Indian Divisions in Mesopotamia: Difference between revisions
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==6th (Poona) Division == | ==6th (Poona) Division == | ||
''Commanding Officer, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Barrett_(Indian_Army_officer) Maj-Gen Sir Arthur Barrett]''<br> | |||
'''16th Indian Infantry Brigade'''<br> | '''16th Indian Infantry Brigade'''<br> | ||
*2nd Btn [[39th Regiment of Foot|Dorsetshire Regiment]] | *2nd Btn [[39th Regiment of Foot|Dorsetshire Regiment]] | ||
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*12 Div Signal Coy | *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<br> | |||
'''36th Brigade'''<br> | |||
(Garrison of Baghdad city) | |||
*1/4th Btn Hampshire Regiment | |||
*26th Punjabis | |||
*62nd Punjabis | |||
*82nd Punjabis<br> | |||
'''37th Brigade''' | |||
*2nd Btn Norfolk Regiment | |||
*67th Punjabis | |||
*1/2nd Gurkha Rifles | |||
*2/9th Gurkha Rifles<br> | |||
'''Artillery''' | |||
*13th Brigade Royal Field Artillery | |||
*C/69th Howitzer battery [1] | |||
[[Category:Indian Divisions of 1914-18]] | |||
[[Category:Armies]] | [[Category:Armies]] | ||
Revision as of 17:26, 16 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
- 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
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
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
- 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 [1]