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==First World War== | ==First World War== | ||
The 105th was at Poona in 1914 with a detachment at Satara. During the First World War the 105th served in India, Mesopotamia and Palestine but it did not leave India until August 1916, having spent the first two years of the war on railway defence duties in India.<ref>Greveson, Alan. [http://www.circlecity.co.uk/wartime/board/index.php?page= | The 105th was at Poona in 1914 with a detachment at Satara. During the First World War the 105th served in India, Mesopotamia and Palestine but it did not leave India until August 1916, having spent the first two years of the war on railway defence duties in India.<ref>Greveson, Alan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160619033922/http://www.circlecity.co.uk/wartime/board/index.php?page=112. ''Alan Greveson's World War 1 Forum'']. Scroll to the post by Beth 9 February 2013, and reply by Alan Greveson of the same date, to a question in respect of William Burgess Benton. Retrieved 19 June 2016.</ref> | ||
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