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Distribution

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  • 10th (Irish) Division – 2/151, 2/155 P[1]
  • 53rd (Welsh) Division – 3/152, 1/153, 2/153, 3/153, 3/154, 1/155 P, 4/11 GR[2]
  • 60th (2/2nd London) Division – 3/151, 2/152[3]
  • 75th Division – 1/152, 2/154[4]

Origins

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Regiment Battalion Company M or P Division Brigade Notes
150th Infantry 1st Battalion 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry M 17th Indian Division 51st Indian Brigade
4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs M Corps Troops from December 1915
8th Rajputs M July 1916; unbrigaded
13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment) M October 1917; unbrigaded
2nd Battalion 6th Jat Light Infantry M 15th Indian Division 50th Indian Brigade
9th Bhopal Infantry M from December 1915
10th Jats M 18th Indian Division 55th Indian Brigade
104th Wellesley's Rifles M 56th Indian Brigade
3rd Battalion 42nd Deoli Regiment M 56th Indian Brigade
43rd Erinpura Regiment M 15th Indian Division 12th Indian Brigade
44th Merwara Infantry M Corps Troops from June 1915
99th Deccan Infantry M October 1917; unbrigaded
151st Sikh Infantry 1st Battalion 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs M 17th Indian Division 51st Indian Brigade
36th Sikhs M Corps Troops from February 1917
45th Rattray's Sikhs M 17th Indian Division 52nd Indian Brigade
52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force) M 18th Indian Division 54th Indian Brigade
2nd Battalion 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) P 7th (Meerut) Division 28th Indian Brigade
53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force) P 7th (Meerut) Division 28th Indian Brigade
54th Sikhs (Frontier Force) P 10th (Irish) Division 29th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) joined 27 April 1918
56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) P 7th (Meerut) Division 28th Indian Brigade
3rd Battalion 1st Battalion, Guides Infantry P 7th (Meerut) Division 21st (Bareilly) Brigade
38th Dogras P 10th (Irish) Division 30th Brigade (United Kingdom) joined 29 April 1918
58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force) P 75th Division (United Kingdom) 234th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) P 3rd (Lahore) Division 8th (Jullundur) Brigade
152nd Punjabis 1st Battalion 24th Punjabis M 15th Indian Division 50th Indian Brigade
25th Punjabis M 18th Indian Division 54th Indian Brigade
26th Punjabis M 14th Indian Division 36th Indian Brigade
31st Punjabis M 17th Indian Division 34th Indian Brigade
2nd Battalion 37th Dogras M 14th Indian Division 35th Indian Brigade
62nd Punjabis M 14th Indian Division 36th Indian Brigade
67th Punjabis M 14th Indian Division 37th Indian Brigade
84th Punjabis M 17th Indian Division 52nd Indian Brigade
3rd Battalion 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis) P 7th (Meerut) Division 21st (Bareilly) Brigade
21st Punjabis P 53rd (Welsh) Division 160th (Welsh Border) Brigade joined 26 May 1918
27th Punjabis P 3rd (Lahore) Division 7th (Ferozepore) Brigade
28th Punjabis P 7th (Meerut) Division 19th (Dehra Dun) Brigade
153rd Punjabis 1st Battalion 82nd Punjabis M 14th Indian Division 36th Indian Brigade
87th Punjabis M Corps Troops January 1917; unbrigaded
89th Punjabis M 18th Indian Division 53rd Indian Brigade
90th Punjabis M 15th Indian Division 12th Indian Brigade
2nd Battalion 74th Punjabis P 10th (Irish) Division 31st Brigade (United Kingdom) joined 29 April 1918
91st Punjabis (Light Infantry) P 3rd (Lahore) Division 7th (Ferozepore) Brigade
92nd Punjabis P 7th (Meerut) Division 19th (Dehra Dun) Brigade
93rd Burma Infantry P 3rd (Lahore) Division 9th (Sirhind) Brigade
3rd Battalion 105th Mahratta Light Infantry P 3rd (Lahore) Division 9th (Sirhind) Brigade
123rd Outram's Rifles P 75th Division (United Kingdom) 234th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
2nd Battalion, 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry P 3rd (Lahore) Division 8th (Jullundur) Brigade
125th Napier's Rifles P 7th (Meerut) Division 19th (Dehra Dun) Brigade
154th Infantry 1st Battalion 94th Russell's Infantry M 18th Indian Division 55th Indian Brigade
95th Russell's Infantry M 56th Indian Brigade
96th Berar Infantry M Corps Troops from October 1916
97th Deccan Infantry M 15th Indian Division 50th Indian Brigade
2nd Battalion 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers M 14th Indian Division 35th Indian Brigade
108th Infantry M from September 1917
119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment) M date of arrival unknown
122nd Rajputana Infantry M October 1916; unbrigaded
3rd Battalion 112th Infantry M 17th Indian Division 34th Indian Brigade
113th Infantry M 17th Indian Division 52nd Indian Brigade
114th Mahrattas M 17th Indian Division 34th Indian Brigade
116th Mahrattas M 18th Indian Division 55th Indian Brigade
155th Pioneers 1st Battalion 34th Sikh Pioneers P 3rd (Lahore) Division
48th Pioneers M 15th Indian Division
64th Pioneers M Corps Troops from June 1916
128th Pioneers M 14th Indian Division
2nd Battalion 1st Battalion, 23rd Sikh Pioneers P 75th Division (United Kingdom) attached 10 May – 24 June
2nd Battalion, 23rd Sikh Pioneers
2nd Battalion, 32nd Sikh Pioneers P landed Suez 4 March; joined 75th Division (United Kingdom) on 20 July
121st Pioneers P 7th (Meerut) Division
156th Infantry 1st Battalion 73rd Carnatic Infantry M September 1916; unbrigaded
79th Carnatic Infantry M October 1916; unbrigaded
80th Carnatic Infantry M date of arrival unknown (from Colombo)
83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry M October 1917; unbrigaded
11th Gurkha Rifles 1st Battalion 1st Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) M 15th Indian Division 42nd Indian Brigade
2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) M 15th Indian Division 42nd Indian Brigade
1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles M Corps Troops from February 1917
2nd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles M 15th Indian Division 42nd Indian Brigade
2nd Battalion 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) M 14th Indian Division 37th Indian Brigade
1st Battalion, 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles M 18th Indian Division 53rd Indian Brigade
2nd Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles M 14th Indian Division 35th Indian Brigade
1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles M 18th Indian Division 53rd Indian Brigade
3rd Battalion 1st Battalion, 39th Garhwal Rifles M 18th Indian Division 54th Indian Brigade
2nd Battalion, 39th Garhwal Rifles M 15th Indian Division 12th Indian Brigade
2nd Battalion, 9th Gurkha Rifles M 14th Indian Division 37th Indian Brigade
1st Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles M 17th Indian Division 51st Indian Brigade
4th Battalion 1st Battalion, 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) P 3rd (Lahore) Division 9th (Sirhind) Brigade
2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles P 3rd (Lahore) Division 7th (Ferozepore) Brigade
1st Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles P 7th (Meerut) Division 21st (Bareilly) Brigade
1/2 of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles P 75th Division (United Kingdom) 232nd Brigade (United Kingdom)
1/2 of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles P 75th Division (United Kingdom) 233rd Brigade (United Kingdom)

References

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  1. ^ Becke 1938, pp. 15–16
  2. ^ Becke 1936, pp. 120–121
  3. ^ Becke 1937, pp. 29–30
  4. ^ Becke 1937, pp. 126–128

Bibliography

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  • Becke, Major A.F. (1936). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2A. The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56). London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 1-871167-12-4.
  • Becke, Major A.F. (1937). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2B. The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th) with The Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 1-871167-00-0.
  • Becke, Major A.F. (1938). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 3A. New Army Divisions (9–26). London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 1-871167-08-6.
  • Gaylor, John (1996). Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903–1991 (2nd ed.). Tunbridge Wells: Parapress. ISBN 1-898594-41-4.
  • Perry, F.W. (1993). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions. Newport, Gwent: Ray Westlake Military Books. ISBN 1-871167-23-X.