DDP1955 Posted 20 December , 2008 Share Posted 20 December , 2008 Hi Mike I would be grateful if you would look at your sources to see if you have anything on Private Wilfred Brook, service no 11518, 6th battalion, Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. He was KIA on 10 Aug 1915 Many thanks Dianne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelvintruss Posted 19 January , 2009 Share Posted 19 January , 2009 Mike, is the look up offer still open? I have two queries; - can you spot anything refering to D Coy 8th Battalion MGC? I think my GF went to Basra in 1920 but I'm now sure what was going on there at the time. - He went there from India, where I think he may have been colocated with the 18th (QMO) Royal Hussars. Did they also go to Basra and were they and the 8th Bn MGC deployed together? Grateful for any help you can provide, if only background stuff on Basra 1920 and conditions for the soldiers etc. Kelvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick ODwyer Posted 19 January , 2009 Share Posted 19 January , 2009 Patrick, Ron's statement is slightly wrong (sorry Ron). Sherson actually says that ... A private of the 7th Hussars has TOLD ME that while in hospital, weakened from pain and the loss of his leg.... As the 7th did not arrive in Mes until Dec 1917 the man must have been an exchanged prisoner of war or Sherson got the Regiment wrong. Mike Thanks Mike, A small number of 7th Hussars were attached to other units so it is not entirely impossible. Does Sherston say anything more? The date of the conversation or if the letter is in any archive? Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbloy Posted 19 January , 2009 Share Posted 19 January , 2009 I have just discovered that my grandfather, Lionel Walter Long, served in Mesopotamia in the Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport. Claire Fraser Hello Clare, One book that's not (as yet) included in Mike's extensive personal library and which deals with the RE's Inland Warterways Transport is 'Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia' by Lt Col J Hall - it might help you in your quest to discover more about the kind of work that your grandfather was involved in. And if there's anyone out there who can help me with any background information relating to the following gents, then I'd be very grateful (all Royal Engineer IWT officers serving in Mesopotamia, ex RIM): Major E.D. Farr (Edward Douglas) MC Major R.H. Garstin (Richard Hart) OBE (subsequently KIA in 1942 whilst serving as a Convoy Commodore RNR) T/Brig. R.H.W. Hughes (Robert Herbert Wilfred) CB,CSI, CMG, DSO Capt. E.O. Knowles (Eustance Oliver) OBE - buried Basra War Cemetery Capt. G.T. Labey (George Thomas) MC Major T.M.S. Milne-Henderson (Thomas Maxwell Stuart) OBE Major H.M. K. Moillet (Hubert Mainwaring Keir) OBE Best regards, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomkinson Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 If anyone is interested I have a number of postcards sent by my great Grandfather who was a Gunner in the RFA and served in the Mesopotamia Campaign. They largely show scenes of local life in Basra at the time. There are also some showing various members of the RFA unit in which he served and the troop ship used to send them to the campaign. My great Grandfather was Gnr.Alfred Cookson (780888) and he appears to have served in the TF of the RFA. From the postcard collection I can more of less trace where they were during the War including France, Mespot and Egypt? However, any information is welcome and if anyone wants to see some photos please let me know. Cheers Mike Tomkinson Bradford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem49 Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 I would be obliged if you could let me have a list of all the Divisions that served there. I am attempting to help someone who 'thinks' their Grandfather served there but is unsure of who with. Thanks Steve M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbloy Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Hello Clare, One book that's not (as yet) included in Mike's extensive personal library and which deals with the RE's Inland Warterways Transport is 'Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia' by Lt Col J Hall ex RIM): Apologies to Mike - Having re-read the library listing, it's clear that Hall's book is already in the bookcase: Regards, Michael (envious) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireFFraser Posted 1 February , 2009 Share Posted 1 February , 2009 Hi Mike, I have just seen your offer for look ups on the Mesopotamian campaign. I have just discovered that my grandfather, Lionel Walter Long, served in Mesopotamia in the Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal which was Gazetted on 22nd September 1919. At that time his regimental number was given as WR/552128 and his rank was "Spr (A/C SM). His medal card states "registered paper 68/GenNo/3451". I wondered whether your book Hall – The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia might mention anything about him as I have been unable to find why he was awarded the medal. Any help would be gratefully received. Claire Fraser Further to the above I got hold of a copy of "Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia". Although my grandfather is mentioned under the list of honours granted to W.O's etc. I can find no details of what he did. However, it does give me a date of the award which was 29.12.1918. I note nine others others also won the Meritorious Service Medal on the same day which makes me wonder is something quite big went on or was it just the date the medals were issued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robynwiggins@hotmail.com Posted 13 April , 2009 Share Posted 13 April , 2009 Hi Mike, As an expert on Mesopotamia I'm hoping you might be able to advise me. I posted a query on Feb 20 2008 re my grandfather, Thomas Bedlington Wright, who had served with the Royal Engineers at Amara. He had given this information many years later when he was enlisting in the Australian military Forces in WWII. I have searched the medal cards and have found a Thomas B Wright with the rank of sapper, regiment no's WR323741 and 302661. Could this be him ? I am trying to find out which regiments of the Royal Engineers served in Mesopotamia that fit in with known facts about my grandfather. He was definitely in England in September and December 1916 and so I am assuming he must have gone to Amara in 1917. I have read a little about this campaign but does this seem to fit ?? It is really important to our family history to establish when he was away at the war. I'm attaching a photo of Thomas. He is on the left. Any information would be greatly appreciated. thanks Robyn My specilisation is the Mesopotamian Campaign, Ron wrote the book (and very good it is to) but I may have the library. Look ups are offered from the following: Wilson – Loyalties – Mesopotamia 1914-17 A Clash of Loyalties – Mesopotamia 1917-20 Lloyd George – War Memories Chandler – Long Road to Baghdad Vols 1+2 Townshend – My Campaign Bailey – Mission to Tashkent Burke – With Horse and Morse (ANZAC Forces in the Middle East) The Kia Ora Coo-ee – ANZAC Magazine in the Middle East Wipers Times Ed Erickson – Ordered to Die Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War 1 Sandhu – The 18th Cavalry (History of 7 th Hariana and 6th KEO) Staff College – Critical Study & Map Case Anglesey – History of the British Cavalry – vol 6 (Mesopotamia) Occleshaw – Armour Against Fate (British Mil Intelligence in ww1) Winstone – OC Desert (Leachman) Hopkirk – On Secret Service East of Constantinople Tennant – In the Clouds Above Baghdad Moukbil Bey –La Campagne De L'Irak 1914-18 Thompson – Beyond Baghdad Barber – Besieged in Kut Leland – MT in Mesopotamia Byrne – Mesopotamia – The Last Phase Cato – The Navy in Mesopotamia 1914-17 Young – The Independent Arab Braddon – The Siege Sherson – Townshend of Citral and Kut Winstone – Gertrude Bell Bell – Selected Letters Rawlinson – History of 2/6th Rajputana Rifles Kearsey – The Campaign in Mesopotamia Begg – Surgery on Trestles 'Black Tab' – On the Road to Kut Bird – A Chapter of Misfortunes Hall – The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia Evans – The Campaign in Mesopotamia Barker – Townshend of Kut Von Sanders – Five Years in Turkey Roosevelt – War in the Garden of Eden With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia Official History of the War – Mesopotamia Vols 1 -4 Operations in Persia War in the Air Vols 5 & 6 Barker – The Neglected War Letters of TE Lawrence History of No 30 Squadron Angier – A Hussars War (13th Hussars) Dixon – On the Psychology of Military Incompetence Yeats-Brown – Bengal Lancer Golden Horn Jones – The Road to Endor Atkinson – The Devonshire Regiment 1914-18 History of 1st & 2nd Battalions The Leicestershire Regiment Handbook of the Turkish Army 1916 The Sky Their Battlefield Casualties of the German Air Service 1914-20 Sandes – In Kut and Captivity Volume II of the Handbook of Mesopotamia Field Notes – Mesopotamia Cox – The Red Cross Launch Wessex on the River Tigris – Diary of Sydney Cox Clark – To Bagdad with the British Marshal – Memories of Four Fronts Buchanan – The Tragedy of Mesopotamia Davis – Ends and Means Ron Wilcox's – Battles on the Tigris Slim – Unofficial History History of the Corps of Royal Engineers – Vol VII Millar – Death of an Army Neville – History of the 43rd and 52nd Light Infantry in the Great War – Vol 1 A History of the Punjabis 1857 – 23 Keogh – The River in the Desert 4th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment Account of Operations of the 18th (Indian) Division Hamilton – History of the 20th (Field) Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners in the Great War 6th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles Report of the Mesopotamian Commission Watson – Sieges, A Comparative Study Mousley – Secrets of a Kuttite Long – Other Ranks of Kut Durand – The Thirteenth Hussars in the Great War I also have various downloads (a lot of books from online archives around the world - some open some not), extracts, articles and notes from over 20 years interest in the Campaign. Thanks to the forum am just discovering the joys of War Diaries. Mike Etherington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky53 Posted 16 April , 2009 Share Posted 16 April , 2009 Mike, I don't believe they went to Mesopotamia but seeing you have te book "A History of the Punjabis 1857 – 23" I wondered if you had anything on 2 Battalion 19 Punjabis? A cousin John Archibald Spark served with them. I understand they remained in India from formation in 1917 but later went to Suez. I would love a picture of their cap badge, have been unable to locate one on the internet. Thank you Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islesman Posted 18 April , 2009 Share Posted 18 April , 2009 If anyone is interested I have a number of postcards sent by my great Grandfather who was a Gunner in the RFA and served in the Mesopotamia Campaign. They largely show scenes of local life in Basra at the time. There are also some showing various members of the RFA unit in which he served and the troop ship used to send them to the campaign. My great Grandfather was Gnr.Alfred Cookson (780888) and he appears to have served in the TF of the RFA. From the postcard collection I can more of less trace where they were during the War including France, Mespot and Egypt? However, any information is welcome and if anyone wants to see some photos please let me know. Cheers Mike Tomkinson Bradford Mike, I've just noticed your offer to post postcards. My GF was in the RFA in Mesopotamia, but I have little more than that, so I am interested in any background material that I can get. Thanks Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bridgeman Posted 30 April , 2009 Share Posted 30 April , 2009 I recovered a sword that was issued to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1915 in Iraq in April 2003 from an Iraqi General. I would like to identify who it was issued to in an attempt to return it to his offspring. It would be an honorable tribute for his sacrifice and that of his family. Can you help me? michael_bridgeman@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lengooby Posted 19 May , 2009 Share Posted 19 May , 2009 My specilisation is the Mesopotamian Campaign, Ron wrote the book (and very good it is to) but I may have the library. Look ups are offered from the following: Wilson – Loyalties – Mesopotamia 1914-17 A Clash of Loyalties – Mesopotamia 1917-20 Lloyd George – War Memories Chandler – Long Road to Baghdad Vols 1+2 Townshend – My Campaign Bailey – Mission to Tashkent Burke – With Horse and Morse (ANZAC Forces in the Middle East) The Kia Ora Coo-ee – ANZAC Magazine in the Middle East Wipers Times Ed Erickson – Ordered to Die Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War 1 Sandhu – The 18th Cavalry (History of 7 th Hariana and 6th KEO) Staff College – Critical Study & Map Case Anglesey – History of the British Cavalry – vol 6 (Mesopotamia) Occleshaw – Armour Against Fate (British Mil Intelligence in ww1) Winstone – OC Desert (Leachman) Hopkirk – On Secret Service East of Constantinople Tennant – In the Clouds Above Baghdad Moukbil Bey –La Campagne De L'Irak 1914-18 Thompson – Beyond Baghdad Barber – Besieged in Kut Leland – MT in Mesopotamia Byrne – Mesopotamia – The Last Phase Cato – The Navy in Mesopotamia 1914-17 Young – The Independent Arab Braddon – The Siege Sherson – Townshend of Citral and Kut Winstone – Gertrude Bell Bell – Selected Letters Rawlinson – History of 2/6th Rajputana Rifles Kearsey – The Campaign in Mesopotamia Begg – Surgery on Trestles 'Black Tab' – On the Road to Kut Bird – A Chapter of Misfortunes Hall – The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia Evans – The Campaign in Mesopotamia Barker – Townshend of Kut Von Sanders – Five Years in Turkey Roosevelt – War in the Garden of Eden With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia Official History of the War – Mesopotamia Vols 1 -4 Operations in Persia War in the Air Vols 5 & 6 Barker – The Neglected War Letters of TE Lawrence History of No 30 Squadron Angier – A Hussars War (13th Hussars) Dixon – On the Psychology of Military Incompetence Yeats-Brown – Bengal Lancer Golden Horn Jones – The Road to Endor Atkinson – The Devonshire Regiment 1914-18 History of 1st & 2nd Battalions The Leicestershire Regiment Handbook of the Turkish Army 1916 The Sky Their Battlefield Casualties of the German Air Service 1914-20 Sandes – In Kut and Captivity Volume II of the Handbook of Mesopotamia Field Notes – Mesopotamia Cox – The Red Cross Launch Wessex on the River Tigris – Diary of Sydney Cox Clark – To Bagdad with the British Marshal – Memories of Four Fronts Buchanan – The Tragedy of Mesopotamia Davis – Ends and Means Ron Wilcox's – Battles on the Tigris Slim – Unofficial History History of the Corps of Royal Engineers – Vol VII Millar – Death of an Army Neville – History of the 43rd and 52nd Light Infantry in the Great War – Vol 1 A History of the Punjabis 1857 – 23 Keogh – The River in the Desert 4th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment Account of Operations of the 18th (Indian) Division Hamilton – History of the 20th (Field) Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners in the Great War 6th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles Report of the Mesopotamian Commission Watson – Sieges, A Comparative Study Mousley – Secrets of a Kuttite Long – Other Ranks of Kut Durand – The Thirteenth Hussars in the Great War I also have various downloads (a lot of books from online archives around the world - some open some not), extracts, articles and notes from over 20 years interest in the Campaign. Thanks to the forum am just discovering the joys of War Diaries. Mike Etherington mike, going through the posts it appears you have a great deal of knowledge on this subject, so excuse me if i ask to tap in to it. for over 30 years my family and i, have been trying to find out what happened to my grandmothers brother who served in the great war. and hopefully you may be able to help with part of the story. his name was george robert paine, although on his medal card he was put down as george e paine, which is confirmed on the pension documents his family recieved. he served in the RFA , service number 83212,and entered the theatre of war on the 19th june b2 balkans. we know that he served in and survived gallipoli from letters, but are unsure where he went after. some of the family say selonika, but there is evidence that he went to mesopotamia, from writing on a photograph. on his medal card it states that on feb 14th 1916 he was classed as a deserter. this was then drawn through , and his medals were reinstated. along with the award of a pension, this indicates that someone eventually knew of his death on the battle field, for them to remove the charge of desertion. my questions are ,were there any RFA batteries that went from gallipoli to mesopotamia, who would have been invoved in an action around the time of the 10th to 14th feb 1916 and would the officer in charge of the battery have kept a diary or log. the family have tried over the years to find out by going to records offices and even gallipoli, but have had no luck. any help would be appreciated len Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingoworlddk Posted 25 May , 2009 Share Posted 25 May , 2009 I'm researching the history of the remounts in the Mesopotamia campaign on behalf of a friends great-grandfather, who served in the 40th Squadron. He was invalided home in August 1917 due to 'chronic malaria'. His name is RTS/4231 Private Robert Alfred Smith, although his middlename might not appear in the records (it is not on the MIC). I was therefore wondering, if in any of the books you list, the 40th Squadron or the word/unit remounts appears. I am hoping to go to the National Archives on my next visit to England to see if I can find any relevant war diaries. Thank you for any help. Steen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinclift Posted 26 May , 2009 Share Posted 26 May , 2009 My specilisation is the Mesopotamian Campaign, Ron wrote the book (and very good it is to) but I may have the library. Look ups are offered from the following: Wilson – Loyalties – Mesopotamia 1914-17 A Clash of Loyalties – Mesopotamia 1917-20 Lloyd George – War Memories Chandler – Long Road to Baghdad Vols 1+2 Townshend – My Campaign Bailey – Mission to Tashkent Burke – With Horse and Morse (ANZAC Forces in the Middle East) The Kia Ora Coo-ee – ANZAC Magazine in the Middle East Wipers Times Ed Erickson – Ordered to Die Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War 1 Sandhu – The 18th Cavalry (History of 7 th Hariana and 6th KEO) Staff College – Critical Study & Map Case Anglesey – History of the British Cavalry – vol 6 (Mesopotamia) Occleshaw – Armour Against Fate (British Mil Intelligence in ww1) Winstone – OC Desert (Leachman) Hopkirk – On Secret Service East of Constantinople Tennant – In the Clouds Above Baghdad Moukbil Bey –La Campagne De L'Irak 1914-18 Thompson – Beyond Baghdad Barber – Besieged in Kut Leland – MT in Mesopotamia Byrne – Mesopotamia – The Last Phase Cato – The Navy in Mesopotamia 1914-17 Young – The Independent Arab Braddon – The Siege Sherson – Townshend of Citral and Kut Winstone – Gertrude Bell Bell – Selected Letters Rawlinson – History of 2/6th Rajputana Rifles Kearsey – The Campaign in Mesopotamia Begg – Surgery on Trestles 'Black Tab' – On the Road to Kut Bird – A Chapter of Misfortunes Hall – The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia Evans – The Campaign in Mesopotamia Barker – Townshend of Kut Von Sanders – Five Years in Turkey Roosevelt – War in the Garden of Eden With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia Official History of the War – Mesopotamia Vols 1 -4 Operations in Persia War in the Air Vols 5 & 6 Barker – The Neglected War Letters of TE Lawrence History of No 30 Squadron Angier – A Hussars War (13th Hussars) Dixon – On the Psychology of Military Incompetence Yeats-Brown – Bengal Lancer Golden Horn Jones – The Road to Endor Atkinson – The Devonshire Regiment 1914-18 History of 1st & 2nd Battalions The Leicestershire Regiment Handbook of the Turkish Army 1916 The Sky Their Battlefield Casualties of the German Air Service 1914-20 Sandes – In Kut and Captivity Volume II of the Handbook of Mesopotamia Field Notes – Mesopotamia Cox – The Red Cross Launch Wessex on the River Tigris – Diary of Sydney Cox Clark – To Bagdad with the British Marshal – Memories of Four Fronts Buchanan – The Tragedy of Mesopotamia Davis – Ends and Means Ron Wilcox's – Battles on the Tigris Slim – Unofficial History History of the Corps of Royal Engineers – Vol VII Millar – Death of an Army Neville – History of the 43rd and 52nd Light Infantry in the Great War – Vol 1 A History of the Punjabis 1857 – 23 Keogh – The River in the Desert 4th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment Account of Operations of the 18th (Indian) Division Hamilton – History of the 20th (Field) Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners in the Great War 6th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles Report of the Mesopotamian Commission Watson – Sieges, A Comparative Study Mousley – Secrets of a Kuttite Long – Other Ranks of Kut Durand – The Thirteenth Hussars in the Great War I also have various downloads (a lot of books from online archives around the world - some open some not), extracts, articles and notes from over 20 years interest in the Campaign. Thanks to the forum am just discovering the joys of War Diaries. Mike Etherington Hi Mike Can you help me please. An ancestor of mine was KIA at Hai Salient near Basra on January 25th 1917. Sargeant George Thomas Powell 16776 of the North Staffordshire Regiment. Do you have any details of what happened just before and up to 25th. Also if it would be possible to get hold of the Battalion diary for that day? Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gareth Jones Posted 27 May , 2009 Share Posted 27 May , 2009 My specilisation is the Mesopotamian Campaign, Ron wrote the book (and very good it is to) but I may have the library. Look ups are offered from the following: Wilson – Loyalties – Mesopotamia 1914-17 A Clash of Loyalties – Mesopotamia 1917-20 Lloyd George – War Memories Chandler – Long Road to Baghdad Vols 1+2 Townshend – My Campaign Bailey – Mission to Tashkent Burke – With Horse and Morse (ANZAC Forces in the Middle East) The Kia Ora Coo-ee – ANZAC Magazine in the Middle East Wipers Times Ed Erickson – Ordered to Die Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War 1 Sandhu – The 18th Cavalry (History of 7 th Hariana and 6th KEO) Staff College – Critical Study & Map Case Anglesey – History of the British Cavalry – vol 6 (Mesopotamia) Occleshaw – Armour Against Fate (British Mil Intelligence in ww1) Winstone – OC Desert (Leachman) Hopkirk – On Secret Service East of Constantinople Tennant – In the Clouds Above Baghdad Moukbil Bey –La Campagne De L'Irak 1914-18 Thompson – Beyond Baghdad Barber – Besieged in Kut Leland – MT in Mesopotamia Byrne – Mesopotamia – The Last Phase Cato – The Navy in Mesopotamia 1914-17 Young – The Independent Arab Braddon – The Siege Sherson – Townshend of Citral and Kut Winstone – Gertrude Bell Bell – Selected Letters Rawlinson – History of 2/6th Rajputana Rifles Kearsey – The Campaign in Mesopotamia Begg – Surgery on Trestles 'Black Tab' – On the Road to Kut Bird – A Chapter of Misfortunes Hall – The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia Evans – The Campaign in Mesopotamia Barker – Townshend of Kut Von Sanders – Five Years in Turkey Roosevelt – War in the Garden of Eden With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia Official History of the War – Mesopotamia Vols 1 -4 Operations in Persia War in the Air Vols 5 & 6 Barker – The Neglected War Letters of TE Lawrence History of No 30 Squadron Angier – A Hussars War (13th Hussars) Dixon – On the Psychology of Military Incompetence Yeats-Brown – Bengal Lancer Golden Horn Jones – The Road to Endor Atkinson – The Devonshire Regiment 1914-18 History of 1st & 2nd Battalions The Leicestershire Regiment Handbook of the Turkish Army 1916 The Sky Their Battlefield Casualties of the German Air Service 1914-20 Sandes – In Kut and Captivity Volume II of the Handbook of Mesopotamia Field Notes – Mesopotamia Cox – The Red Cross Launch Wessex on the River Tigris – Diary of Sydney Cox Clark – To Bagdad with the British Marshal – Memories of Four Fronts Buchanan – The Tragedy of Mesopotamia Davis – Ends and Means Ron Wilcox's – Battles on the Tigris Slim – Unofficial History History of the Corps of Royal Engineers – Vol VII Millar – Death of an Army Neville – History of the 43rd and 52nd Light Infantry in the Great War – Vol 1 A History of the Punjabis 1857 – 23 Keogh – The River in the Desert 4th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment Account of Operations of the 18th (Indian) Division Hamilton – History of the 20th (Field) Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners in the Great War 6th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles Report of the Mesopotamian Commission Watson – Sieges, A Comparative Study Mousley – Secrets of a Kuttite Long – Other Ranks of Kut Durand – The Thirteenth Hussars in the Great War I also have various downloads (a lot of books from online archives around the world - some open some not), extracts, articles and notes from over 20 years interest in the Campaign. Thanks to the forum am just discovering the joys of War Diaries. Mike Etherington Mike, Am also amazed at this extensive collection - am new to research on this theatre of War. My Grandfather was in the Herefords who played a role in most of the Mesopotamia/Palestine campaigns. Would be interested to see what general information you may have on them as a starting point to my own research. Many thanks Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledouble Posted 28 May , 2009 Share Posted 28 May , 2009 Mike, Am also amazed at this extensive collection - am new to research on this theatre of War. My Grandfather was in the Herefords who played a role in most of the Mesopotamia/Palestine campaigns. Would be interested to see what general information you may have on them as a starting point to my own research. Many thanks Gareth Hi Mike, Does your library have anything on the 157th R.G.A My greatgrandfather was a gunner in Mespot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDP1955 Posted 29 May , 2009 Share Posted 29 May , 2009 Do you by any chance have anything on Capt later Lt Col Henry J Crossley. He was a doctor with the 20th Field Ambulance and 31st Stationary Hospital, 7th (Meerut) Division He was in Mesopotamia from Jan 1916 until the end of the war when he moved to India I am trying to find out as much as I can about him, before publishing some of the letters he wrote home on my website! Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteyre Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 Anything on 6th LAMB, specifically John William Flower ASC attached 6th LAMB, rolls royce armored car "Cleopatra" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icenitribe Posted 29 June , 2009 Share Posted 29 June , 2009 You may have a full-time job on your hands looking up all of the requests! If you have time, I would appreciate any info you may have in relationship to my Gt. Grandfather, George E. Spink. Regimental No: 57057. Bombardier in the RFA. He is buried in North Gate Cemetery, Baghdad. Died POW Turkey, 29/04/16. First theatre of war: 5a-Asiatic 17/11/14. Another forum member told me that from the dates he almost certainly was captured at Kut, with the 6th Poona Indian Division, and the 10th Brigade RFA. Do you have anything in your extensive collection relating to my Gt. Grandfather, the 10th Brigade or the battle at Kut? Many thanks, Icenitribe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20th Division Posted 20 July , 2009 Share Posted 20 July , 2009 Mike------You must be a busy man with all these responses----I just posted a request for info about my Gt Uncle who was in MESSPOT--with 1st Northumberland fusiliers-----1918--1920. Were they in any actions? Are there any photos of themthere? can you recommend a good readable book from your list that i can buy which might give me the best amount of info about the N.F's time out there in Basra and Mosul areas during the 19-20 occupation? MANY THANKS.Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan_NW Posted 7 August , 2009 Share Posted 7 August , 2009 Mike It's an amazing collection you have! Would you be able to see if you have anything at all on my Gt. Uncle? He was 18453 Private Robert Tetlow of 6th Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment. As you are interested in War Diaries I have the complete battalion diaries for the whole of 1916 in digitized form and I would gladly share them with you, and for that matter anyone else who would be interested in them. Regards Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russellwoodward Posted 11 September , 2009 Share Posted 11 September , 2009 Dear Mike I would appreciate any help in information on Christopher Vincent Russell - Cheshire Reg attached to the Indian Postal & Telegraph Dept He died i Mesopatamia on the 29 july 1918 I am aware that he was in Hospital Any help would be appreciated Regards Russell Woodward My specilisation is the Mesopotamian Campaign, Ron wrote the book (and very good it is to) but I may have the library. Look ups are offered from the following: Wilson – Loyalties – Mesopotamia 1914-17 A Clash of Loyalties – Mesopotamia 1917-20 Lloyd George – War Memories Chandler – Long Road to Baghdad Vols 1+2 Townshend – My Campaign Bailey – Mission to Tashkent Burke – With Horse and Morse (ANZAC Forces in the Middle East) The Kia Ora Coo-ee – ANZAC Magazine in the Middle East Wipers Times Ed Erickson – Ordered to Die Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War 1 Sandhu – The 18th Cavalry (History of 7 th Hariana and 6th KEO) Staff College – Critical Study & Map Case Anglesey – History of the British Cavalry – vol 6 (Mesopotamia) Occleshaw – Armour Against Fate (British Mil Intelligence in ww1) Winstone – OC Desert (Leachman) Hopkirk – On Secret Service East of Constantinople Tennant – In the Clouds Above Baghdad Moukbil Bey –La Campagne De L’Irak 1914-18 Thompson – Beyond Baghdad Barber – Besieged in Kut Leland – MT in Mesopotamia Byrne – Mesopotamia – The Last Phase Cato – The Navy in Mesopotamia 1914-17 Young – The Independent Arab Braddon – The Siege Sherson – Townshend of Citral and Kut Winstone – Gertrude Bell Bell – Selected Letters Rawlinson – History of 2/6th Rajputana Rifles Kearsey – The Campaign in Mesopotamia Begg – Surgery on Trestles ‘Black Tab’ – On the Road to Kut Bird – A Chapter of Misfortunes Hall – The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia Evans – The Campaign in Mesopotamia Barker – Townshend of Kut Von Sanders – Five Years in Turkey Roosevelt – War in the Garden of Eden With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia Official History of the War – Mesopotamia Vols 1 -4 Operations in Persia War in the Air Vols 5 & 6 Barker – The Neglected War Letters of TE Lawrence History of No 30 Squadron Angier – A Hussars War (13th Hussars) Dixon – On the Psychology of Military Incompetence Yeats-Brown – Bengal Lancer Golden Horn Jones – The Road to Endor Atkinson – The Devonshire Regiment 1914-18 History of 1st & 2nd Battalions The Leicestershire Regiment Handbook of the Turkish Army 1916 The Sky Their Battlefield Casualties of the German Air Service 1914-20 Sandes – In Kut and Captivity Volume II of the Handbook of Mesopotamia Field Notes – Mesopotamia Cox – The Red Cross Launch Wessex on the River Tigris – Diary of Sydney Cox Clark – To Bagdad with the British Marshal – Memories of Four Fronts Buchanan – The Tragedy of Mesopotamia Davis – Ends and Means Ron Wilcox’s – Battles on the Tigris Slim – Unofficial History History of the Corps of Royal Engineers – Vol VII Millar – Death of an Army Neville – History of the 43rd and 52nd Light Infantry in the Great War – Vol 1 A History of the Punjabis 1857 – 23 Keogh – The River in the Desert 4th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment Account of Operations of the 18th (Indian) Division Hamilton – History of the 20th (Field) Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners in the Great War 6th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles Report of the Mesopotamian Commission Watson – Sieges, A Comparative Study Mousley – Secrets of a Kuttite Long – Other Ranks of Kut Durand – The Thirteenth Hussars in the Great War I also have various downloads (a lot of books from online archives around the world - some open some not), extracts, articles and notes from over 20 years interest in the Campaign. Thanks to the forum am just discovering the joys of War Diaries. Mike Etherington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemeso Posted 27 September , 2009 Author Share Posted 27 September , 2009 Mike, is the look up offer still open? I have two queries; - can you spot anything refering to D Coy 8th Battalion MGC? I think my GF went to Basra in 1920 but I'm now sure what was going on there at the time. - He went there from India, where I think he may have been colocated with the 18th (QMO) Royal Hussars. Did they also go to Basra and were they and the 8th Bn MGC deployed together? Grateful for any help you can provide, if only background stuff on Basra 1920 and conditions for the soldiers etc. Kelvin Kelvin, Your best bet is probably 'The Insurrection in Mesopotamia 1920' by Haldane which has just been reprinted by those nice people at Naval & Military Press ISBN: 1904897169 it's £38 so you may want to use the library service which i think is now £2.50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agedpink Posted 2 October , 2009 Share Posted 2 October , 2009 Hi Mike would it be possible for you to look up anything on Private S/19943 Albert Edward Jennison 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers Died of wounds on Thursday 6th April 1916 aged 24. He is buried in the Amara War Cemetery Amara Iraq. Regards Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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