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<br> 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.
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/43div.htm 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
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/44div.htmThe htm 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.*[http://www.1914-1918.net/45div.htmThe htm 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).
[http://www.archive.org/stream/kitchenersarmyte00walluoft#page/164/mode/2up/search/India Page 164] from ''Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces'' by Edgar Wallace<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/kitchenersarmyte00walluoft#page/164/mode/2up/search/India ''Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces: the Full Story of a Great Achievement''], page 164 by Edgar Wallace 1915 Archive.org</ref> and [http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/254/mode/2up "The Territorials in India"], by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/254/mode/2up "The Territorials in India"],page 255 from ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt, Colonel 7th Gurkhas. 1922 Archive.org</ref> provide some background.
