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In 1916 the Anglo-Indian Association was asked to raise a battalion of Anglo-Indian soldiers - an Anglo-Indian force; some of them served in Mesopotamia<ref>[http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/hawesint.html "Christopher Hawes in Conversation with Glenn D'cruz"] in ''The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies'' Volume 3, Number 1, 1998.</ref>. By the September of 1917 the Anglo-Indian Force had drawn more than 950 men.[25]<ref>
[http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/satoshi.html "Loyalty, Parity, and Social Control-The Competing Visions on the Creation of an ‘Eurasian’ Military Regiment in late British India"] by Satoshi Mizutani ''The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies'' Volume 10, No. 1, 2010, quoting
*[25] Anonymous (ed.), ''The Anglo-Indian Force'' (Allahabad, 1918), p.40. This book, by C T Robbie, is available in the India Office Records at the [[British Library]] [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_3-2&cid=1-1-1-3-33#1-1-1-3-33 IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4318]</ref>
The Anglo Indian Battery, an Artillery unit which was part of the Anglo Indian Force, served in [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]] and returned to India at the end of the war and was based at Trimulgherry. The Government of India decided the unit should be a permanent part of the forces, but it appears not to have survived the cuts of the post war slump
*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.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/44th-home-counties-division/ The 44th (Home Counties) Division] “The Long, Long Trail”. Retrieved 23 June 2016. </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.1914longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-1918.netdivisions/45th-2nd-wessex-division/45div.htm The 45th (2nd Wessex) Division] “The Long, Long Trail”. Retrieved 23 June 2016May 2018. </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.
The Territorial Battalions in India generally experienced a movement of personnel, as drafts were provided for Regiments in Mesopotamia, and men transferred to specialist services. The Battalions in India in turn received drafts from Britain. As an example, 1/5th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry lost nearly half its original personnel in 2½ years in India. <ref>Page 96,''The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) 1914-1919'' by Everard Wyrall 1927.</ref> Wounded and other ill soldiers from Mesopotamia were returned to India for treatment and convalescence. Some of these sadly became part of the group of soldiers who died in India.<ref> Khyber Pass [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/225793-15th-royal-west-surrey-murree-aug-1916/index.php?showtopicdo=225793findComment&pcomment=2301225 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916] ''Great War Forum'' 27 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 201523 May 2018.</ref>
A regimental history which describes experiences of Territorials in India during the Great War is ''A Strange War: Burma, India and Afghanistan 1914-1919'' by C P Mills. The Regiment was the 2/5th Battalion of the [[13th Regiment of Foot|Somerset Light Infantry]].
