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The '''Derajat Brigade''' was formed after the 1903 [[Kitchener Reforms|reforms]] of the [[British Indian Army]] by [[Herbert Kitchener]] when he was [[Commander-in-Chief, India]]. The brigade was part of the Northern Army and deployed along the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier]].<ref>Sumner, p.9</ref> The Derajat Brigade had its winter headquarters at [[Dera Ismail Khan]], and the garrison consisted of a mountain battery, a regiment of Native cavalry, and three regiments of Native infantry. Detachments from these regiments helped to garrison the outposts of [[Drazinda]], [[Jandola]], and [[Jatta]].

In 1914 at the start of [[World War I]] the brigade formation was:

*Commander Major General [[George Younghusband]]. He was succeeded by Brigadier-General [[Francis John Fowler]]. By 1917 the commander was [[Brigadier-General]] [[Guy Melfort Baldwin]].
**[[14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse|35th Scinde Horse]]
**[[18th Infantry]]
**[[27th Punjabis]]
**[[45th Rattray's Sikhs]]
**[[57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force)]]
**[[32nd Mountain Battery]] <ref>{{cite web |accessdate=2009-09-09 |title=Indian Army 1914 |publisher=Orbat.com |url=http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909172657/http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html |archivedate=2009-09-09 }}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}

[[Category:Brigades of India in World War I]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1903]]

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