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In India, men unfit for frontline duties in regiments about to leave India for war zones, were transferred into Garrison Battalions already serving in India.<ref> ddycher [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/137376-garrison-bns-to-india-1917/?do=findComment&comment=2270920 Garrison Bn's to India 1917] ''Great War Forum'' 6 June 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2018.</ref>
Some of the soldiers who served in the Garrison Battalions in India served on the North West Frontier in Afghanistan in 1919, in the [[3rd Afghan War]], almost certainly along the lines of communication.<ref>Frogsmile. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190426105805/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=8117 Sgt William Connelly, 1st Batt Gordon Highlders, NW Frontier] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 26 March 2013, now archived.</ref>
Very little has been written about the Garrison Battalions of World War I in post-war regimental histories. Battalions were disbanded within days of returning from service overseas and their four or five year existence was apparently regarded as of little consequence in regimental history.
