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British NCO served with 1st Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17th Indian Bde, 6th Indian Div in Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916 including Siege of Kut-el-Amara, 12/1915-4/1916; POW in Turkey, 1916-1918
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REEL 1 Aspects of operations as private with 1st Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17th Indian Bde, 6th Indian Div during Siege of Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 12/1915-4/1916: trenches; water and food ration; destruction of weapons and surrender, 29/4/1916. Recollections of period as POW in Mesopotamia and Turkey, 1916-1918: food; use of camel dung as fuel; march to Baghdad; crossing River Tigris in coracles; reception; casualties from lack of water during march; failure of prior attempts to relieve Kut-el-Amara; question being sent on parole to India; POW pay when on working parties; working for German soldiers and German officers near Black Sea; state of boots and uniform. Aspects of operations as private with 1st Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17th Indian Bde, 6th Indian Div in Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 22/11/1915-5/12/1915: terrain; casualties in attack on Turkish positions during Battle of Ctesiphon, 11/1915; situation; rearguard actions and conditions during retreat to Kut-el-Amara; arrival at Kut-el-Amara.
