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British private served with 1st Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17th (Ahmednagar) Indian Bde, 6th (Poona) Indian Div in Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916 including Siege of Kut-el-Amara, 5/12/1915-29/4/1916
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REEL 1 Aspects of period as private with Q Coy, 1st Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17th (Ahmednagar) Indian Bde, 6th (Poona) Indian Div during Siege of Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 12/1915-4/1916: restricted rations, 3/1916; state of morale; further reduction in rations, 4/1916; attempt to bring in supplies by boat; physical fitness tests. Recollections of operations as private with Q Coy, 1st Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17th (Ahmednagar) Indian Bde, 6th (Poona) Indian Div during Battle of Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 21/11/1915: approach march; advance and taking cover under Turkish fire; move to right; assisting Lieutenant George Naylor to collect wounded in carts; reiteration of approach march; advance and taking cover under Ottoman Turkish Army fire; move to right; reiteration of assisting Lieutenant George Naylor in collecting wounded in carts. Aspects of period as private with Q Coy, 1st Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17th Indian Bde, 6th Indian Div during retreat to Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 11/1915-12/1915: rear guard actions; narrow escape from Turkish shell. Recollections of period as private with Q Coy, 1st Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17th (Ahmednagar) Indian Bde, 6th (Poona) Indian Div during Siege of Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 12/1915-4/1916: nature of defence from Ottoman Turkish Army attacks on Kut Fort, 24/12/1915; cancellation of armistice for Turks to collect wounded and bury dead due to activities of Ottoman Turkish Army officer in sketching positions, 25/12/1915; attempts to provide water for dying Turkish wounded trapped in No Man's Land; staged reductions in rations; initial refusal of Indian soldiers to eat horse meat.