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

Title:

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

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:

Cabinet Office , from 1964

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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