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Indian Expeditionary Force 'D', General Routine Orders (incomplete) [114r] (240/774)
The record is made up of 2 volumes (379 folios). It was created in 28 Dec 1915-10 Jul 1918. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Local temperature yesterday ; -
Maximum 91. Minimum 59.
114
GENERAL .ROUTINE ORDERS
BY
Lieut. General F. S. MAUDE, C.B., C.M.G. D.S.0
Commanding I.E.F. • D."
Sunday, October 8th, cqi6
ENLISTMENTS
SPECIAL
Adjutant General’s Branch.
1607.With reference to Army Order 283, of 1914, and Army Council Instruction
2000, of 1916 Officers Commanding Units who have men serving-under them who are
ht for general service, but not efficient at the particular trade for which enlisted, will
submit their names to the A.A.G., 3rd Echelon, with a view to their being transferred
to a Corps for which they are fit.
HOSPITALS 1608. No. 57 Indian Stationary Hospital of 50 beds, will in future be No. 57
ESTABLISHMENTS Combined Stationary Hospital of
50 beds .. British.
50 ,, .. Indian.
No. 18 Cavalry Field Ambulance of 2 Sections, will cease to exist.
No 131 Indian Cavalry Field Ambulance of 3 Sections, will become No. 131
Combined Cavalry Field Ambulance of
1 Section .. British.
3 Sections .. Indian.
No. 119 Combined Cavalry Field Ambulance will be increased from 3 Sections to /
4 Sections of
1 Section .. British.
3 Sections .. Indian.
No. 18 Cavalry Field Ambulance will send:—
1 British Section to join No. 131 C.C.F.A.
1 Indian ,, ,, „ No. 119C.CFA.
No. 8 Indian General Hospital of 500 beds to become No. 8 Indian General
Hospital of 1000 beds.
No. 33 British General Hospital of 1040 beds, to become No. 33 British General
Hospital (Liquorice
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
), 520 beds.
No. 133 British General Hospital (Tanooma), 520 beds.
The above changes will have effect from the date of this order.
F. F. READY, Brigadier-General*
Deputy Adjutant General.
Quartermaster General’s Branch.
stores to field ambulances,
EQUIPMENT FIELD
AMBULANCES
1609. Approval is given for the issue of the following
where not already in possession .
Stoves, oil, Primus No. 5 .. 1 per section.
Indents on the Army Ordnance Department will be submitted in the usual manner,
and supply will be made as stores become available.
Authority : D.O.S., O.R. 13, dated 6-10-16.
H. O. KNOX, Brigadier-General,
Deputy Quartermaster General.
RD S. & M FIELD PRESS.
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The volumes contain the General Routine Orders [until 25 September 1916 referred to as Force Routine Orders] by the Commander of Indian Expeditionary Force D between 28 December 1915 and 10 July 1918, along with annexures to these orders and lists issued with the orders. Topics covered include:
- Appointments and promotions
- Equipment and supplies
- Clothing and rations
- Arrangements for postal and telegraphic communications
- Changes to the organisation of Force D
- Details of those in receipt of honours and rewards
- Compensation awarded
- Interpreters: discharges, postings, and transfers
- Accounts and expenditure
- Pay and allowances
- Reports and forms to be submitted
- Details of Courts Martial
- Local temperature readings and other meteorological observations
- Lists of candidates who have passed the Field Service Tests in Arabic and Turkish.
There are also Orders of the Day relating to the above subjects, as well as two Special Orders of the Day containing messages to the armed forces from George V of Great Britain and Ireland (f 95) and Mary, Queen Consort of George V (f 367).
- Extent and format
- 2 volumes (379 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio of volume one (ff 1-188) and terminates at the last folio of volume two (ff 189-378); these numbers are printed and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers of the two volumes. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly, f 308a.
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- Title
- Indian Expeditionary Force 'D', General Routine Orders (incomplete)
- Pages
- front-a, back-a, spine-a, edge-a, head-a, tail-a, front-b, back-b, spine-b, edge-b, head-b, tail-b, front-a-i, 1r:188v, back-a-i, front-b-i, 189r:308v, 308ar:308av, 309r:378v, back-b-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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