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Indian Expeditionary Force 'D', General Routine Orders (incomplete) [‎46v] (105/774)

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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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appointments
regimen tal
(continued)
AVIATION
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~ J ' 21103rd Mahratta Light Infantry
, i it joSth Mahratta Light Infantry, assumed command, vice
ColooerG^S Frazer noth Mahvatta Light Infantry; with effect from 16th July, 19,6.
, T he following temporary appointments are made
2122nd Punjabis
Major W P M. Sargent, 104th Rifles, to be temporary Commandant; with effect from
7th June,^ 19 Q 1 t g’ n ^ q 0 °h K Phillips, I.A.R O., to be temporary 2nd-in-oommand; with
effect from 7th June, l9i6 ’ p Evans, 19th Punjabis, to be temporary Com-
M»jor (Brevet neut,ColonenG.l.Eva ^ with efiect f rom 18tb
mandant, vice Major W . P-
June, 191 6 , forenoorn be temporary 2nd-in-eornmand, vice 2nd-
ieJenant c. H K Sips, I A.B.0 , relieved; with effect from 13th June. 1910,
forenoon Phillips, I.A R.O , attached, to be temporary double
eompat commander- wUh ekeet fX’ 13th June, ,9.6, to 15th June, 1916, both dates
indusive. . t ^ H Harman, I.A. R.O., attached, to be temporary double company
ind-Lieutenan. o I ^ i 9 , B , forenoon,
commander, vnh ..-ip TARO, attached, to be temporary double company
•Jnd-Lieutenant H- J. ^^ from Mud j une , 19l6 , forenoon,
“"'"nd iTeuTenant A. Donald, I.A.R.O., attached, to he temporary double company
COm i ,d Lie ; utena h nt ff H' j" Nichofs,''LA.R^!' to ^“officiating Adjutant; with effect
fr0m Captain C Lc'she-Srio be Adjutant, c^nd-Lieutenant H J. Nichols, I.A.R <).,
officiating relieved • with effect from 22 nd June, 1916, forenoon.
^ 2 nd Lieutenant H. J. Nichols, I.A.R.O., attached, to be Quartermaster; with effect
from 22 nd June, 1916, forenoon. pioneers. '
Major R. J. Cuming to be temporary Commandant; with effect from both April,
51,1 lieutenant H. H Marshall to be temporary 2 nd-in-command ; with effect from
30th Anril, 1916, forenoon , , , ,, , ■
Captain S. G. C. -Murray. 12 th Pioneers, attached to be. temporary Jnd-m-com-
manu in addition to his other duties, vice Lieutenant H IJ. Marshall, relieved; with
effect from 19th June, 1916, forenoon.
APPOINTMENTS
STAFF
ESTABLISHMENTS
EXPENDITURE
INDIA
1266 The following appointment is made :— * .
2 nd-Lieutenant J U McCrindle, 7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (l.P.j, idying
o&eer, No 30 Squadron, R.F C., to be Flight Commander, with the temporary rank of
Captain. Dated 9th May. 1916.
(London Gazette, dated loth June, 1916.)
1267. The following appointment is confirmed
Captain M D. Gambier Parry, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, as D.A.Q.M.G, XHIth
Division; with effect from 29th April, 1916, forenoon.
(C.G.S. telegram No. 70356, dated 9th August, 1916.)
1268. The 12th Divisional Signal Company, will, in future, be known as the 14th
Divisional Signal Company.
1269. The Military Governor is authorised to expend the sum of Rs. 2,821-12-0,
on account of subsistence allowance to ex-Turkish Officials and families of ex-Turkish
Officials and families of prisoners of war for July, 1916.
ARMY
ORDERS
1270. The following extracts from India Army Orders, dated 17th July, 1916, are
re-published for information :—
No. 483 Appointments — Pegimental. —The Commander-in-Chief in India is
pleased to make the following appointments:—
1st Battalion, 39ih Garhwal Rides. —Major (temporary Lieut-Colonel) J. H. K.
Stewart, D S.O., Double Company Commander, 2nd Battalion, to be Commandant, to
fill an existing vacancy and to remain in his present field service appointment Dated
1 st July, 1916.
51st Sikhs (Frontier Force), —Major P. L. Beddy, Double Company Commander,
to be 2 nd-in-command, vice Lieut.-Colonel W. F. Bainbridge, C.M.G., D.S.O., appointed
Commandant, 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force). Dated 24th May, 1916.
84th Punjabis. —Major A. G. Crawford, Double Company Commander, to be 2 nd-in-
eommand,.mce Major G. M. Morris, transferred to 62nd Punjabis. Dated 18th June,
1916.
2nd Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles. —Major G. A. Perreau, Double Company Com
mander, to be 2nd-in-command, vice Lieut.-Colonel A. E. Sealy, appointed Commandant,
1st Battalion. Dated 24th May, 1916.
2 , The following extract from India Army Orders, dated 24th July, 1916, is
re-published for information :—
No. 490. Appointments. —The Commander-in-Chief in India is pleased to make
the following appointment:—
Captain L. C. Trelawny, Indian Army, to be Supply and Transport Officer, 4 th
Class ; with effect from the 22nd April, 1916.
M. COWPER, Major-General,
D.A. & Q.M.G
3rd 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).

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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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