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‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 23. PART I. (From 1st to 15th June 1916).’ [6r] (16/348)
The record is made up of 1 volume (170 folios). It was created in 31 May 1916-14 Jun 1916. 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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DISTRIBUTION OF FORCE “D”-concld,
Place.
Total strength.
Headquarters
of
Formations.
Cavalry.
Artillery.
Infantry battalions.
Brigade to
which battalion
belongs.
Pioneers and
Sappers and
Miners.
Signal units.
Medical units.
Other units.
Headquarters
Brigadier-Gene
ral, B. E. (Ri-
mington).
41st Infantry
Brgade (Cadell).
l-3rd Home
Counties Bri
gade, ft. F. A.
-
*
Signal Service Park
and Dep6t.
2 Cable Sections, 2
3rd Indian Army
Signal Company.
No. 10 Indian General
Hospital.
No. 20 Indian General
Hospital.
No. 15 Casualty Clear
ing Station.
No. 20 Casualty Clear
ing Station,
No. 2 X-Ray Section.
No. 3 X-Ray Section.
No. 10 Sanitary Section.
No. 24 Combined Field
Ambulance.
No. 108 Indian Field
Ambulance (less 2 Sec
tions).
No. 137 Indian Field
Ambulance (2 Sec
tions).
No. 1 Base Depot.
S. S. “ Karadeniz. ”
Basrah Isolation Hospi
tal.
No. 23 Motor Ambu
lance Convoy.
No. 6 Field Veteri
nary Section.
No. 18 Field Veteri
nary Section.
No. 2 Base Dep6t
Veterinary Stores.
Mobile Veterinary
Section.
41st Brigade Supply
Section.
SJ Ordnance Depot
Units.
Baee Transport
Depot.
Ne. 1 Base Supply
Depot.
No. 10 Base Supply
1 ep6t.
No. 13 Base Supply
Depot.
Base Remount
Dep6t.
Base Post Office.
Base Stationary
Depot.
Fao . .
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...
14th Rifles, from Indian Base
Depfit.
L. of C. Troops.
• ••
to
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• ••
Karun Line.
Shush ,
1 squadron.
• •t
1 squadron,
23rd Cavalry
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s'
...
...
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Ahwaz
2 squadrons.
battalion.
\
Headquarters 23rd
Cavalry.
2 squadrons,
23rd Cavalry.
i Batt., 44th Merwara
Infantry.
L. of C. Troops.
...
• •a
No. 4 Field Ambulance
(2 Sections).
•••
Bushire .
/
1 squadron.
6 guns.
^ 1
batta
An extra allowance of pay granted to soldiers involved in special field service or to public servants on special duty.
-
2 lions.
General Officer
Commanding,
Bushire (Doug
las).
15th Lancers
(1 squadron).
2 Turkish 15-pr. field guns.
Indian Mountain Artillery Detach
ment 1 7-pr. gun.
3 Naval 12-prs.
2-22nd Punjabis . .
^ Battalion, 124th Baluchis.
14th Sikhs
• ••
Detachment
Search light
Section.
to
No. 51 Indian Stationary
Hospital (2 Sec
tions).
Detachments 13th
and 39 th Mule
Corps, Cavalry
Grass Mules.
22nd Bullock |
Troop.
No. 596 M. T. Coy.
A. S. C. (12
lorries).
Total
1
33 squadrons.
207 guns.
48 3-inch Stokes guns.
80 i including Pioneers
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- Content
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 16 and 31 May 1916. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: letters, telegrams, notes, tables, and memoranda.
A summary of the contents of this volume can be found at folios 16-19. The volume concerns:
- Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations
- A report on the difficulties of supplying IEF D due to the terrain and the climate, and an examination of current supply methods
- Reports on hospital and medical provision, and medical supplies
- A report on the success of dropping food and supplies into Kut [al-Kut] by aeroplane
- Turkish [Ottoman] and Russian military movements
- A proposal to arrest all ‘suspicious Indians wandering in Persia’ [Iran]
- The progress of railway construction in the Caucasus
- Reinforcements for Force D
- Problems with marine transport from India
- The organisation of a river fleet and a proposal to send men from Honduras to work on the Tigris
- Details concerning Turkish and British prisoners of war, including rates of pay, supplies, prisoner exchanges, and letter-writing and censorship.
The following tables appear:
- The distribution, organisation, and composition of Force D on folios 3-13
- A list of units captured at Kut on folio 14
- A list of General Officers and Brigade Commanders with IEF D on folio 15
- The strength of units in IEF D on 1 April 1916 on folios 23-38, further strengths of units on folios 77-78
- The distribution of Turkish forces in Mesopotamia on folio 40
- Financial accounts incurred by the repair shops of Force D on folios 141-142.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (170 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 172; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-170; these numbers are printed and are located in the bottom centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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