1st (Peshawar) Division explained

Unit Name:	1st (Peshawar) Division
Dates:	1903
Country:	British India
Allegiance:	British Crown
Branch:	British Indian Army
Type:	Infantry
Size:	Division
Notable Commanders:	Major-Gen. Charles James Blomfield (from October 1912 to June 1915) Major-Gen. Sir Frederick Campbell (from June 1915 to April 1919. Became Lieut-Gen. Sir from 1 July 1917)^[1]
Battles:	Third Afghan War

The 1st (Peshawar) Division was a Regular Division of the British Indian Army formed as a result of the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army in 1903. During World War I, the Division remained in India for local defense, but was mobilized for action on the North West Frontier on several occasions.^{[2] [3]}

The Division was a part of the Northern Army, later called the Northern Command. In 1919, the Division was mobilized for operations in Afghanistan during the Third Afghan War. Typical of most Indian Army formations, it contained a mixture of British and Indian units; but, unlike British Divisions, it contained a mixture of cavalry and infantry components.^{[2] [3]}

Formation in 1914

1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade

13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers

14th Murray's Jat Lancers

1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse

Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) Lumsden's) Cavalry

21st Lancers

M Battery, Royal Horse Artillery

1st Guides Infantry.^{[2] [3]}

1st (Peshawar) Infantry Brigade

2nd Bn, King's (Liverpool Regiment)

1st Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment

14th Sikhs

21st Punjabis

72nd Punjabis.^{[2] [3]}

2nd (Nowshera) Infantry Brigade

1st Bn, Durham Light Infantry

24th Punjabis

46th Punjabis

82nd Punjabis

112th Infantry^{[2] [3]}

Peshawar Brigade

Formed July 1918

1st Bn, Yorkshire Regiment

30th Lancers.^{[2] [3]}

Divisional Troops

2/1st Guides Rifles

38th Dogras

51st Sikhs.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• List of Indian divisions in World War I

Bibliography

• Book: Haythornthwaite, Philip J. . Philip Haythornthwaite

. Philip Haythornthwaite . 1996 . The World War One Source Book . Arms and Armour Press . London . 1-85409-351-7.

• Book: Moberly, F.J. . 1923 . Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign . Imperial War Museum . London . 1-870423-30-5.
• Book: Perry, F.W. . 1993 . Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions . Ray Westlake Military Books . Newport . 1-871167-23-X.

External links

• Web site: 1st (Peshawar) Division on The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 by PB Chappell . 2015-07-05 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080517085014/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/1_ind_div.htm . 17 May 2008 . dmy .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Army Commands.
2. Web site: 1914-1918 . 6 July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080616010613/http://www.1914-1918.net/Peshawar_div.htm . 16 June 2008 . dead . dmy .
3. Web site: orbat . 6 July 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090909172657/http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html . 9 September 2009 .