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|dates= 1903–1922
|country= [[British India]]
|allegiance= [[British Crown]]
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|type= Infantry
|role= Internal Security
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|command_structure= [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Army]]
|garrison=[[Mhow]]

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The '''5th (Mhow) Division''' was a regular division of the [[British Indian Army]] and part of the Southern Army which was formed in 1903 after Lord [[Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum|Kitchener]] was appointed [[Commander-in-Chief, India]] between 1902 and 1909. He instituted large-scale reforms, including merging the three armies of the Presidencies into a unified force and forming higher level formations, eight army divisions, and brigading Indian and British units. Following [[Kitchener Reforms|Kitchener's reforms]], the British Indian Army was "the force recruited locally and permanently based in India, together with its expatriate British officers."<ref>Oxford History of the British Army</ref>

The Division remained in [[India]] on internal security duties during [[World War I]], but some of its units were transferred to serve with other formations. The cavalry units formed the [[5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade]] in the [[1st Indian Cavalry Division]] and served in [[France]] and [[Egypt]].{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}

==Formation 1914==
;Commanding General Major General [[Richard Lloyd Payne]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/13thltinfrichardpayne.htm|title=Major-General R L Payne CB DSO|publisher=British Empire|access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands}}</ref>

===Nasirabad Brigade===
;Commanding General Major General Davison
*[[16th Light Cavalry|27th Light Cavalry]]
*1st Btn [[Royal Irish Regiment (1684-1922)|Royal Irish Regiment]]
*[[42nd Deoli Regiment]]
*[[43rd Erinpura Regiment]]
*[[44th Merwara Infantry]]
*[[90th Punjabis]]
*[[XIII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery]]
*XI Brigade, [[Royal Field Artillery]]
*XIX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
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===Jubbulpore Brigade===
;Commanding General, Major General [[Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe|Fanshawe]]
*[[2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)]]
*[[13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers|32nd Lancers]]
*2nd Btn [[Cheshire Regiment]]
*1st Btn [[York and Lancaster Regiment]]
*2nd Btn [[East Yorkshire Regiment]]
*[[16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment)]]
*[[63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry]]
*[[97th Deccan Infantry]]
*[[98th Infantry]]
*[[Royal Garrison Artillery]], 71 and 90 Companies
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===Jhansi Brigade===
;Commanding General, Major General Townshend
*[[8th Lancers]]
*[[The Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse)|38th Central Indian Horse]]
*2nd Btn [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]]
*[[10th Jats]]
*[[99th Deccan Infantry]]
*[[107th Pioneers]]
*[[116th Mahrattas]]
*Royal Garrison Artillery, 60 Company
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===Unbrigaded Units===

*[[14th King's Hussars]]
*2nd Btn [[Hampshire Regiment]]
*[[96th Berar Infantry]]
*[[125th Napier's Rifles]]
*VI Brigade RFA
*XX Brigade RFA
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==See also==
{{portal|World War I}}
* [[List of Indian divisions in World War I]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book
| last = Haythornthwaite | first = Philip J.
| author-link = Philip Haythornthwaite
| year = 1996
| title = The World War One Source Book
| publisher = Arms and Armour Press
| location = London
| isbn = 1-85409-351-7
}}
* {{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/5_ind_div.htm |title=5th (Mhow) 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/20080226043535/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/5_ind_div.htm |archive-date=26 February 2008}}

{{Indian Divisions in World War I}}

[[Category:British Indian Army divisions]]
[[Category:Indian World War I divisions]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1903]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]
[[Category:Mhow]]

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