• Source: 8th (Lucknow) Division

      • 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. The Division remained in India on internal security duties during World War I, though the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade was transferred to the 1st Indian Cavalry Division and served in France on the Western Front, and the 22nd Lucknow Infantry Brigade served as part of the 11th Indian Division in Egypt.


      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


      = 22nd (Lucknow) Brigade

      =
      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
      63rd, 64th and 73rd Batteries


      = Fyzabad Brigade

      =
      Commander: Brigadier General Kavangh
      12th Cavalry
      1st Battalion, Leinster Regiment
      9th Bhopal Infantry


      = Allahabad Brigade

      =
      Commander: Brigadier General Cowper
      17th Cavalry
      1st Battalion, Royal Scots
      3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
      62nd Punjabis
      92nd Punjabis


      = 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


      = Unbrigaded

      =
      5th Light Infantry – at Nowgong
      113th Infantry – at Dibrugarh
      123rd Outram's Rifles – at Manipur
      1/8th Gurkha Rifles – at Shillong


      See also


      List of Indian divisions in World War I


      References




      Bibliography


      Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (1996). The World War One Source Book. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 1-85409-351-7.
      Moberly, F.J. (1923). Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign. London: Imperial War Museum. ISBN 1-870423-30-5.
      Perry, F.W. (1993). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions. Newport: Ray Westlake Military Books. ISBN 1-871167-23-X.


      External links


      "8th (Lucknow) Division on The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 by PB Chappell". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 2015-07-19.

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