World War I order of battle: Indian Army

Indian Army during World War I order of battle

see Indian Army during World War I for further details on campaigns and structure

• 1st (Peshawar) Division
• 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division
• 3rd Lahore Divisional Area
• 4th (Quetta) Division
• 7th Meerut Divisional Area
• 16th Indian Division
• Bannu Brigade
• Derajat Brigade
• Kohat Brigade^[1]

Internal Security and training

• 5th (Mhow) Division
• 6th Poona Divisional Area
• 8th (Lucknow) Division
• 9th (Secunderabad) Division^[1]

On internal security or as a guard force

• Burma Division
• Aden Brigade
• South Persia Brigade^[1]

Western Front

• Indian Cavalry Corps
  • 1st Indian Cavalry Division (in 1916 renamed 4th Cavalry Division)
  • 2nd Indian Cavalry Division (in 1916 renamed 5th Cavalry Division)
• Indian Corps
  • 3rd (Lahore) Division (redeployed to Mesopotamia in 1915)
  • 7th (Meerut) Division (redeployed to Mesopotamia in 1915)^[1]

East Africa Campaign

• 27th (Bangalore) Brigade^[1]
• Imperial Service Infantry Brigade

East Africa Campaign

• 29th Punjabis and half battalions from the Princely states of
  • Jind
  • Bharatpur
  • Kapurthala
  • Rampur
• 15 pounder artillery battery
• 10 pounder mountain artillery battery
• Maxim gun battery
• Field Ambulance^[1]

Mesopotamia Campaign

• Cavalry Division
• 3rd (Lahore) Division
• 6th (Poona) Division
• 7th (Meerut) Division
• 12th Indian Division
• 14th Indian Division
• 15th Indian Division
• 17th Indian Division
• 18th Indian Division^[1]

Sinai and Palestine Campaign

• 4th Cavalry Division
• 5th Cavalry Division
• 3rd (Lahore) Division
• 7th (Meerut) Division^[1]

Suez Canal

• 10th Indian Division
• 11th Indian Division
• 22nd (Lucknow) Brigade^[1]

Gallipoli Campaign

• 29th Brigade^[1]

• Sumner, Ian (2001). The Indian Army 1914–1947. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-196-6.