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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [572r] (1155/1386)
The record is made up of 1 file (687 folios). It was created in 1915-1918. 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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TKLMGH4M frow Viceroy
X
JJXfKa 19th July, 191S
Received at London Office 10:15 p.«u
a. 6397. Hospital chips for Forces B and 0. elioal
authorities represent that cxistinK arrsnirements tsrfer
“hcdras’ls the only hospital ship provided for «vacua!
and wwnicd from Both forces are inadequate. Avers©
invalids to be returned to India monthly from Force 0
estimaUi at 300 British including 90 oot oases and H
including 300 oot eases. It is not feasible to send
casee by hospital ship and reminder by transports ©■»
culty of coMitfOiding medioal personnel. Consepwmtly
hospital ship lainsufficient for requirements of Fore
It ie therefore -proposed that second hospital ship sta
fitted for Foroes B and D and that one of t**ose aiwul
esiployed continuously in cormnetioB witdi force B and
run alternately to ombasa and
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. *e aec
neoecsity for additional hospital chip and recraasend
about 5CCC tons capatxttiy of carrying fra* 2£C to St
chartered aid fitted out for thii pur^ae. Hrpendi!
involved estimated at initia- arid /JjXA-
recurring dobitable to Imperial tovormsent. Fleaae
approval*
From Vicoroy to Sacaotary of State for India
Doted 20th July 1916*
H # 6405* With referenoa to y onx telegram of 5th inet
Ho, 1931 the nomber of cases and deaths from enteric
amongst force D during June were:— Combatant and medical
officers oases nil; British rank end file, cases 18
4
deaths 4; Indian rank and file , oases 10 deaths 5;
followers cases 4, deaths fill. The 3 cases amongst medical
officers mentioned in your above quoted occur;ed
in May* As compared with other diseases there has be^n
no special prevalence of enteric at any time in forco D«
2he men of the l/4th Hampshire regiment though not
actually on the sick list were recommended by sundrr
authorities for a change to Indio until tha close of
unhealthy season in ! esopotamla*
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This file contains working drafts of confidential prints, correspondence and telegrams from the room of Sir Edmund Barrow, Military Secretary in the 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. , collected for the Mesopotamian Commission which was convened to examine the causes of the besieging and surrender of the Indian Expeditionary Force in Kut-el-Amara [Al Kūt].
The papers cover a range of topics and include the following: General Townshend's assessment of the situation after the Battle of Kut-el-Amara; a précis of correspondence relating to the origins and development of the Mesopotamia expedition; and a collection (ff 396-399) of private telegrams between the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy, prior to the outbreak of war with Turkey.
The file also includes some tables showing the strength of General Townshend's force at Ctesiphon (folio 111) as well as the Indian Expeditionary Force 'D' (In Mesopotamia) Troops of the 6th Poona Division (folio 114).
Correspondents include: General Sir John Nixon; Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend; the Viceroy of India; officials of the Admiralty; officials of the War Office.
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- 1 file (687 folios)
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The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 686; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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. Multiple additional mixed foliation/pagination sequences are present in parallel; these numbers are written in crayon and pencil; where they are written in pencil and circled, they are crossed through.
The file has one foliation anomaly, f 374A.
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- IOR/L/MIL/5/768
- Title
- 'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:89v, 91r:107v, 109r:130v, 131ar, 131r:134v, 135ar, 135ar, 135r:136v, 137ar, 137r:203v, 204ar, 204r:225r, 225ar, 225v:295v, 296ar, 296r:316v, 317ar, 317r:374v, 374ar:374av, 375r:405v, 406ar, 406r:562r, 562ar, 562v:623v, 624ar, 624r:686v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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