Template:Use British English Template:Infobox military unit The 8th (Lucknow) Division was a formation of the British Indian Army's Northern Army that was first formed as a result of the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army in 1903.[1] The Division remained in India on internal security duties during World War I,[2][3] though the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade was transferred to the 1st Indian Cavalry Division and served in France on the Western Front,[4] and the 22nd Lucknow Infantry Brigade served as part of the 11th Indian Division in Egypt.[5]
Division formation in 1914
- Commander: Major General Cookson
- Commander: Major General 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
Fyzabad Brigade
- Commander: Brigadier General Kavangh
- 12th Cavalry
- 1st Battalion, Leinster Regiment
- 9th Bhopal Infantry[2][6]
Allahabad Brigade
- Commander: Brigadier General Cowper
- 17th Cavalry
- 1st Battalion, Royal Scots
- 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
- 62nd Punjabis
- 92nd Punjabis[2][6]
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 RFA
- 10th, 26th and 92nd Batteries
- 51st and 62nd Companies RGA[2][6]
Unbrigaded
- 5th Light Infantry – at Nowgong
- 113th Infantry – at Dibrugarh
- 123rd Outram's Rifles – at Manipur
- 1/8th Gurkha Rifles – at Shillong[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Oxford History of the British Army
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 8th (Lucknow) Division, Chappell, PB. The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ Indian 8th Division: An Outline History. orbat.com(1 March 2006). Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ 1st Indian Cavalry Division, Chappell, PB. The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ 11th Indian Division, Chappell, PB. The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 The Indian Army 1914, Watson, Dr. Graham. orbat.com(25 March 2001). Retrieved 8 July 2014.
Bibliography
- The World War One Source Book{{#if:Haythornthwaite|, Haythornthwaite}. Arms and Armour Press(1996). ISBN 1-85409-351-7
- Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign{{#if:Moberly|, Moberly}. Imperial War Museum(1923). ISBN 1-870423-30-5
- Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions{{#if:Perry|, Perry}. Ray Westlake Military Books(1993). ISBN 1-871167-23-X
External links
- 8th (Lucknow) Division on The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 by PB Chappell. Retrieved 2015-07-19.