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{{For|the Second World War formation|37th Indian Infantry Brigade}}
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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 37th Indian Brigade
| image = The Service of Sergeant Percy Elgey With the 1-4th Somerset Light Infantry in India and Mesopotamia 1914-1918 HU95127.jpg
| image_size = 300
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| caption = ''37th Indian Brigade at [[Basra]] in Mesopotamia, 1916''
| dates = 14 February 1916 – 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 = [[3rd (Lahore) Division]]<br>[[14th Indian Division]]
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| battles =[[First World War]]
:[[Mesopotamian Campaign]]
::[[Battle of Dujaila]]
::[[Second Battle of Kut]]
::[[Fall of Baghdad (1917)]]
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| notable_commanders = [[Brigadier-General|Br.-Gen.]] [[Francis John Fowler|F.J. Fowler]]
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The '''37th 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.

==History==
;3rd (Lahore) Division
Units of the 37th Indian Brigade began to land at [[Basra]] on 21 January 1916 and the brigade was formed in the next month. It served in the [[Mesopotamian Campaign]] for the rest of the war. It was attached to the [[3rd (Lahore) Division]] from March to April 1916.<ref name=Perry49>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=49}}</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 Dujaila|Attack on the Dujaila Redoubt]] (8 March) and the [[action of Bait Isa]] (17 – 18 April).<ref name=Perry53>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=53}}</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 [[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 37th 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=Perry49/><ref name=Perry128>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=128}}</ref>
* 1/4th Battalion, [[Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)]] ''(joined in February 1916 from [[2nd (Nowshera) Brigade]], [[1st (Peshawar) Division]]; left for [[41st Indian Brigade]] in May)''
* [[34th Sikh Pioneers]] ''(attached from [[3rd (Lahore) Division]] from March to April 1916)''
* [[92nd Punjabis]] ''(joined in February 1916 from [[22nd (Lucknow) Brigade]], [[10th Indian Division]]; left for [[19th (Dehra Dun) Brigade]], [[7th (Meerut) Division]] in April)''
* 1st Battalion, [[2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]] ''(joined in February 1916 from [[Dehra Dun Brigade]], [[7th Meerut Divisional Area]]; left in April 1918 and in August joined [[36th Indian Brigade]])''
* [[36th Sikhs]] ''(joined in April 1916 from [[1st (Peshawar) Brigade]], 1st (Peshawar) Division; transferred to Corps Troops in February 1917)''
* [[64th Pioneers]] ''(joined in April 1916 from [[Jhansi Brigade]], [[5th (Mhow) Division]]; left for Corps Troops in June)''
* [[Exeter_and_South_Devon_Volunteers#1/4th_Battalion|1/4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment]] ''(joined on 5 May 1916 from 41st Indian Brigade; transferred to Corps Troops in February 1917)''
* [[45th Rattray's Sikhs]] ''(joined in June 1916 from 41st Indian Brigade; transferred to Corps Troops in February 1917)''
* 2nd Battalion, [[Norfolk Regiment]] ''(joined from Corps Troops in February 1917)''
* 2nd Battalion, [[9th Gurkha Rifles]] ''(joined from Corps Troops in February 1917)''
* 1st Battalion, [[67th Punjabis]] ''(joined from Corps Troops in February 1917; left in April 1918 to join the [[82nd Brigade (United Kingdom)|82nd Brigade]] in [[British 27th Division]])''
* [[82nd Punjabis]] ''(transferred from 36th Indian Brigade in August 1918)''
* 185th Machine Gun Company ''(joined in August 1916)''
* 37th Light [[Trench mortar|Trench Mortar]] Battery ''('L' 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=Perry49/><ref name=Perry127>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=127}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! From !! Rank !! Name !! Notes
|-
| 14 February 1916 || [[Brigadier-General]] || [[Francis John Fowler|F.J. Fowler]] || ''wounded, 9 March 1916''
|-
| 10 March 1916 || Brigadier-General || S.M. Edwardes ||
|-
| 1 April 1916 || Brigadier-General || F.J. Fowler || ''sick, 16 May 1916''
|-
| 16 May 1916 || [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] || O. Gunning || ''temporary''
|-
| 30 May 1916 || Lieutenant-Colonel || F.T. Stewart || ''temporary''
|-
| 10 June 1916 || Brigadier-General || F.J. Fowler ||
|-
| 23 September 1916 || Brigadier-General || O.W. Carey ||
|-
| 11 May 1917 || Brigadier-General || T.R. Maclachlan ||
|}

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


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

==Bibliography==
* {{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/3_ind_div.htm |title=3rd (Lahore) Division on ''The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918'' by PB Chappell |access-date=2015-06-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517124422/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/3_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 1916]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1919]]

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