| Unit Name: | 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division |
| Dates: | 1903–? |
| Country: | British India |
| Allegiance: | British Crown |
| Branch: | British Indian Army |
| Type: | Infantry |
| Size: | Division |
| Notable Commanders: | Major-Gen. Gerald Kitson (1912 to 1916) Major-Gen. W. Bunbury (May 1916 to August 1917) Major-Gen. Sir C. Dobell (August 1917 onwards) |
| Battles: | Third Anglo-Afghan War |
The 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division was a regular army division of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1903 after the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army. During World War I it remained in India for local defence but it was mobilised for action on the North West Frontier on several occasions during the period. The Division was mobilised in 1919 for service during the Third Afghan War.[1] [2]
19th Lancers
1st Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles
2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles
1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles
2nd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles
4th, 38th and 78th Batteries, RFA
5th Cavalry
9 Mountain Battery, RGA
II Mountain Brigade, RGA
1st and 6th Mountain Batteries, RGA
21st Cavalry
32nd Pioneers (at Sialkot)
1st Battalion, Green Howards
2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment (at Murree)
I Mountain Brigade, Indian Mountain Artillery (at Abbottabad)
27th and 30th Mountain Batteries, IMA
V Mountain Brigade, IMA
23rd, 28th and 29th Mountain Batteries, IMA