(Listing continued from ADM 137/205/6). Volume IV, Appendices I-VII, 1916. Folios...

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Volume IV, Appendices I-VII, 1916.

Folios 421-473: Volume IV, Appendix I.

Folios 422-436: Volume IV, Appendix I: Report by Captain Wilfrid Nunn, Senior Naval Officer, Mesopotamia, dated 27 January 1916, to the Admiralty about recent operations in the Tigris in which forces under Lieutenant-General Sir F J Aylmer advanced from Ali Gharbi to the Westward and were engaged with Turkish forces and captured Sheikh Saad and the enemy position at Orah. H. M. ships present during these operations Butterfly (commanded by Lieutenant G A Wilson, RN), Cranefly (commanded by Lieutenant A R Chalmer, RN), Dragonfly (commanded by Lieutenant Aubrey C Thursfield, RN), Gadfly (commanded by Lieutenant Irving M Palmer, RN), Flycatcher (commanded by Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant Hugh Lincoln, RNR), and two steam launches for mine sweeping duties (commanded by Temporary Lieutenant William Airth Milne, RIM).

Folios 427-443: Volume IV, Appendix I (continued): Report by Captain Wilfrid Nunn, Senior Naval Officer, Mesopotamia, HMS Proserpine, to Commander in Chief H.M. ships and vessels East Indies and Egypt, dated 8 May 1916 on the operations on the Tigris between November 1915 and April 1916 comprising the attack on the Ctesiphon position and subsequent retreat on Kut-al-Amara by the 6th Indian Division and other troops under Major-General Townsend; and the operations from January to April 1916 of the Tigris Army Corps under Lieutenant-General Sir F J Aylmer and Lieutenant-General Sir G F Gorringe. Officers and men deserving of mention for the Ctesiphon operations and retreat include Lieutenant George E Harden, RN, HMS Comet, (folio 439); Sub-Lieutenant Lionel C P Tudway, RN, Sumana, (folio 439); Lieutenant C J F Eddis, RN, HMS Firefly, (folio 439); Staff Surgeon E Cameron, HMS Espiegle, (folio 440); Surgeon Frederick G Hitch, HMS Firefly and Sumana, (folio 440); Engineer Lieutenant Thomas Kerr, RIM, HMS Comet, (folio 440); Sub-Lieutenant John G Wood, RNR, (folio 440); Lieutenant C R Goad, RIM, (folio 440); Lieutenant A G Kinch, RIM, HMS Comet, (folio 440); Coastgaurd Arthur Reece, Petty Officer, ON 126927, HMS Comet, (folio 440); Engine Driver 1st Class (native rating), Saidu Hoosein, HMS Comet, (folio 440); Petty Officer James Keay, ON 167367, HMS Firefly, (folio 441); Sergeant Gibbs, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, HMS Firefly (folio 441); Petty Officer Henry John Wheeler, ON 179098, Sumana, (folio 441); Seaman Ernest Guy, RNR, ON A7679, (folio 441); Frederick James Hanson, Signalman, ON J13904, HMS Espiegle; Corporal Lock, driver of motor boat number 30, (folio 441). For the advance from Ali Gharbi and operations January to April 1916, Lieutenant in Command A R Chalmer, HMS Cranefly, (folio 441); Lieutenant in Command I M Palmer, DSC, (folio 441); Shipwright, 2nd Class, George Lewis Thomas, ON M6529, HMS Gadfly, (folio 442); Interpreter 3rd Class, Mohammed Nagaf, HMS Gadfly, (folio 442); Chief Petty Officer George Baker, ON 174322, HMS Cranefly, (folio 442); Leading Seaman Archdeacon Weaire, ON J10544, HMS Cranefly, (folio 442); Alfred Ernest Wilton, Stoker Petty Officer, ON D161168 pension number 156682, HMS Cranefly, (folio 442); Lionel John Matthews, Able Seaman, CSC, J960, HMS Cranefly, (folio 442); Commander A Hamilton, DSO, RIM, (folio 442); Commander C R Wason, (folio 442); Commander Bernard Buxton, HMS Mantis, (folio 443); Sub Lieutenant Vane Tempest, RNVR, (folio 443); Lieutenant Hallett, RIM, HMS Proserpine, (folio 443).

Folio 444: Volume IV, Appendix I (continued): Covering letter, dated 12 May 1916, Captain Wilfrid Nunn, HMS Proserpine, to the Commander in Chief, H.M. ships and vessels East Indies and Egypt.

Folios 445-451: Volume IV, Appendix I (continued): Submission to the use of certain small craft, including gunboats in Mesopotamia by Captain Wilfrid Nunn, HMS Proserpine, Basra 8 June 1916.

Folios 452-453: Volume IV, Appendix I (continued): Despatch dated 11 June 1916 from Captain Wilfrid Nunn, Senior Naval Officer, Mesopotamia, HMS Proserpine, to the Commander in Chief, H.M. Ships and Vessels East Indies Station.

Folios 454-456: Volume IV, Appendix I (continued): Despatch dated 18 June 1916 from Captain Wilfrid Nunn, Senior Naval Officer, Mesopotamia, HMS Proserpine, to the Commander in Chief, H.M. Ships and Vessels East Indies and Egypt Station.

Folios 457-464: Volume IV, Appendix I (continued): Report dated 26 June 1916 by Captain Wilfrid Nunn, Senior Naval Officer, Mesopotamia, HMS Proserpine, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, about the capabilities of the Fly and Insect classes of gun boats for river navigation.

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