Indian Divisions in Mesopotamia

Indian divisions formed for service in the 1st World War were composed of battalions of the Regular British Army the British Territorial Force and the BritishIndian Army. The following units saw action in the Mesopotamia Campaign.

6th (Poona) Division

Commanding Officer, Maj-Gen Sir Arthur Barrett
16th Indian Infantry Brigade

• 2nd Btn Dorsetshire Regiment
• 1st Bn. 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis)
• 1st Btn 104th Wellesley’s Rifles
• 1st Btn 117th Mahrattas
  

17th Indian Infantry Brigade

• 1st Btn Ox & Bucks Light Infantry
• 1st Btn 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)
• 1st Btn 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry
• 1st Btn 22nd Punjabis
  

18th Indian Infantry Brigade

• 2nd Btn Norfolk Regiment
• 1st Btn 110th Mahratta Light Infantry
• 1st Btn 120th Rajputana Infantry
• 1st Btn 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs
  

Divisional Artillery

• X Brigade Royal Field Artillery
• 76 Bty. Royal Field Artillery
• 82 Bty. Royal Field Artillery
• 63 Bty. Royal Field Artillery
• 1st Indian Mountain Artillery Brigade
• 23rd (Peshawar) Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)
• 30th Mountain Battery
  

Divisional troops

• 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry
• 17 Co. 3rd Sappers and Miners
• 22 Co. 3rd Sappers and Miners
• 48th Pioneers

7th (Meerut) Division

19th Brigade

• 1st Btn Seaforth Highlanders
• 28th Punjabis
• 92nd Punjabis
• 125th Napier's Rifles
  

21st Brigade

• 1st Btn The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
• 1st Btn Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's) Infantry
• 20th Punjabis
• 1st Battalion 8th Gurkha Rifles
  

28th Brigade

• 2nd Btn The Leicestershire Regiment
• 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)
• 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
• 56th Punjab Rifles

12th Indian Division

12th Indian Brigade
Commanding Officer, Brigadier K E Lean

• 2nd Btn Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
• 4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs
• 44th Merwara Infantry
• 90th Punjabis
  

30th Indian Brigade
Commanding Officer, Major General C J Melliss

• 24th Punjabis
• 76th Punjabis
• 2nd Btn 7th Gurkha Rifles

33rd Indian Brigade
Commanding Officer, Brigadier R Wapshare

• 1/4th Btn Hampshire Regiment
• 11th Rajputs
• 66th Punjabis
• 67th Punjabis
  

Divisional Cavalry

• Two sqns 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry
  

Divisional Artillery

• 86 Heavy Bty Royal Garrison Artillery
• 104 Heavy Bty Royal Garrison Artillery

1/5th Hants Howitzer Bty Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Engineers

• 12 Field Coy Sirmur Imperial Service Coy, Sappers & Miners
• 12 Div Signal Coy

14th Indian Division

35th Brigade

• 1/5th Btn Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
• 37th Dogras
• 102nd Grenadiers
• 2/4th Gurkha Rifles
  

36th Brigade
(Garrison of Baghdad city)

• 1/4th Btn Hampshire Regiment
• 26th Punjabis
• 62nd Punjabis
• 82nd Punjabis
  

37th Brigade

• 2nd Btn Norfolk Regiment
• 67th Punjabis
• 1/2nd Gurkha Rifles
• 2/9th Gurkha Rifles
  

Artillery

• 13th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
• C/69th Howitzer battery

15th Indian Division

12th Indian Infantry Brigade

• 1/5th Bn. Queen's Royal Regiment
• 1st Bn. 90th Punjabis
• 1st Bn. 43rd Erinpura Regiment
• 2nd Bn. 39th Garhwal Rifles
• 128 M.G. Coy
• 12 Lt. T.M. Bty
  

42nd Indian Infantry Brigade

• 1/4th Bn. Dorset Regiment
• 2nd Bn. 5th Gurkha Rifles
• 2nd Bn. 6th Gurkha Rifles
• 1st Bn. 5th Gurkha Rifles
• 130 M.G. Coy
• 42 Lt. T.M. Bty
  

50th Indian Infantry Brigade

• 1st Btn Ox & Bucks Light Infantry
• 1st Btn 6th Jat Light Infantry
• 1st Btn 14th Ferozepore Sikhs
• 1st Btn 97th Deccan Infantry
• 256 M.G. Coy
• 50 Lt. T.M. Bty
  

Divisional Artillery

• CCXXII Brigade RFA

• 375 Bty. RFA
• 1070 Bty. RFA
• 1072 Bty. RFA
• 429 (Howitzer) Bty. RFA

• CCXV Brigade RFA

• 1087 Bty. RFA
• 1088 Bty. RFA
• 816 Bty. RFA
• 524 (Howitzer) Bty. RFA
• Volunteer Battery
  

Divisional troops

• 2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force)
• 448 Field Company RE
• 450 Field Company RE
• 451 Field Company RE
• 48th Pioneers
• 275 M.G. Coy

16th Indian Division

43rd Indian Brigade

• 2/6th Btn Royal Sussex Regiment
• 2nd Btn 12th Pioneers
• 1st Btn 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan
• 1st Btn 4th Gurkha Rifles
  

44th (Ferozepore) Brigade
Joined the division in February 1917

• 1/9th Btn Hampshire Regiment
• 2nd Btn 17th Infantry
• 2nd Btn 30th Punjabis replaced by the 3rd Btn August 1918
  

45th (Jullundur) Brigade
Joined the division in May 1917

• 1/25th Btn London Regiment
• 3rd Btn 23rd Sikh Pioneers
• 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)
• 2nd Btn 151st Sikh Infantry
  

Ambala Brigade
Joined the division in May 1917

• 1/9th Btn Middlesex Regiment
• 4th Btn 30th Punjabis
  

Divisional troops

• 23rd Btn Rifle Brigade
• 2nd Btn 10th Jats

17th Indian Division

34th Brigade

• 2nd Btn Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
• 31st Punjabis
• 1/112th Infantry
• 114th Mahrattas

51st Brigade

• 1st Btn Highland Light Infantry
• 1/2nd Rajputs
• 14th Ferozepore Sikhs
• 1/10th Gurkha Rifles
  

52nd Brigade

• 1/6th Btn Hampshire Regiment
• 45th Rattray's Sikhs
• 84th Punjabis
• 1/|113th Infantry

Artillery 220th Brigade Royal Field Artillery 221st Brigade Royal Field Artilley

18th Indian Division

53rd Brigade

• 1/9th Btn Middlesex Regiment
• 89th Punjabis
• 3rd Gurkha Rifles
• 7th Gurkha Rifles (at Falluja Temporarily attached to 15th Indian Infantry Division)
• 1 Squadron Patiala Lancers
• 2 Squadrons 10th Lancers
  

54th Brigade

• 1/5th Btn Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
• 25th Punjabis
• 39th Garhwal Rifles
• 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
  

55th Brigade

• 1/5th Btn East Surrey Regiment
• 10th Jats
• 94th Russell's Infantry
• 116th Mahrattas
  

Divisional Artillery

• 336th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
• 337th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

7th (Meerut) Indian Cavalry Brigade

• 13th Hussars
• 13th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)
• 14th Murray's Jat Lancers
• 16th Machinegun Squadron
• V Battery Royal Horse Artillery

11th Indian Cavalry Brigade

• 13th Hussars
• Guides Cavalry
• 23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force)
• 25th Machinegun Squadron
• W Battery Royal Horse Artillery