‘File 28/38 Troop movements’

Title:

‘File 28/38 Troop movements’

Creator:

Author: PAI Force

Date:

1942/1946

Description:

Abstract: The file contains correspondence, instructions and other papers relating to: troop numbers in Bahrain; troop movements through the Gulf into and out of Bahrain; military movements and military transportation in the wider region; Ministry of War Transport operations at Bahrain. Principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent in the Persian Gulf (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield; Major Tom Hickinbotham); the Defence Officer in the Persian Gulf (Major H T Hewitt); officers at PAIFORCE [Persia and Iraq Force] officials.The file includes:throughout, reports from numerous correspondents (including the Defence Officer at Bahrain, the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, officials at Bombay, RAF [Royal Air Force] Shaibah) reporting specific troop movements, as well as military equipment and supplies, through Bahrain;details of the numbers and locations of military personnel based at Bahrain, submitted to the Political Agent at Bahrain by the Defence Officer in the Persian Gulf (ff 12-14, ff 21-22; ff 67-68), and movement of troops out of Bahrain, as the risk of enemy action there diminishes, with troops transferred to Abadan (ff 29-34);correspondence dated December 1944 relating to proposals to move troops by air between India and Britain, with Bahrain being a staging post, the expectation being that 1,500 military personnel would need to be accommodated at Bahrain at any given time (f 64).The file contains numerous instructions from PAIFORCE:Administrative Instruction No. 60, dated December 1943, relating to the anti-locust campaign in Saudi Arabia, 1943/44, and including details of: general outline of the campaign; responsibilities; order of battle; outline plan; provision of supplies; medical matters; post; pay and allowances; civilian labour and personnel (ff 37-42); subsequent amendments to Administrative Instruction No. 60 (f 55, f 57, f 62);Operation Instruction No. 12, dated November 1943, relating to the destruction of locust swarms in South Persia, and including details of: present locust situation; anti-locust organisation; co-operation from the RAF; locust control in Saudi Arabia and India; object of campaign; administration; intercommunication. Appendix A contains topographical information about the route between Baghdad and Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. Appendix B is a wireless communications plan (ff 45-52);GHQ Movements and Transportation Working Instruction No. 77, dated February 1945 (ff 73-81), HQ (Mov & Tn [Movements and Transportation] PAIFORCE Working Instruction No. 79, dated May 1945 (ff 83-91), and Joint HQ (Mov & Tn) PAIFORCE and Air HQ Iraq and Persia Working Instruction No. 1, dated September 1945 (ff 95-103), with each subsequent instruction superseding the previous instruction, and containing details of: functions of the Movements and Transportation officers; imports and exports; personnel; air movements; BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation] services; RAF services; bookings; documentation; air freight; POL [petroleum, oil and lubricants] shipments.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 109; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-30; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. Two previous foliation sequences, which are also circled, have been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Military operations
Military Personnel
Defence Officer, Persian Gulf

Geographic region:

Iran

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000080_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000080_en
IOR/R/15/2/732
IOR/R/15/2/732

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