'Report from General Sir J E Nixon, K C B, Commanding I E F 'D', on the action at Bushire, 9th September 1915'

Content

This confidential memorandum, compiled by the General Staff, India, and printed at the Government Central Branch Press at Simla, 1915, concerns the action on 9 September 1915, in which a strong body of Tangistani raiders was ousted from Bushire. The memorandum contains a covering letter (folio 2) from General Sir John Eccles Nixon, commanding the Indian Expeditionary Force 'D', to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Head Quarters, India, dated 12 September 1915, and encloses two reports by Brigadier-General H T Brooking (folios 3v-5), dated 10 September 1915. The first contains details of those killed, died of wounds, and wounded; the second report contains details of those deserving special notice. A second covering letter (folio 2v), also dated 12 September 1915, encloses a 'Roll of Indian officers and men recommended for the awards therein for gallantry and devotion to duty'. The report also includes a map on folio 6 entitled 'Rough Sketch of Action, 9th September'.

Extent and format

1 file (7 folios)

It is grouped into

'Rough sketch of action, 9th September'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/99, f 6

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/99

Former external reference(s)

Case 12637 Serial No. 23

History of this record

Date(s)

1915 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

First World War (1914-1918)

Places

Bushire

People & organisations

Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, Chief Political OfficerIndian Expeditionary Force D, CommanderSir Harry Triscott Brooking, Knight

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'Report from General Sir J E Nixon, K C B, Commanding I E F 'D', on the action at Bushire, 9th September 1915', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/99, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001a7> [accessed 18 April 2024]

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