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Indian Divisions in Mesopotamia

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Indian divisions formed for service in the 1st World War were composed of battalions of the Regular [[British Army]] the British Territorial Force and the British[[ Indian Army]].The following units saw action in the [[Mesopotamia Campaign]]. ==6th (Poona) Division =='''16th Indian Infantry Brigade'''<br>*2nd Btn [[39th Regiment of Foot|Dorsetshire Regiment]]*1st Bn. [[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry]] (Brownlow's Punjabis)*1st Btn [[104th Wellesley’s Rifles]]*1st Btn [[117th Mahrattas]]<br>'''17th Indian Infantry Brigade'''<br>*1st Btn [[52nd Regiment of Foot|Ox & Bucks Light Infantry]]*1st Btn [[119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)]]*1st Btn [[103rd Mahratta Light Infantry]]*1st Btn [[22nd Regiment of Punjab Infantry|22nd Punjabis]]<br>'''18th Indian Infantry Brigade'''*2nd Btn [[9th Regiment of Foot|Norfolk Regiment]]*1st Btn [[110th Mahratta Light Infantry]]*1st Btn [[120th Rajputana Infantry]]*1st Btn [[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry|7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs]]<br>'''Divisional Artillery'''<br>*X Brigade Royal Field Artillery*76 Bty. Royal Field Artillery*82 Bty. Royal Field Artillery*63 Bty. Royal Field Artillery*1st Indian Mountain Artillery Brigade*[[Peshawar Mountain Battery|23rd (Peshawar) Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)]]*30th Mountain Battery<br>'''Divisional troops'''<br>*[[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry]]*17 Co. 3rd Sappers and Miners*22 Co. 3rd Sappers and Miners*[[48th Bengal Pioneers|48th Pioneers]] == 12th Indian Division =='''12th Indian Brigade'''<br>''Commanding Officer, Brigadier K E Lean''<br>*2nd Btn [[50th Regiment of Foot|Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment]]*[[4th Regiment of Rajput Infantry|4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs]]*[[Mhairwara Battalion|44th Merwara Infantry]]*[[90th Punjab Regiment|90th Punjabis]]<br>'''30th Indian Brigade'''<br>''Commanding Officer, Major General C J Melliss''*[[24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|24th Punjabis]]*[[76th Punjab Regiment|76th Punjabis]]*2nd Btn [[43rd Gurkha Rifles|7th Gurkha Rifles]]'''33rd Indian Brigade'''<br>''Commanding Officer, Brigadier R Wapshare''<br>*1/4th Btn [http://www.1914-1918.net/hants.htm Hampshire Regiment]*[[11th Regiment of Rajput Infantry|11th Rajputs]]*[[66th Punjab Regiment|66th Punjabis]]*[[67th Punjab Regiment|67th Punjabis]]<br>'''Divisional Cavalry'''*Two sqns [[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry]]<br>'''Divisional Artillery'''*86 Heavy Bty Royal Garrison Artillery*104 Heavy Bty Royal Garrison Artillery1/5th Hants Howitzer Bty Royal Field Artillery<br>'''Divisional Engineers'''<br>*12 Field Coy Sirmur Imperial Service Coy, Sappers & Miners*12 Div Signal Coy
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