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*42 Lt. T.M. Bty<br>
*42 Lt. T.M. Bty<br>
'''50th Indian Infantry Brigade'''
'''50th Indian Infantry Brigade'''
*1st Bn. Ox & Bucks
*1st Btn [[52nd Regiment of Foot|Ox & Bucks Light Infantry]]
*1st Bn. 6th Jat Light Infantry
*1st Btn [[6th Regiment of Jat Light Infantry|6th Jat Light Infantry]]
*1st Bn. 14th Ferozepore Sikhs
*1st Btn [[14th (Ferozepore) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|14th Ferozepore Sikhs]]
*1st Bn. 97th Deccan Infantry
*1st Btn [[4th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent|97th Deccan Infantry]]
*256 M.G. Coy
*256 M.G. Coy
*50 Lt. T.M. Bty<br>
*50 Lt. T.M. Bty<br>
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:*Volunteer Battery<br>
:*Volunteer Battery<br>
'''Divisional troops'''
'''Divisional troops'''
*22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force)
*2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force)
*448 Field Company RE
*448 Field Company RE
*450 Field Company RE
*450 Field Company RE
*451 Field Company RE
*451 Field Company RE
*48th Pioneers
*[[48th Bengal Pioneers|48th Pioneers]]
*275 M.G. Coy
*275 M.G. Coy


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221st Brigade Royal Field Artilley
221st Brigade Royal Field Artilley


== 18th Indian Division ==
'''53rd Brigade'''
*1/9th Btn [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_Regiment#First_World_War Middlesex Regiment]
*[[89th Punjab Regiment|89th Punjabis]]
*[[3rd Gurkha Rifles]]
*[[43rd Gurkha Rifles|7th Gurkha Rifles]] (at Falluja Temporarily attached to 15th Indian Infantry Division)
*1 Squadron Patiala Lancers
*2 Squadrons [[10th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|10th Lancers]]<br>
'''54th Brigade'''
*1/5th Btn [[50th Regiment of Foot|Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment]]
*[[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|25th Punjabis]]
*[[39th (The Garhwal Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry|39th Garhwal Rifles]]
*[[2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)]]<br>
'''55th Brigade'''
*1/5th Btn [[East Surrey Regiment]]
*[[10th Regiment of Jat Infantry|10th Jats]]
*[[1st Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent|94th Russell's Infantry]]
*[[116th Mahrattas]]<br>
'''Divisional Artillery'''
*336th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
*337th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
== 7th (Meerut) Indian Cavalry Brigade ==
*[[13th Light Dragoons|13th Hussars]]
*[[13th (Duke of Connaught's) Bengal Lancers|13th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)]]
*[[14th Regiment of Bengal Lancers|14th Murray's Jat Lancers]]
*16th Machinegun Squadron
*V Battery Royal Horse Artillery
== 11th Indian Cavalry Brigade ==
*[[13th Light Dragoons|13th Hussars]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Queen_Victoria%27s_Own_Corps_Of_Guides_Cavalry_(Frontier_Force)#World_War_I Guides Cavalry]
*[[3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force)]]
*25th Machinegun Squadron
*W Battery Royal Horse Artillery


[[Category:Mesopotamia Campaign| Indian Divisions in Mesopotamia]]
[[Category:Indian Divisions of 1914-18]]
[[Category:Indian Divisions of 1914-18]]
[[Category:Armies]]
[[Category:Armies]]

Latest revision as of 15:13, 18 June 2010

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

17th Indian Infantry Brigade

18th Indian Infantry Brigade

Divisional Artillery

Divisional troops

7th (Meerut) Division

19th Brigade

21st Brigade

28th Brigade

12th Indian Division

12th Indian Brigade
Commanding Officer, Brigadier K E Lean

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

33rd Indian Brigade
Commanding Officer, Brigadier R Wapshare

Divisional 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

36th Brigade
(Garrison of Baghdad city)

37th Brigade

Artillery

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

15th Indian Division

12th Indian Infantry Brigade

42nd Indian Infantry Brigade

50th Indian Infantry Brigade

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

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

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

Ambala Brigade
Joined the division in May 1917

Divisional troops

17th Indian Division

34th Brigade

51st Brigade

52nd Brigade

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

18th Indian Division

53rd Brigade

54th Brigade

55th Brigade

Divisional Artillery

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

7th (Meerut) Indian Cavalry Brigade

11th Indian Cavalry Brigade