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The '''8th (Lucknow) Division''' was a formation of the [[British Indian Army]]'s Northern Army that was first formed as a result of the [[British Indian Army#Kitchener reforms|Kitchener reforms]] of the Indian Army in 1903.<ref>Oxford History of the British Army</ref> The Division remained in [[British Raj|India]] on internal security duties during [[World War I]],<ref name=RW8ID>{{cite web | url=http://warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/8_ind_div.htm | title=8th (Lucknow) Division | publisher=The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 | first=PB | last=Chappell | access-date=8 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503150739/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/8_ind_div.htm | archive-date=3 May 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | publisher=orbat.com | url=http://orbat.com/site/cimh/divisions/Indian%208th%20Division.pdf | title=Indian 8th Division: An Outline History | date=1 March 2006 | access-date=8 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232620/http://orbat.com/site/cimh/divisions/Indian%208th%20Division.pdf | archive-date=3 March 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> though the [[8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade]] was transferred to the [[1st Indian Cavalry Division]] and served in [[France]] on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]],<ref name=RW1ICD>{{cite web|url=http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_cav/1_ind_cav_div.htm |title=1st Indian Cavalry Division |publisher=The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 |first=PB |last=Chappell |access-date=8 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517085204/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_cav/1_ind_cav_div.htm |archive-date=17 May 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> and the [[22nd Lucknow Infantry Brigade]] served as part of the [[11th Indian Division]] in [[Egypt]].<ref name=RW11ID>{{cite web | url=http://warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/11_ind_div.htm | title=11th Indian Division | publisher=The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 | first=PB | last=Chappell | access-date=8 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213201720/http://warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/11_ind_div.htm | archive-date=13 February 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Division formation in 1914==
===[[8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade]]===
:''Commander: Major General Cookson''
*[[1st King's Dragoon Guards]]
*[[16th Cavalry]]
*[[36th Jacob's Horse]]
*[[39th Central India Horse]]<ref name=RW8ID/><ref name=orbat.com>{{cite web|url=http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html |title=The Indian Army 1914 |publisher=orbat.com |first=Dr. Graham |last=Watson |date=25 March 2001 |access-date=8 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909172657/http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html |archive-date=9 September 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref>

===[[22nd (Lucknow) Brigade]]===
:''Commander: Major General [[Alexander Wilson (British Army officer)|A. Wilson]]''
*3rd Battalion, [[Royal Fusiliers]]
*1st Battalion, [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]]
*[[17th Infantry (The Loyal Regiment)]]
*[[36th Sikhs]]
*[[74th Punjabis]]
*[[U Battery, Royal Horse Artillery]]
*[[V Brigade, Royal Field Artillery]]
**63rd, 64th and 73rd Batteries<ref name=RW8ID/><ref name=orbat.com/>

===[[Faizabad|Fyzabad]] Brigade===
:''Commander: Brigadier General Kavangh''
*[[12th Cavalry]]
*1st Battalion, [[Leinster Regiment]]
*[[9th Bhopal Infantry]]<ref name=RW8ID/><ref name=orbat.com/>

===[[Allahabad]] Brigade===
:''Commander: Brigadier General Cowper''
*[[17th Cavalry]]
*1st Battalion, [[Royal Scots]]
*3rd Battalion, [[Middlesex Regiment]]
*[[62nd Punjabis]]
*[[92nd Punjabis]]<ref name=RW8ID/><ref name=orbat.com/>

===Presidency Brigade===
:''Presidency Brigade was based in [[Calcutta]].''
:''Commander: Major General May''
*2nd Battalion, [[Royal Fusiliers]]
*2nd Battalion, [[King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)]]
*1st Battalion, [[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]]
*[[11th Rajputs]]
*[[22nd Punjabis]]
*[[93rd Burma Infantry]]
*2/[[10th Gurkha Rifles]]
*XVII Brigade [[Royal Field Artillery|RFA]]
**10th, 26th and 92nd Batteries
*51st and 62nd Companies [[Royal Garrison Artillery|RGA]]<ref name=RW8ID/><ref name=orbat.com/>

===Unbrigaded===
*[[5th Light Infantry]] – ''at [[Nowgong, Chhatarpur|Nowgong]]''
*[[113th Infantry]] – ''at [[Dibrugarh]]''
*[[123rd Outram's Rifles]] – ''at [[Manipur]]''
*1/[[8th Gurkha Rifles]] – ''at [[Shillong]]''<ref name=orbat.com/>

==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/8_ind_div.htm |title=8th (Lucknow) Division on ''The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918'' by PB Chappell |access-date=2015-07-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517123918/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/8_ind_div.htm |archive-date=17 May 2008 |df=dmy }}

{{Indian Divisions in World War I}}

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

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