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Catalogue description Special Commissions to Enquire into the Operations of War in Mesopotamia (Hamilton Commission) and in the Dardanelles (Cromer and Pickford Commission): Records
| Reference: | CAB 19 |
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| Title: | Special Commissions to Enquire into the Operations of War in Mesopotamia (Hamilton Commission) and in the Dardanelles (Cromer and Pickford Commission): Records |
| Description: |
Documents relating to the Dardanelles Commission include copies of statements and other documents submitted, minutes of evidence and reports. Papers of the Mesopotamia Commission include the Secretary's minute book, proceedings, correspondence, and a copy of the final report. |
| Date: | 1916-1919 |
| Arrangement: |
Loosely chronological within original subject arrangement |
| Related material: |
For maps produced for this Commission see WO 301 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Commission to Enquire into the Operations of War in Mesopotamia, 1916-1917 Commission to Enquire into the Operations of War in the Dardanelles, 1916-1919 |
| Physical description: | 33 file(s) |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1964 Cabinet Office |
| Accruals: | No future accruals expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Special Commissions (Dardanelles and Mesopotamia) Act 1916 provided for the appointment of two Commissions to enquire into the conduct of operations of war in the Dardanelles and Mesopotamia.The Mesopotamia Commission reported in 1917, whilst the final report of the Dardanelles Commission was published in 1919. |
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