Record

LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)AC47/2/1-45
TitleOfficial papers relating to Mesopotamian campaign
Extentapprox. 49 items
Date1916-1917
DescriptionPrinted, typescript and manuscript notes, memoranda, briefs, correspondence, minutes and miscellanea; including copies of telegraphic correspondence and other copy correspondence, extracts [and drafts]; also including one envelope; relating to Mesopotamian campaign, Mesopotamian Commission, Mesopotamian Debate, War Committee, etc, 1916
Correspondents: [General] Sir Beauchamp Duff [Commander-in-Chief, India, 1913-1916], Charles Hardinge [1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst; Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1906-1910 and 1916-1920; Viceroy of India, 1910-1916], [Lord] George [Francis] Hamilton [various political offices], Austen Chamberlain [acting as Secretary of State for India, 1915-1917] and others
Includes: /16-/17 Typescript memorandum relating to Mesopotamian Operations and debate, 1916; /21 Printed statement by Beauchamp Duff for Mesopotamia Commission, 1916; /22 Typescript note for War Committee relating to Medical Arrangements in Mesopotamia, 1916; /23-/24, /31, /38 Printed brief and memoranda relating to Defence of the Mesopotamian Campaign, Military (Stores), Construction of Railways in Mesopotamia, etc, [1916]; /37-/37a Typescript memorandum relating to supplies of milk, helmets, etc, [1916]; /40-/45 Printed and manuscript memoranda [and typescript copy] relating to supply of river transport for Mesopotamia from England and India, [1916]
Access StatusOpen
Physical Description/4a is in addition to /4; /21a is in addition to /21; /36a is in addition to /36; /37a is in addition to /37

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