Distribution of Mesopotamia Expeditionary Corps 18 November 1917

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1 Distribution of Mesopotamia Expeditionary Corps 18 November 1917 TIGRIS FRONT (General HQ in Baghdad) Cavarly Division: (HQ at Sadiya, Tigris right bank) 6th Cavalry Brigade: 14th Hussars 21st Cavalry 22nd Cavalry 15th Machine Gun Squadron No. 2 Field Troop, 2nd Sappers & Miners 6th Cavalry Brigade Supply & Transport Company 7th Cavalry Brigade: 13th Hussars 13th Lancers 14th Lancers 16th Machine Gun Squadron 7th Cavalry Brigade Field Troop,RE 7th Cavalry Brigade Supply & Transport Company Division Troops: HQ, Divisional Artillery "S" Battery RHA (6 guns) "V" Battery, RHA (6 guns) Cavalry Divisional Signal Squadron 1st ANZAC Wireless Signal Squadron (3 pack stations) Cavalry Divisional Troops Supply and Transport Company No. 119 Combined Cavalry Field Ambulance No. 131 Indian Combined Cavalry Field Ambulance No. 30 Sanitary Section No. 4 Mobile Veterinary Section No. 5 Mobile Veterinary Section 11th Cavalry Brigade: (forming) 7th Hussars (not yet arrived from India) 23rd Cavalry Guides Cavalry 25th Machine Gun Squadron (to be formed) "W" Battery, RHA (not yet arrived from India) No. 5 Field Troop, 1st Sappers & Miners (to be formed) 11th Cavalry Brigade Signal Troop (forming) 11th Cavalry Brigade Supply & Transport Company (not yet arrived from India) No. 152 Cavalry Combined Field Ambulance (not yet arrived from India) No. 8 Mobile Veterinary Section (at Basra) 1st Indian Army Corps: (HQ at Samarra) 3rd (Lahore) Division: (HQ at Samarra) 7th Infantry Brigade: 1/Connaught Rangers 27th Punjabis 91st Punjabis 2/7th Gurkhas No. 131 Machine Gun Company 1

2 7th Brigade Supply & Transport Company 8th Infantry Brigade: 1/Manchester Regiment 47th Sikhs 59th Rifles 2/124th Baluchistan Infantry No. 132nd Machine Gun Company 8th Brigade Supply & Transport Company 9th Infantry Brigade: 2nd Dorsetshire Regiment 93rd Burma Infantry 105th Mahrattas 1/1st Gurkhas No. 133 Machine Gun Company 9th Brigade Supply & Transport Company Artillery: Headquarters Divisional Artillery 4th Brigade, RFA 7th Battery (6 guns) 14th Battery (6 guns) 66th Battery (6 guns) B/69th (Howitzer) Battery (4 howitzers) 8th Brigade, RFA: 372nd Battery (6 guns) 373rd Battery (6 guns) 374th Battery (6 guns) 72nd Battery (4 guns) Attached 3 small arm ammunition sections Engineers: HQ Divisional Engineers 1/34th Sikh Pioneers 18th Field Company, 3rd Sappers & Miners 20th Field Company, 3rd Sappers & Miners 21st Field Company, 3rd Sappers & Miners Divisional Troops: 3rd Divisional Signals Company No. 271 Machine Gun Company (at Basra) 3rd Division Supply Column No. 3 Mobile Veterinary Section 110th Indian Field Ambulance 111th Indian Field Ambulance 112th Indian Field Ambulance 113th Indian Field Ambulance No. 11 Sanitary Section 7th (Merrut) Division: (HQ at Samarra) 19th Brigade: 1/Seaforth Highlanders 28th Punjabis 92nd Punjabis 125th Rifles No. 134 Machine Gun Company 19th Brigade Supply & Transport Company 21st Brigade: 2nd Black Watch 2

3 1st Guides Infantry 20th Punjabis 1/8th Gurkhas No. 135 Machine Gun Company 21st Brigade Supply & Transport Company 28th Brigade: 2/Leicestershire 51st Sikhs 53rd Sikhs 56th Rifles No. 136 Machine Gun Company 28th Brigade Supply & Transport Company Artillery: HQ Divisional Artillery 9th Brigade,RFA 19th Battery (6 guns) 20th Battery (6 guns) 28th Battery (6 guns) D/69th Howitzer Battery (4 guns) 56th Brigade, RFA: "A" Battery (4 guns) "B" Battery (4 guns) "C" Battery (4 guns) "D" Battery (4 guns) 3 small arms ammunition sections Engineers: HQ Divisional Engineers 1st Field Company, 1st Sappers & Miners 3rd Field Company, 1st Sappers & Miners 4th Field Company, 1st Sappers & Miners 121st Pioneers Divisional Troops: 7th Divisional Signal Company No. 272 Machine Gun Company (at Basra) 7th Division Supply Column 127th Indian Field Ambulance 128th Indian Field Ambulance 129th Indian Field Ambulance 130th Indian Field Ambulance No. 12 Sanitary Section No. 2 Mobile Veterinary Section "D", "E", & "F" Light Trench Mortar Batteries Corps Troops: 32nd Lancers I Corps Heavy Artillery Brigade 2/86th Battery, RGA (4 60pdr guns) 157th Battery, RGA (4 60pdr guns) I Corps Siege Artillery Brigade 159th Battery, RGA (4 6" guns) 246th Battery, RGA (4 6" guns) 257th Battery, RGA (4 6" guns) 3

4 No. 788 MT Company, ASC (caterpillar tractors) No. 789 MT Company ASC, (Caterpillar tractors) No. 901 MT Company ASC, (Caterpillar tractors) No. 902 MT Company ASC, (Caterpillar tractors) No. 133 Trench Mortar Battery (4 2" mortars) No. 134 Trench Mortar Battery (4 2" mortars) No. 135 Trench Mortar Battery (4 2" mortars) I Corps Signal Company No. 1 Printing Section No. 1 Litho Section 59th Anti-Aircraft Section 93rd Anti-Aircraft Section Search Light Company (1 section) 1st Wireless Squadron (1 wagon station) No. 40 Motor Ambulance Convoy III Indian Army Corps: (HQ at Baquba) 13th Division: (HQ at Abu Saida) 38th Brigade: 6th King's Own Royal Regiment 6th East Lancashire 6th (Prince of Wales volunteers) South Lancashire 6th Loyal Regiment (N. Lancashire) No. 38 Machine Gun Company 38th Brigade Supply & Transport Company 39th Brigade: 9th Royal Warwickshire 7th Gloucestershire 9th Worcestershire 7th North Staffordshire No. 39 Machine Gun Company 39th Brigade Supply & Transport Company 40th Brigade: 8th Cheshire 8th Royal Welch Fusiliers 4th South Wales Borderers 5th Wiltshire No. 40 Machine Gun Company 40th Brigade Supply & Transport Company Mounted Troops: 13th Divisional Cyclist Company 55th Brigade, RFA: A/55th Battery (4 guns) B/55th Battery (4 guns) C/55th Battery (4 guns) 60/55th Battery (4 guns) 66th Brigade, RFA: A/66th Battery (4 guns) B/66th Battery (4 guns) C/66th Battery (4 guns) 61/66th Battery (4 guns) Other Artillery: 3 small arms ammunition sections Engineers: 71st Field Company, RE 4

5 72nd Field Company, RE 88th Field Company, RE 8th Welch Regiment (Pioneers) Divisional Troops: 13th Divisional Signal Company 273rd Machine Gun Company (at Basra) 13th Divisional Supply and Transport Company 10th Field Bakery 31st Field Butchery 13th Division Supply Column 39th British Field Ambulance 40th British Field Ambulance 41st British Field Ambulance No. 28 Sanitary Section No. 24 Veterinary Section "G", "H", & "I" Light Trench Mortar Batteries 14th (Indian) Division: (HQ at Shahraban) 35th Infantry Brigade: 1/5th Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 37th Dogras 102nd Grenadiers 2/4th Gurkhas No. 185 Machine Gun Company 35th Brigade Supply & Transport Company 36th Infantry Brigade: 1/4th Hampshire Regiment 26th Punjabis 62nd Punjabis 82nd Punjabis No. 186 Machine Gun Company 36th Brigade Supply & Transport Company 37th Infantry Brigade: 2/Norfolk Regiment 37th Punjabis 1/2nd Gurkhas 2/9th Gurkhas No. 187 Machine Gun Company 37th Brigade Supply & Transport Company Engineers: Headquarters, Divisional Engineers 128th Pioneers 12th Field Company, Sappers & Miners 13th Field Company, Sappers & Miners 15th Field Company, Sappers & Miners Artillery: HQ, Divisional Artillery 13th Brigade, RFA: 2nd Battery, RFA (6 guns) 8th Battery, RFA (6 guns) 44th Battery, RFA (6 guns) C/69th Howitzer Battery (4 guns) 30th Brigade: 384th Battery (6 guns) 385th Battery (6 guns) 386th Battery (6 guns) 5

6 A/69th Howitzer Battery (4 guns) 3 small arms ammunition columns Divisional Troops: 14th Divisional Signal Company 14th Divisional Troop Supply & Transport Company No. 274 Machine Gun Company (at Basra) No. 20 Combined Field Ambulance No. 21 Combined Field Ambulance No. 22 Combined Field Ambulance No. 135 Combined Field Ambulance No. 13 Sanitary Section No. 1 Mobile Veterinary Section "J", "K", & "L" Light Mortar Batteries Corps Troops: 12th Cavalry III Corps Heavy Artillery Brigade 2/104th Battery (4 60pdr guns) 177th Battery (4 60pdr guns) III Corps Siege Artillery Brigade 269th Battery (4 6" howitzers) 384th Battery (4 6" howitzers) 387th Battery (4 6" howitzers) No. 134 (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA 60th Battery (6 guns) 61st Battery (6 guns) No. 903rd MT Company, ASC (caterpillar tractors) No. 967th MT Company, ASC (caterpillar tractors) No. 968th MT Company, ASC (caterpillar tractors) No. 969th MT Company, ASC (caterpillar tractors) No. 136th Trench Mortar Battery No. 137th Trench Mortar Battery No. 138th Trench Mortar Battery No. 80 Anti-Aircraft Section No. 92 Anti-Aircraft Section III Corps Signals Company No. 2 Printing Section No. 2 Litho Section 26th Mountain Battery (2 guns) Nos. 80 & 92 Anti-Aircraft Sections No. 1 Mobile Bridging Train (less detachments) Field Searchlight Company (1/2 section) 1st Wireless Squadron (2 pack station) No. 20 British Field Ambulance No. 1 Indian Field Ambulance (3 sections) No. 39 Motor Ambulance Company 15th Division: (HQ at Falluja) HQ, 15th Division 12th Infantry Brigade: (in Basara, enroute to Tigris Front) 1/5th Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 2/39th Garhwal Rifles 1/43rd Erinpura Regiment 90th Punjabis No. 128 Machine Gun Company 12th Brigade Supply and Transport Company 6

7 42nd Infantry Brigade: 1/4th Dorsetshire Regiment 1/5th Gurkhas 2/5th Gurkhas 2/6th Gurkhas No. 130 Machine Gun Company 42nd Brigade Supply and Transport Company 50th Infantry Brigade: 1st Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th Jats 24th Punjabis 1/97th Infantry No. 256th Machine Gun Company 50th Brigade Supply and Transport Company Cavalry: "D" Squadron, 1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry Artillery: 215th Brigade, RFA 1086th Battery (6 guns) 1088th Battery (6 guns) 524th Battery (6 guns) 2/1st Notts Battery (4 guns) 222nd Brigade, RFA 375th Battery (6 guns) 1070th Battery (6 guns) 1072nd Battery (6 guns) 77th Battery (4 guns) 3 small arms ammunition sections Engineers: HQ Divisional Engineers 448th Field Company, RE 449th Field Company, RE 450th Field Company, RE 48th Pioneers Divisional Troops 15th Divisional Signal Company No. 275th Machine Gun Company (at Basra) 15th Divisional Troops Supply & Transport Company No. 23 Combined Field Ambulance No. 34 Combined Field Ambulance No. 105 Combined Field Ambulance No. 108 Combined Field Ambulance No. 16 Sanitary Section No. 6 Mobile Veterinary Section Attached: 10th Lancers (1 sqn) No. 118 Anti-aircraft Section Det/No. 1 Mobile Bridging Train Field Searchlight Company (1/2 section) 1st Wireless Signal Squadron (2 pack stations) "M", "N", "O" Light Trench Mortar Batteries 17th Division: (HQ at Baghdad) 34th Infantry Brigade: 2nd Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 31st Punjabis 7

8 1/112nd Infantry 114th Mahrattas No. 129 Machine Gun Company 34th Brigade Supply & Transport Company 51st Infantry Brigade: 1st Highland Light Infantry 1/2nd Rajputs 14th Sikhs 1/10th Gurkhas No. 287th Machine Gun Company 51st Brigade Supply & Transport Company 52nd Infantry Brigade: 1/6th Hampshire Regiment 45th Sikhs 84th Punjabis 1/113th Infantry No. 258th Machine Gun Company 52nd Brigade Supply & Transport Company Cavalry: 10th Lancers (1 sqn) Artillery: 220th Brigade, RFA: (enroute from Basra) 1064th Battery (6 guns) 1066th Battery (6 guns) 221st Brigade, RFA: (enroute from Basra) 1067th Battery (6 guns) 1068th Battery (6 guns) 3 small arms ammunition sections Engineers: Sirmur Sapper & Miner Company Malerkotia Sapper & Miner Company Tehri-Gahrwal Sapper & Miner Company 1/32nd Sikh Pioneers Divisional Troops: 17th Divisional Signal Company No. 276 Machine Gun Company (in Basra) Divisional Troops Supply & Transport Company (to be formed) No. 3 Combined Field Ambulance No. 19 Combined Field Ambulance No. 35 Combined Field Ambulance No. 36 Combined Field Ambulance No. 1 Sanitary Section No. 7 Mobile Veterinary Section (enroute from Basra) 18th Division: Division had begun to be formed, but the bulk of the units (most of which were to come from India) had not yet arrived in Mesopotamia on 11/18/17. The following units were in Basra: No. 207 Machine Gun Company No. 238 Machine Gun Company No. 239 Machine Gun Company 336th Brigade, RFA "A" Battery (6 guns) "B" Battery (6 guns) 8

9 "C" Battery (6 guns) "D" Battery (6 guns) 337th Brigade, RFA "A" Battery (6 guns) "B" Battery (6 guns) "C" Battery (6 guns) 341st Battery (6 guns) 2nd Company, 1st Sappers & Miners 8th Company, 1st Sappers & Miners 19th Company, 1st Sappers & Miners 249th Machine Gun Company Baghdad Garrison: 49th Bengalis 116th Mahrattas 119th Infantry No. 208 Anti-aircraft Section Army Troops: No. 59 Anti-aircraft Section (with I Corps)(2-13pdrs) No. 93 Anti-aircraft Section (with I Corps)(2-13pdrs) No. 80 Anti-aircraft Section (with III Corps) No. 2 Anti-aircraft Section (with III Corps) No. 118 Anti-aircraft Section (with 15th Division) No. 208 Anti-aircraft Section (with Baghdad garrison) (2-12pdrs) Railway Anti-aircraft Section (with advanced base) (4-2pdr pompoms) Independent Divisional Ammunition Column Nos. 1 & 2 Mobile Bridging Train (with I, III Corps & 15th Division) No. 3 Bridging Train (with I Corps) HQ, Field Searchlight Company Nos. 5 & 8 Litho Sections Nos. 5 & 6 Printing Sections army Signal Company HQ, 1st ANZAC Wireless Signal Squadron (3 wagon sections, one with Russians at Kermanshah) Wireless Press Station 31st Wing, Royal Flying Corps No. 30 Squadron No. 63 Squadron No. 23 Kite Balloon Company (51st & 52nd Sections) No. 6 Light Armored Motor Battery (less 2 sections) No. 13 Light Armored Motor Battery No. 14 Light Armored Motor Battery (less 2 sections) No. 15 Light Armored Motor Battery 64th Pioneers "A" to "O" Light Trench Mortar Batteries (distributed amongst divisions) 9

10 No. 729 Mechanical Transport Company (Ford vans) No. 730 Mechanical Transport Company (Ford vans) No. 783 Mechanical Transport Company (Ford vans) No. 784 Mechanical Transport Company (Ford vans) No. 815 Mechanical Transport Company (Ford vans) No. 818 Mechanical Transport Company (Ford vans) No. 953 Mechanical Transport Company (Ford vans) No. 954 Mechanical Transport Company (Ford vans) No. 971 Mechanical Transport Company (Ford vans) No. 976th Mechanical Transport Company (Packards & Fiats) Det/No. 596 Mechanical Transport Company (peerless lorries) Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 Mule Columns 4th,5th, & 6th Camel Corps No. 33 Motor Ambulance Convoy No. 39 Motor Ambulance Convoy (attached to III Corps) No. 40 Motor Ambulance Convoy (attached to I Corps) Nos 11 & 12 X-ray Units Western Persia Survey Party (with Russians) NASIRIYA FRONT (Nasiriya) HQ Nasiriya Front 14th Mountain Battery (6 guns) Volunteer Battery (7-15pdrs & 1 5"gun) Patiala Lancers (less 2 sqns) 9th Company, Sappers & Miners "B" Troop, 2nd L of C Wireless Signal Squadron (less 1 pack station) Nasiriya Front Signal Company 1/4th Somerset Light Infantry 13th Rajputs (less 6 platoons) 1/42 Deoli Regiment 95th Infantry 104th rifles No. 2 Indian Machine Gun Company (less 1 section) "S" Company, Supply & Transport No. 24 Combined Field Ambulance No. 31 Sanitary Section Veterinary Detachment Field Searchlight Company (1 section) Det/Engineer field Park Det/Electrical & Mechanical Company Advanced Supply Depot No. 83 Combined Station Hospital No. 8 Advanced Depot of Medical Stores (Beni Saad) Det/Volunteer Battery (2-15pdrs) "B" Troop, 2nd Wireless Signal Squadron (1 pack station) 13th Rajputs (1 co) (Suq Ash Shuyukh) 13th Rajputs (2 platoons) 10

11 KARUN FRONT (Ahwaz) HQ, Karun Front 5th Cavalry (less 2 sqns) 21st Mountain Battery (2 guns) Det/Electrical & Mechanical Company Machine Gun Squadron (2 sections) Det/Anglo-Indian Battery (2-15pdrs) 8th Rajputs (less 1 co) Section, No. 1 Indian Machine Gun Company "C" Troop, 2nd Wireless Signal Squadron (less 1 pack station) Det/No. 695th Mechanical Transport Company No. 29 Combined Field Ambulance (modified) "O" Company, Supply & Transport (Sush) 5th Cavalry (2 sqns) "C" Troop, 2nd Wireless Signal Squadron (1 pack station) (Tembeh) 8th Rajputs (1 co) TIGRIS DEFENSES No. 1 Section (Qurna) 44th Merwara Infantry (Amara) HQ, Tigris Defense HQ, No. 1 Section Tigris Defense Anglo-Indian Battery (2-15pdrs) 1/4th Devonshire Regiment 36th Sikhs (less 1 1/2 cos) NO. 2 Section, L of C Signal Company HQ, No. 1 Indian Machine Gun Company No. 33 Combined Field Ambulance (modified) (Mudelil) 36th Sikhs (1 1/2 cos) No. 2 Section (Ali Gharbi) 2/6th Devonshhire Regiment (1 co) (Shaikh Saad) 10th Lancers (1 sqn) 26th Mountain Battery (2 guns) Det/Anglo-Indian Battery (1 gun) 2/6th Devonshire Regiment (less 1 co) 4th Rajputs (less 2 cos) Section No. 1 Indian Machine Gun Company "A" Troop, 2nd Wireless Signal Squadron (1 pack station) No. 32 Combined Ambulance (modified) 42nd Mule Corps Headquarters, Mobile Column (Wadi) Det/Anglo-Indian Battery (1 gun) 4th Rajputs (1 co) 11

12 (Hanna) 126th Baluchistan Infantry (1 co) (Suwada) 126th Baluchistan Infantry (1 platoon) (Kut) Det/Anglo-Indian Battery (2 guns) 2 Searchlight sets 9th Bhopal Infantry 1 armored car (Bughaila) HQ, No. 2 Section, Tigris Defenses HQ, Mobile Column 10th Lancers (less 3 sqns) 26th Mountain Battery (2 guns) Section, No. 1 Indian Machine Gun Company 2nd Wireless Signal Squadron (1 pack station) 126th Baluchis Infantry (less 2 platoons) 96th Infantry "M" Company, Supply & Transport (forming) "N" Company, Supply & Transport (pack pony corps) (less detachments) No. 30 Combined Field Ambulance (modified) No. 3 Section (Aziziya) HQ, No. 3 Section, Tigris Defenses HQ, Mobile Column 10th Lancers (1 sqn) 1st wireless Signal Squadron (1 pack station) 2/7th Hampshire Regiment 1/6th Gurkhas (less 3 3/4 cos) Section, No. 1 Indian Machine Gun company "L" Company, Supply & Transport No. 31 Combined Field Ambulance (modified) (Distributed among 8 railway stations & marching posts between Kut (exclusive) & Diyala (inclusive). 1/6th Gurkhas (3 3/4 cos) 87th Punjabis (less 1 3/4 cos) 1-4" post gun at Diyala) (At two posts (Cassels' Post & Coninghams' Post) between Diyala & Baquba) 87th Punjabis (1 3/4 cos) EUPHRATES DEFENSES (Fao) (Examination Service) Artillery Detachment (1 18pdr & 2 4" guns) Det/108th Infantry Field Searchlight Company (1/2 section) (Basra & Shaiba) Headquarters No. 3 Section, L of C Signal Company HQ Defenses Reserves Patiala Lancers (1 sqn) 21st Mountain Battery (2 guns) 12

13 1/6th Devonshire Regiment (less 2 platoons) "Q" Company, Supply and Transport (less detachments) No. 1 Section: (Basra) HQ, NO. 1 Section, Euphrates Defenses 1 Section, RFA (1-18pdr) Base Depot (2 18pdr guns & 12 4" Stokes trench mortars) 108th Infantry (less 2 cos & Fao detachment) (Distributed among Shaiba, Nukhaila, Ratawi, & Ghabishiya railway stations) 108th Infantry (2 cos) No. 2 Armored Train (Tel el Lam) HQ, No. 2 Section, Euphrates Defenses Patiala Lancers (1 sqn less 1 troop) 21st Mountain Battery (2 guns) 1/6th Devonshire Regiment (2 platoons) 99th Infantry (less 3 cos) Section No. 2 Indian Machine Gun Company No. 1 Armored Train Det "Q" Company, Supply and Transport (Distributed among the railway stations at Luqait, Jaleeb, Tel Maghiya and Safar) 99th Infantry (3 cos) Patiala Lancers (1 troop) Det/"Q" Company, Supply & Transport UNITS TEMPORARILY AT BASRA 11th Lancers (for Tigris Defenses) 15th Mountain Battery (6 guns)(for Tigris Defenses) HQ, 101st Heavy Artillery Brigade 392nd Siege Battery, RGA (4 guns) 394th Siege Battery, RGA (4 guns) 395th Siege Battery, RGA (4 guns) 396th Siege Battery, RGA (4 guns) LINE OF COMMUNICATION UNITS (Basra) 3rd Echelon, General Headquarters HQ, Inspector-General of Communications Base Headquarters Headquarters of Directorates of Inland Water Transport, Port Administration, and Conservancy Sea Transport No. 8 Printing Section No. 8 Printing Section (with 3rd Echelon) No. 1 Works Company Reclamation Section Base Park Company (less detachments) Headquarters Electrical and Mechanical Section 13

14 No. Electrical & Mechanical Company (less dets) Nos. 1, 5, 6, 7, & 9 Labor Corps Mauritius Labor Corps Sierra Leone Labor Corps (for Inland Water Transport) No. 2 Porter Corps Det/No. 10 Porter Corps HQ, 2nd (L of C) Wireless Signal Squadron "E" Troop, 2nd Wireless Signal Squadron HQ & No. 1 Section L of C Signal Company Signal Service Park and Depot Aircraft, Royal Flying Corps 79th Carnatic Infantry (less dets) 80th Carnatic Infantry (less dets) 83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry Nos. 1,2, & 3 British Base Depots Nos. 1,2, & 3 Indian Base Depots Indian General Base Depot Supply Reinforcement Depot Base Supply Depot Base Transport Depot, "A" to "G" Companies Base Mechanical Transport Depot (No. 695 Mechanical Transport Company)(less detachments) Repair Workshops (No. 962 Mechanical Transport Company) Det/No. 596 Mechanical Transport Company No. 1 (Lucknow) & No. 2 (Cawnpore) Bullock Corps Headquarters Military Forwarding Officer Nos. 3,33,& 40 British General Hospitals Nos. 8,9,10,20,22,25,& 27 Indian General Hospitals Officers' Hospital British & Indian Convalescent Depots (Mohammerah) Isolation Hospital Nos. 10, 19, 27, 29, & 99 Sanitary Sections Base Depot of Medical Stores No. 23 Motor Ambulance Convoy (less 27 cars)(no. 656 Mechanical Transport Company) Medical Reinforcement Camp Depot, River Sick Convoy Unit HQ Base Remount Depot One remount squadron Military Prisoner's syce Corps Veterinary Convalescent Depot Nos. 6 & 18 Field Veterinary Stores No. 2 Base Depot Veterinary Stores Base Ordnance Depot Nos. 35, 55, & 111 Companies, Army Ordnance Corps Indian Ordnance Detachments (2 cos) No. 35 Ordnance Mobile Workshop Base Post Office Base Stationary Depot Prisoners of War Camp (Nahr Umar) Headquarters, Administrative Post Det/80th Carnatic Infantry No. 10 Porter Corps (less detachments) No. 29 Local Labor Corps 14

15 QURNA SECTION (Qurna) Headquarters, Administrative Post 85th Burma Infantry (1 co) Detachments of Base Park Depot, No. 1 Works Company, No. 2 Electrical & Mechanical Company No. 27 Local Labor Corps "J" Company, Supply & Transport No. 57 Combined Stationary Hospital Intermediate Supply Depot (Qala Salih) 85th Burma Infantry (less 1 co) AMARA SECTION (Amara) HQ, Administrative Post No. 2 Works Company (less detachments) Det/Electrical & Mechanical Company Det/Base Park Company Nos. 25 & 36 Local Labor Corps "A" Troop, 2nd Wireless Signal Squadron (less 1 pack station) Advanced Depot, Royal Flying Corps 122nd Infantry (less 2 cos) Depot, Machine Gun Corps British & Indian Depots Light Trench Mortar School Officers' Rest Camp Ordnance Detachments "I" Company, Supply & Transport Intermediate Supply Depot British and Indian Convalescent Depot Isolation Hospital Nos. 1, 2, & 32 British General Hospitals Nos. 12, 21, 23, & 42 Indian General Hospitals No. 23 Motor Ambulance Convoy (15 cars) No. 3 Advanced Depot Medical Stores HQ, River Sick Convoy Unit Nos. 17 & 46 Sanitary Sections HQ, Remount Depot 2 remount squadrons (less 2 sections) Nos. 1 & 9 Field Veterinary Sections Military Forwarding Office (sub depot) KUT SECTION (Shaikh Saad) Det/Base Mechanical Transport Depot No. 7 Porter Corps Det/No. 01 Sanitary Section Det/Madras Gardeners (Kut) HQ, Administrative Post Det/No. Electrical & Mechanical Company 15

16 Det/Engineer Field Park "D" Troop, 2nd Wireless Squadron (1 truck station) No. 8 Labor Corps (less detachments) Det/Nos. 10 & 11 Labor Corps No. 31 Local Labor Corps (forming) 122nd Infantry (2 cos) Rest Camp Det/"N" Company, Supply & Transport Intermediate Supply Depot Nos. 5,6, & 7 Porter Corps Det/Mysore Transport Corps Military Forwarding Office (sub-depot) No. 133 British General Hospital No. 24 Indian General Hospital (less detachments) No. 7 Advanced Depot of Medical Stores Depot, River Sick Convoy Unit No. 101 Sanitary Section (less detachments) Ordnance detachments (Aziziya) HQ, Administrative Post HQ, Advanced Supply Depot Det/No. 2 Labor Corps Det/No. 24 Indian General Hospital Det/No. 101 Sanitary Section Advanced Base Section (Baghdad - Advanced Base) HQ Advanced Base HQ Directorate of Railways Two railway armored cars Army ammunition park Advanced signaling park Advanced Echelon, Aircraft Park No. 3 Works Company 300th Electrical & Mechanical Company, RE & Works Depot Engineer Field Park Inland Water Transport workshops Nos. 2,3,4 (less det), 10 (1 co), 11 (less det), 12, 26, 28, 32, & 35 Labor Corps Anglo-Indian Battalion (1 co) 73rd Carnatic Infantry (less det) Rest Camps Advanced Supply Depot Nos. 312 & 313 Depot Units of Supply No. 1 L of C Supply Company (less detachment) Advanced Transport Depot Expeditionary Force Canteen Assistant Military Forward Office, Advanced Base Nos. 1,3,4, & 8 Porter Corps (less dets) British and Indian War Gifts Depot Mysore Imperial Service Transport Corps Nos. 23 & 31 British Stationary Hospitals Nos. 61 & 70 Indian Stationary Hospitals Officers' Hospital Officers' Convalescent Depot Combined Convalescent Depot 16

17 Isolation Hospital Nos. 5 & 6 Advanced Depots, Medical Stores Depot, River Sick Convoy Unit Nos. 15, 16 (less dets), 27 & 30 Casualty Clearing Stations No. 23 Motor Ambulance Convoy (12 cars) Nos. 14 & 100 Sanitary Sections Ceylon Sanitary Section Advanced Remount Depot 2 1/2 Remount Squadrons Advanced Depot, Veterinary Stores Veterinary Hospital Nos. 7, 10, 12, & 15 Veterinary Sections Advanced Ordnance Depot Nos. 34, 49 & 50 Ordnance Mobile Workshops advanced Sanitary Depot Railway anti-aircraft section Nos. 596 Mechanical Transport Company (less det) (Baquba) HQ, Administrative Post Det/73rd Carnatic Infantry Det/No. 10 Labor Corps Det/No. 3 Porter Corps (Sadiya) HQ, Administrative Post Det/No. 11 Labor Corps Det/No. 5 Porter Corps Det/No. 16 Casualty Clearing Station (Samara) HQ, Administrative Post Det/Nos. 4,11, & 3 Labor Corps Det/No. 1 L of C Supply Company Expeditionary Force Canteen Det/No. 3 Porter Corps Det/No. 19 Casualty Clearing Station Moberly, Brig. Gen. F.J., The Campaign in Mesopotamia, , 1923, London, HM Stationary Office. Copyright GFN