1st (Peshawar) Division

The 1st (Peshawar) Division was a Regular Division of the British Indian Army it was formed after the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army in 1903. 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.

Contents

• 1st Risalpur Cavalry Brigade
• 1st Peshawar Infantry Brigade
• 2nd Nowshera Infantry Brigade
• Peshawar Brigade
• Divisional Troops
• References

The Division was in the Northern Army, later called Northern Command. In 1919, the Division was mobilised for operations in Afghanistan during the Third Afghan War. Typical of all Indian Army formations, it contained a mixture of British units and Indian ones and unlike British Divisions it contained a mixture of cavalry and infantry components.