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On 22 September 1914 the government of India agreed to send 32 British and 20 Indian regular army battalions to Europe in exchange for 43 Territorial Force battalions.<refname=43Wes > [http://www.1914longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/43rd-wessex-1918.netdivision/britdivs.htm The 43rd (Wessex) Division] “The Long, Long Trail] 1914-1918Trail”. Retrieved 23 June 2016.net accessed 18 Feb 2014 </ref>*The 43rd (Wessex) Division - All units assembled at Southampton on 9 October. Sailing via Malta and Suez, the main body of the Division went to Bombay, landing on 9 November, with three units (4th, 5th and 6th Devons) landing at Karachi two days later. <ref> [http://www.1914-1918.netname=43Wes/43div.htm The Long, Long Trail- The 43rd (Wessex) Division] 1914-1918.net accessed 18 Feb 2014 </ref> *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.1914longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-1918.netdivisions/44div.htm The Long, Long Trail 44th-home-counties- division/ The 44th (Home Counties) Division] 1914-1918“The Long, Long Trail”. Retrieved 23 June 2016.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“The Long, Long Trail”. Retrieved 23 June 2016.net accessed 18 Feb 2014 </ref>

*[[34th Regiment of Foot|2/4 (Cumberland and Westmoreland) Battalion, Border Regiment]] sailed for India 4 March 1915 and was in India throughout the First World War . [http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918.net/border.htm 1914-1918regiment/ Border Regiment] “The Long, Long Trail”.net]

*[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918.net/eastsurreyseast-surrey-regiment/ East Surrey Regiment] “The Long, Long Trail”.htm 1/5th Battalion and 1/6th Battalion East Surrey Regiment] were in India most of World War 1,embarking at Southampton on 29 October 1914, landing at Bombay 2 December 1914 from "The Long, Long Trail: The British Army in the Great War".

*[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918.net/msexthe-duke-of-cambridges-own-middlesex-regiment/ The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)] “The Long, Long Trail”.htm 1/9th Battalion and 1/10th Battalion Middlesex Regiment] Both battalions sailed 30 October 1914 from Southampton for India, arriving Bombay on 2 December 1914. The 1/9th Battalion eventually moved to Mesopotamia, arriving Basra on 24 November 1917, and joined the 53rd Brigade of the 18th Indian Division. It remained in that theatre until the end of the war.. The 1/10th Battalion remained in India until the end of the war. www.1914-1918.net