Gurkha Brigades WW I Mesopotamian Front

[Guest]

Greetings Everyone,

 

I need your help and advices. I am a master student and my thesis topic is Gurkha Brigades in Mesopotamia Front WW I. I would like to find official numbers of Gurkha Brigades during the campaign. How can I reach all numbers for all battles in mesopotamian front ? Gurkha Brigades fought under the Indian Expeditionary Force ''D'' in Mesopotamia. It is really hard to find how many enthnic gruops fought and died. How can you help me about it? Any suggestions? 

[FROGSMILE]

This is the British-Indian Army order of battle (including the Gurkha battalions) for the Mesopotamia campaign: 

 

https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Indian_Divisions_in_Mesopotamia

You will in general find the FIBIS website an excellent resource for your research.

 

See also: 

 

1.  https://awayfromthewesternfront.org/campaigns/mesopotamia-persia/mesopotamia/

 

2.  https://www.jstor.org/stable/44224882?seq=1

 

3. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Army_during_World_War_I

Edited 7 December , 2019 by FROGSMILE

[Uncle George]

Have you looked at ‘The Campaign in Mesopotamia’ (1927)?
 

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210669

[FROGSMILE]

There is some background information on the ethnic groups, here: 

 

1. https://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/the-indian-sepoy-in-the-first-world-war

 

2. https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?q=Race+and+recruitment+in+the+Indian+Army+1880-1918&_csrf=ODn4UpXt-f8Jb5-5zb6_CmkEGI10fvOWdUmY

Edited 7 December , 2019 by FROGSMILE

[seaJane]

Not precisely on target but may be of interest:-

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/we-were-there-black-history-month

 

sJ