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{{for|the World War II formation|14th Indian Infantry Division}}
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{{Infobox Military Unit
| unit_name = 14th Indian Division
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| dates = 12 May 1916 – February 1919
| country = {{flag|British India|23px}}
| allegiance = [[British Crown]]
| branch = {{army|British India|23px}}
| type = [[Infantry]]
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| size = [[Division (military)|Division]]
| command_structure = [[III Corps (India)|III Corps]]
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| battles = [[World War I]]
:[[Mesopotamian Campaign]]
::[[Second Battle of Kut]]
::[[Fall of Baghdad (1917)]]
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The '''14th Indian Division''' was formed during [[World War I]], for service in the [[Mesopotamian Campaign]]. It was composed of battalions of the Regular [[British Army]], the British [[Territorial Force]] and the [[British Indian Army]].

==History==
[[Image:Meso-WW1-5.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Map showing the 14th Division movements]]
The Division now part of the [[Tigris Corps]] was involved in a number on minor engagements the [[Second Battle of Kut]] and the [[Fall of Baghdad (1917)|Fall of Baghdad]], the Division's 36th Brigade was left in Baghdad as the [[Garrison]].

The Division remained in Mesopotamia until the [[Armistice of Mudros]] 31 October 1918.<ref name="ReferenceA">British Official History of the Great War, Mesopotamia Campaign Vol. 4</ref><ref name="warpath">{{cite web|title=warpath|url=http://warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/14_ind_div.htm|access-date=21 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528025931/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/14_ind_div.htm|archive-date=28 May 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Order of battle==
The division commanded the following units, although not all of them served at the same time:<ref name=Perry128>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=128}}</ref>

===[[35th Indian Brigade]]===
* 1/5th Battalion, [[Buffs (East Kent Regiment)]]
* [[37th Dogras]]
* [[102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers]]
* 2nd Battalion, [[4th Gurkha Rifles]]<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="warpath"/>

===[[36th Indian Brigade]]===
Departed for the [[North Persia Force]] in June 1918, replaced by 56th Indian Brigade
* 1/4th Battalion, [[Hampshire Regiment]]
* [[26th Punjabis]]
* [[62nd Punjabis]]
* [[82nd Punjabis]]<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="warpath"/>

===[[37th Indian Brigade]]===
* 1st Battalion, [[2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]]
* [[36th Sikhs]]
* [[64th Pioneers]]
* 1/4th Battalion, [[Devonshire Regiment]]
* [[45th Rattray's Sikhs]]
* 2nd Battalion, [[Norfolk Regiment]]
* 2nd Battalion, [[9th Gurkha Rifles]]
* 1st Battalion, [[67th Punjabis]]
* [[82nd Punjabis]]
* 185th Machine Gun Company
* 37th Light [[Trench mortar|Trench Mortar]] Battery

===[[56th Indian Brigade]]===
Joined in August 1918 to replace 36th Indian Brigade
* 1/4th Battalion, [[Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)]]
* 1st Battalion, [[42nd Deoli Regiment]]
* [[95th Russell's Infantry]]
* [[104th Wellesley's Rifles]]
* 1st [[Patiala Lancers]] ''(attached March to June 1918)''
* 2nd Indian Machine Gun Company
* 56th Light Trench Mortar Battery

===Artillery===
*13th Brigade [[Royal Field Artillery]]
*C/69th Howitzer battery <ref name="ReferenceA"/>

===Battles===
[[File:Maude in Baghdad.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Troops entering Baghdad]]
*Advance to [[Shatt al-Hayy|the Hai]] and capture of the [[Khudaira]] Bend. 14 December 1916.
*Capture of the [[Hai Salient]]. 25 January – 5 February 1917.
*Capture of [[Sannaiyat]]. 17–24 February 1917.
*[[Second Battle of Kut]]. 23 February 1917
*Passage of the [[Tigris]]. 23–24 February 1917.
*[[Fall of Baghdad (1917)]]. 8–11 March 1917
*Passage of the ‘[[Adhaim]]. 18 April 1917.
*Action of the [[Shatt al Adhaim]]. 30 April 1917.
*Second action of [[Jabal Hamrin]]. 16–20 October 1917.
*Third action of Jabal Hamrin. 3–6 December 1917.
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==See also==
{{portal|World War I}}
* [[List of Indian divisions in World War I]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book
| last = Haythornthwaite | first = Philip J.
| year = 1996
| title = The World War One Source Book
| publisher = Arms and Armour Press
| location = London
| isbn = 1-85409-351-7
}}
* {{cite book
| last = James | first = Brigadier E.A.
| year = 1978
| title = British Regiments 1914–18
| publisher = Samson Books Limited
| location = London
| isbn = 0-906304-03-2
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Moberly | first = F.J.
| year = 1923
| title = Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign
| publisher = Imperial War Museum
| location = London
| isbn = 1-870423-30-5
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Perry | first = F.W.
| year = 1993
| title = Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions
| publisher = Ray Westlake Military Books
| location = Newport
| isbn = 1-871167-23-X
}}

==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/14_ind_div.htm |title=14th Indian Division on ''The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918'' by PB Chappell |accessdate=2015-06-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517084829/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/14_ind_div.htm |archivedate=17 May 2008 |df=dmy }}

{{Indian Divisions in World War I}}
{{Indian Expeditionary Forces}}

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