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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.
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Sialkot (2nd) Cavalry Brigade
17th Lancers 6th King Edward's Own Cavalry 19th LancersAbbottabad (3rd) Brigade
1st Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles 1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles 2nd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles 68th, 94th and 104th Companies, Royal Garrison Artillery VII Brigade, Royal Field ArtilleryRawalpindi (4th) Brigade
21st Lancers 5th Cavalry 35th Sikhs 84th Punjabis 9 Mountain Battery, RGA W Battery, Royal Horse Artillery II Mountain Brigade, RGAJhelum (5th) Brigade
21st Cavalry 37th Dogras 69th Punjabis 76th Punjabis 87th PunjabisUnbrigaded
32nd Pioneers (at Sialkot) 1st Battalion, Green Howards 4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment (at Murree) I Mountain Brigade, Indian Mountain Artillery (at Abbotabad) 27th and 30th Mountain Batteries, IMA V Mountain Brigade, IMAReferences
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