.
A series of 12 maps (of the battlefield and surrounding areas) are contained on folios 65-77.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000788810
037-000799011
038-000799053
039-000799078
040-000799123 - 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/17/15/109 : Despatch by Lieutenant-General Sir George Frederick Gorringe, K.C.B, C.M.G, D.S.O., on the Operations of the Tigris Column… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0015]/037-000799011[0002]/038-000799053[0026]/039-000799078[0045]/040-000799123
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (77 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001b1
- Thumbnail:
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- 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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Condition: a bound volume.
Note: The 12 maps included in the file (folios 65-77) are contained within a sleeve (folio 64) at the back of the volume.
Foliation: The foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last of several maps which are stored in a sleeve at the back of the volume, on number 77.
- Former External References:
- Serial No. 2
- Arrangement:
- The main body of the report is followed by a number of appendices which are in turn followed by a series of 12 maps contained within a sleeve at the back of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)