8th (Lucknow) Division

8th (Lucknow) Division
Active	1903–1922
Country	British India
Allegiance	British Empire
Branch	British Indian Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Internal Security
Size	Division
Part of	Northern Army
HQ	Lucknow

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

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.