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1. ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 21. PART II. (From 16th to 30th April 1916.)’
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- Abstract: 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 30 April 1916. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include letters, memoranda, telegrams, and intelligence summaries and appreciations [reports] from the Directorate of Military Operations.A summary of the contents can be found at the start of IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3250. The volume mostly relates to:Efforts for the relief of Kut [Al-Kut], negotiations with the Turkish [Ottoman] forces, and the surrender of the British garrisonUpdates from the Tigris and Euphrates linesSupplies and equipment for Force D, including ammunition and river craftMedical arrangements in Mesopotamia, including the need for more staff, equipment, and stores, and plans for evacuating the sick and wounded. It includes weekly sick returns for 25 March (f 32) and 1 April (ff 146-147)Reinforcements for Force DPlans for the construction of a railway between Basrah [Basra] and NasiriyahThe movements and dispositions of Turkish and German troopsThe operations of Russian forces.The following tables appear:Composition of Force D (ff 38-42)The strengths of units in Force D (ff 76-87, ff 174-177)Statement showing provision of river craft for Force D (ff 92-96)Statement showing the reinforcements that embarked for Basrah (ff 188-199).The vast majority of material in the volume dates from 16-30 April 1916, but there is also a small amount of material which dates from February, March and 1-15 April 1916.Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 201; 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 also present in parallel between ff 3-199; these numbers are printed and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio.Dimensions: 21 x 33cm
2. 'File 6/43 Baladiya Medical appointments - and other correspondence regarding Bahrain Government Hospital and Dispensary'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating mostly to the purchase and shipment of supplies and equipment and the employment of staff for the Bahrain Government Hospital. The correspondence is mostly between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Political Agent, Bahrain, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, State Medical Officer (Dr Ian Davenport Jones, later Dr Richard Henry Barter Snow), and the Indian Store Department of the Government of India. Additional correspondence is from the following:the High Commissioner for Iraq;the British Consulate-General in Beirut;the Government of India Medical Store Depot in Bombay;the India Office;the Accountant General, Central Revenues Department, Government of India;Gray, Mackenzie and Company;Theodore Hamblin Limited;Yousuf Mahmood Husain;Bombay Surgical Company.The majority of the papers are connected to the sourcing, purchase, and shipment of medical supplies and equipment from India and the United Kingdom. These include invoices, covering letters for payments, lists of items needed, and requests for payments.In addition, the papers cover the following matters:the proposal to appoint a female doctor to the Manama Municipality, later abandoned;complaints about the high fees of the Agency doctor and the cost of drugs;the employment of male dressers and female nurses in the male and female wards, respectively;free medical services for European officials of the government;recommendations by the State Medical Officer regarding the Lunatic Asylum (folio 230).Included in the file is a memorandum on women's hospitals in India (folios 23-34), including a plan of Zenana Hospital (folio 29), plans for a 40-bed and 20-bed hospital (folios 30 and 31), a plan for a dispensary and emergency ward (folio 32), and a plan and designs for a house for the doctor (folio 33).Folios 254-272 are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 273; 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 3-253; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 3-272 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
3. Ext 3228/46 'Medical Equipment and drugs for the Koweit Agency'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding an order of medical equipment and drugs being sent by Dakin Brothers Ltd to the dispensary of the Political Agency, Kuwait. As well as Dakin Brothers, the primary correspondents are: India Supply Commission; Political Resident, Persian Gulf; India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 21; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
4. Coll 30/157A 'Medical Equipment and Drugs for Bahrein Government Hospital'
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- Abstract: The file concerns assistance given by various British Government departments with the provision from medical suppliers of medical equipment (1938-39) and drugs (1945-50) for the hospital of the Government of Bahrain.The papers include lists of medical equipment requested by the Government of Bahrain. The drugs concerned are penicillin and yellow fever vaccine.The papers include correspondence from medical supply companies, and papers concerning air freightage.There are no papers in the file dated 1940-44.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 202; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.