British Army Territorial Force troops arriving in 1914
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The following information is taken from articles in the Singapore newspaper, the Straits Times in late 1914. [1]
Wessex Division
"A message from Delhi dated November 16, containing the complete list of the units [which had arrived some days previously]
Wiltshire Regimental Division and Cornwall Brigade
- 4th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Bareilly. [Shortly after a detachment moved to Sialkote]
- 4th Devonshire Regiment Ferozepore
- 5th Devonshire Regiment Multan
- 6th Devonshire Regiment Lahore
South Western Infantry Brigade
- 4th Somerset Light Infantry Madras
- 5th Somerset Light Infantry Jubbulpore. [Shortly after moved to Ambala]
- 4th Dorsetshire Regiment Mhow. [Shortly after moved to Ambala]
- 4th Wiltshire Regiment Delhi
Hampshire Infantry Brigade
- 4th Hampshire Regiment Poona
- 5th Hampshire Regiment Allahabad
- 6th Hampshire Regiment Dinapore. [Shortly after moved to Agra]
- 7th Hampshire Regiment Bombay
Field Artillery of Wessex Division
First Wessex Brigade
- 1st and 3rd Hampshire Battery Lahore
- 2nd Hampshire Battery Peshawar
2nd Wessex Brigade
- 4th and 5th Hampshire Battery Lucknow
3rd Wessex Brigade
- 6th Hampshire Battery Delhi. [Shortly after moved to Ambala Headquarters]
- Wiltshire Battery Delhi
- Dorsetshire Battery Bareilly
4th Wessex Brigade
- 1st Devonshire Battery Allahabad
- 2nd Battery Dinapore
- 3rd Battery Barrackpore"
Distribution of the Home Counties Division
"A Delhi message on December 9 says:- The following are the units of the Home Counties Division which have recently arrived in India at the destinations named:-
Surrey Infantry Brigade
- 4th Royal West Surrey Regiment Secunderabad
- 5th Royal West Surrey Regiment Lucknow
- 5th East Surrey Regiment Cawnpore
- 6th East Surrey Regiment Fyzabad
Kent Infantry Brigade
- 4th East Kent Regiment Mhow
- 5th East Kent Regiment Kamptee
- 4th Royal West Kent Regiment Jubbulpore
- 5th Royal West Kent Regiment Jhansi
Middlesex Infantry Brigade
- 9th Middlesex Regiment Dinajpur
- 10th Middlesex Regiment Fort William
- 4th Shropshire Light Infantry Rangoon
- 4th Border Regiment Maymyo
Royal Field Artillery
1st Home Counties Brigade RFA
2nd Home Counties Brigade RFA
- 4th Sussex Battery Ambala
- 5th Sussex Battery Multan
- 6th Sussex Battery Ferozepore
3rd Home Counties Brigade RFA
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd Kent Battery, Jubbulpore
Moves
Consequent on the arrival of the above units, the following moves have been carried out by units of the Wessex Division:-
- 5th Somerset Light Infantry from Jubbulpore to Ambala
- 6th Hampshire Regiment from Dinapore to Agra
- 6th Hampshire Battery from Delhi to Ambala Headquarters
- 4th Dorsetshire Regiment from Mhow to Ambala
- Detachment 4th Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry from Bareilly to Sialkote".
References
- ↑ The Straits Times, 10 December 1914, Page 9 and The Straits Times, 26 December 1914, page 10. You will need to log in to the (Singapore Government newspaper) website