8th (Lucknow) Division explained

Unit Name:	8th (Lucknow) Division
Dates:	1903–1922
Country:	British India
Branch:	British Indian Army
Type:	Infantry
Role:	Internal Security
Size:	Division
Command Structure:	Northern Army
Garrison:	Lucknow
Garrison Label:	HQ

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.^[1] The Division remained in India on internal security duties during World War I,^{[2] [3]} though the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade was transferred to the 1st Indian Cavalry Division and served in France on the Western Front,^[4] and the 22nd Lucknow Infantry Brigade served as part of the 11th Indian Division in Egypt.^[5]

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^{[2] [6]}

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^{[2] [6]}

Fyzabad Brigade

Commander: Brigadier General Kavangh

• 12th Cavalry
• 1st Battalion, Leinster Regiment
• 9th Bhopal Infantry^{[2] [6]}

Allahabad Brigade

Commander: Brigadier General Cowper

• 17th Cavalry
• 1st Battalion, Royal Scots
• 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
• 62nd Punjabis
• 92nd Punjabis^{[2] [6]}

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^{[2] [6]}

Unbrigaded

• 5th Light Infantry  - at Nowgong
• 113th Infantry  - at Dibrugarh
• 123rd Outram's Rifles  - at Manipur
• 1/8th Gurkha Rifles  - at Shillong^[6]

See also

• List of Indian divisions in World War I

Bibliography

• Book: Haythornthwaite, Philip J. . 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: 8th (Lucknow) Division on The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 by PB Chappell . 2015-07-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517123918/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/8_ind_div.htm . 17 May 2008 . dmy .

Notes and References

1. Oxford History of the British Army
2. Web site: 8th (Lucknow) Division . The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 . PB . Chappell . 8 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130503150739/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/8_ind_div.htm . 3 May 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
3. Web site: orbat.com . Indian 8th Division: An Outline History . 1 March 2006 . 8 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232620/http://orbat.com/site/cimh/divisions/Indian%208th%20Division.pdf . 3 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
4. Web site: 1st Indian Cavalry Division . The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 . PB . Chappell . 8 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517085204/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_cav/1_ind_cav_div.htm . 17 May 2008 . dmy .
5. Web site: 11th Indian Division . The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 . PB . Chappell . 8 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213201720/http://warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/11_ind_div.htm . 13 February 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
6. Web site: The Indian Army 1914 . orbat.com . Graham . Watson . 25 March 2001 . 8 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090909172657/http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html . 9 September 2009 . dmy .