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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 35th Indian Brigade
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| dates = December 1915 – February 1919
| country = {{flag|British India|23px}}
| allegiance = [[British Crown]]
| branch = {{army|British India|23px}}
| type = [[Infantry]]
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| size = [[Brigade]]
| command_structure = [[7th (Meerut) Division]]<br>[[14th Indian Division]]
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:[[Mesopotamian Campaign]]
::[[Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad]]
::[[Battle of Wadi (1916)]]
::[[Battle of Hanna]]
::[[Second Battle of Kut]]
::[[Fall of Baghdad (1917)]]
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The '''35th Indian Brigade''' was an [[infantry]] [[brigade]] of the [[British Indian Army]] that saw active service with the [[Indian Army during the First World War]]. It took part in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]] and was disbanded shortly after the end of the war. It was not reformed for the [[Second World War]].<ref name=Kempton41>{{harvnb|Kempton|2003b|p=41}}</ref>

==History==
;7th (Meerut) Division
The 35th Indian Brigade was formed in December 1915 and arrived in [[Mesopotamian campaign|Mesopotamia]] in the same month. It was attached to the [[7th (Meerut) Division]] until February 1916.<ref name=Perry85>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=85}}</ref> While with the division, it took part in the attempts to relieve the [[6th (Poona) Division]] [[Siege of Kut|besieged in Kut]], including the [[Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad|Action of Shaikh Saad]] (6 – 8 January 1916), the [[Battle of Wadi (1916)|Action of the Wadi]] (13 January 1916) and the [[Battle of Hanna|First attack on Hanna]] (21 January 1916).<ref name=Perry89>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=89}}</ref>
;14th Indian Division
In May 1916, the brigade joined the newly formed [[14th Indian Division]]. It remained with the division for the rest of the war and took part in a large number of small actions: the [[Advance to the Hai and Capture of the Khudaira Bend]] (14 December 1916 – 19 January 1917), the [[Capture of the Hai Salient]] (25 January – 5 February 1917), the [[Capture of the Dahra Bend]] (9 – 16 February), the [[Capture of Sannaiyat]] (17 – 24 February), the [[Passage of the Tigris]] (23 – 24 February), the [[Passage of the Adhaim]] (18 April), the [[action of Adhaim]] (30 April), the [[Battle of Jebel Hamlin|Second Action of Jabal Hamrin]] (16 – 20 October), and the Third Action of Jabal Hamrin (3 – 6 December 1917).<ref name=Perry130>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=130}}</ref>

At the end of the war, the 14th Division was rapidly demobilized and the 35th Indian Brigade was broken up in February 1919.<ref name=Perry130/>

==Order of battle==
The brigade had the following composition in the [[First World War]]:<ref name=Perry85/><ref name=Perry128>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=128}}</ref>
* 1/5th ([[Weald|The Weald of Kent]]) Battalion, [[Buffs (East Kent Regiment)]] ''(left the [[Jubbulpore Brigade]], [[5th (Mhow) Division]] in November 1915 to join the brigade;<ref name=Perry68>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=68}}</ref> remained with the brigade throughout)''
* [[37th Dogras]] ''(joined in December 1915 from [[5th (Jhelum) Brigade]], [[2nd (Rawalpindi) Division]];<ref name=Perry42>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=42}}</ref> remained with the brigade throughout)''
* [[97th Deccan Infantry]] ''(left the [[Derajat Brigade]] in November 1915 to join the brigade;<ref name=Perry154>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=154}}</ref> transferred to Corps Troops in June 1916)''
* [[102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers]] ''(left the [[Poona Brigade]], [[6th Poona Divisional Area]] in November 1915 to join the brigade;<ref name=Perry80>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=80}}</ref> remained with the brigade throughout except for a detachment to Corps Troops from May to December 1916)''
* Composite Territorial Battalion ''(formed 12 February 1916, broken up May 1916)''{{efn|One company of the 1/4th Battalion, [[Hampshire Regiment]] was attached to the [[30th Indian Brigade]] when it was [[Siege of Kut|captured at Kut]] on 29 April 1916.<ref name=James79>{{harvnb|James|1978|p=79}}</ref> On 12 February 1916, the rest of the battalion formed the ''Composite Territorial Battalion'' with the 1/5th ([[Weald|The Weald of Kent]]) Battalion, [[Buffs (East Kent Regiment)]].<ref name=James44>{{harvnb|James|1978|p=44}}</ref> Both battalions were part of the [[Territorial Force]], hence the title. They resumed their separate existence in May 1916.<ref name=James79/><ref name=James44/>}}
* Composite Dogra Battalion ''(formed February 1916, broken up June 1916)''{{efn|[[37th Dogras]] was joined by [[41st Dogras]] from [[21st (Bareilly) Brigade]], [[7th (Meerut) Division]] to form the ''Composite Dogra Battalion''. They resumed their separate existence in June 1916.<ref name=Perry129>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=129}}</ref>}}
* 1/4th Battalion, [[Hampshire Regiment]] ''(reformed from the Composite Territorial Battalion in May 1916; transferred to Corps Troops in July)''
* [[3rd Brahmans]] ''(attached from Corp Troops from May to December 1916)''
* 2nd Battalion, [[4th Gurkha Rifles]] ''(joined from [[41st Indian Brigade]] in June 1916; left in September 1918 to join the [[81st Brigade (United Kingdom)|81st Brigade]] in the [[British 27th Division]])''
* 185th Machine Gun Company ''(joined in August 1916)''
* 35th Light [[Trench mortar|Trench Mortar]] Battery ''('J' Light Trench Mortar Battery joined 14th Division in September 1917 and assigned to the brigade in February 1918)''

==Commanders==
The brigade had the following commanders:<ref name=Perry85/><ref name=Perry127>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=127}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! From !! Rank !! Name !! Notes
|-
| 1 December 1915 || [[Brigadier-General]] || [[Gerard Beechey Howard Rice|G.B.H. Rice]] || ''sick, 3 May 1916''
|-
| 22 May 1916 || Brigadier-General || W.M. Thomson ||
|-
| 22 November 1916 || [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] || [[George Mortimer Morris|G.M. Morris]] || ''temporary''
|-
| 6 January 1918 || Brigadier-General || C.B.L. Cleary ||
|}

==See also==
{{portal|World War I}}


==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Bibliography==
* {{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 = Kempton | first = Chris
| year = 2003b
| title = 'Loyalty & Honour', The Indian Army September 1939 – August 1947
| volume = Part II Brigades
| publisher = The Military Press
| location = Milton Keynes
| isbn = 0-85420-238-2
}}
* {{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/7_ind_div.htm |title=7th (Meerut) Division on ''The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918'' by PB Chappell |access-date=2015-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517124514/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/7_ind_div.htm |archive-date=17 May 2008 |df=dmy }}
*{{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 |access-date=2015-06-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517084829/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/14_ind_div.htm |archive-date=17 May 2008 |df=dmy }}

[[Category:Brigades of India in World War I]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1915]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1919]]

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