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*The 44th (Home Counties) Division - All units that were going to India assembled at Southampton and sailed on 30 October. They all went to Bombay, landing between 1 and 3 December.<ref> [http://www.1914-1918.net/44div.htm The Long, Long Trail - The 44th (Home Counties) Division] 1914-1918.net accessed 18 Feb 2014 </ref>
*The 45th (2nd Wessex) Division On 25 November 1914 it was decided to send from the 2nd Wessex 10 battalions of infantry and the artillery. Two battalions (2/4th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and 2/4th Hampshire Regiment went to Karachi (arriving 9 January 1915) via Aden; the rest landed at Bombay (4-8 January 1915).<ref> [http://www.1914-1918.net/45div.htm The Long, Long Trail - The 45th (2nd Wessex) Division] 1914-1918.net accessed 18 Feb 2014 </ref>
See [[British Army Territorial Force troops arriving in 1914]] for those Regiments and Batteries arriving with the first two Divisions above, and their initial postings.
===Garrison Battalions===
