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{{Short description|Infantry division of the British Indian Army during World War II}}
{{for|the World War I formation|9th (Secunderabad) Division}}
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The '''9th Indian Infantry Division''' was an [[infantry]] [[Division (military)|division]] of the [[Indian Army during World War II]]. The division formed part of [[III Corps (India)|Indian III Corps]] in the [[Malaya Command]] during the [[Battle of Malaya]]. It was commanded by [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] [[Arthur Edward Barstow]].

==History==
The 9th Indian Infantry Division was formed on 15 September 1940 at [[Quetta]], India before being transferred to Malaya. On 15 September 1940 the three original brigades of the division were the [[15th Indian Infantry Brigade|15th]], [[20th Indian Infantry Brigade|20th]], and [[21st Indian Infantry Brigade|21st]] Indian Infantry Brigades.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=22 October 2009|publisher=Order of Battle|title=9 Division units|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6008&Tab=Sub|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070706171348/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6008&Tab=Sub|archive-date=6 July 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 3/17th Dogra Regiment from the 9th Division was the first British Commonwealth Army unit to see action against the Japanese at the [[Battle of Kota Bharu]] on 8 December 1941.<ref name="Smith">Smith</ref> The 9th Indian Division fought a relatively successful defensive retreat down Malaya's east coast until the 22nd Brigade was cut off from the rest of the division at a demolished railway bridge near the village of Layang Layang in the state of Johore. Major-General Barstow was killed crossing the bridge, while attempting to contact the brigade. The 22nd Brigade was destroyed whilst trying to find another way to Singapore.<ref name="Smith"/>

What was left of the division was amalgamated with the 11th Indian Division.

==Component Units 1941 – 1942==
'''[[8th Indian Infantry Brigade]]''' – Brigadier [[Berthold Wells Key|Berthold Wells (Billy) Key]]
*3/[[17th Dogra Regiment]] – Lieut.Col George Alan Preston DSO ([[Wounded in Action|WIA]] at Kota Bharu)
*2/[[10th Baluch Regiment]] – Lieut.Col James Frith
*2/[[12th Frontier Force Regiment]] (2nd Sikhs) – Lieut.Col [[Arthur Edward Cumming|Arthur Cumming V.C.]]
*1st [[Mysore]] Infantry ([[Indian States Forces]]) – Lieut.Col K.H.Preston
*1st [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] Infantry (Indian States Forces) – Lt.Col Charles Albert "Clive" Hendrick ([[Killed in Action|KIA]] at Kota Bharu)

'''[[22nd Indian Infantry Brigade]]''' – Brigadier George Painter
*Brigadier Painter
*2/[[18th Royal Garhwal Rifles]] – Lt.Col L.H.Cockram/ Lt.Col G.E.R.S.Hartigan
*5/[[11th Sikh Regiment]] – Lieut.Col John Parkin/ MacAdam
*1/[[13th Frontier Force Rifles]] – Lieut.Col Clarence Gilbert

=== Support Units ===
*CRA – Brigadier E.W. Goodman
*5th Field Regt. – Lieut.Col E.W.F.Jephson [[Royal Artillery]] (16x[[QF 4.5 inch Howitzer|4.5-inch Howitzers]])
*88th Field Regt. – Lieut.Col Sylvain Claude D'Aubuz Royal Artillery (24x[[Ordnance QF 25 pounder|25pdrs]])
*80th Anti-Tank Regt. – Lieut.Col W.Napier Royal Artillery (48x[[Ordnance QF 2 pounder|2pdrs]]/[[Cannone da 47/32 M35|47mm Bredas]])
*21st Mountain Battery, [[Indian Artillery|IA]] – Major J.B.Soper IA (4x[[QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer]]s)

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==Books==
*{{cite book|last1=Cole|first1=Howard|title=Formation Badges of World War 2. Britain, Commonwealth and Empire|date=1973|publisher=Arms and Armour Press|location=London}}
*{{cite book | title = British Army in the Far East 1941–45 | author = Alan Jeffreys|author2= Duncan Anderson | publisher = Osprey Publishing | date = 2005 | ISBN= 1-84176-790-5}}
*{{cite book | title = Singapore Burning | author = Colin Smith | publisher = Penguin Books | year = 2006 | location = England | isbn = 978-0-14-101036-6 }}
*{{cite book | last = Tsuji | first = Masanobu | others = Margaret E. Lake, tr.| title = Japan's Greatest Victory, Britain's Worst Defeat | publisher = Da Capo Press | year = 1997 | location = New York | ISBN =1-873376-75-8}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061007202838/http://www.fepow-community.org.uk/Research/Malaya_Command/ Malaya Conflict Site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110911064110/http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/documents.php?aid=104&nid=14&start=0 9 Indian Infantry Division (1941–42)]

{{Indian Divisions in World War II}}

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