8th (Lucknow) Division

Updated on Oct 23, 2023

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Active 1903–1922 Allegiance British Empire Type Infantry		Country British India Branch British Indian Army Role Internal Security

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

8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade

Commander: Major General Cookson

1st King's Dragoon Guards

16th Cavalry

36th Jacob's Horse

39th Central India Horse

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

Fyzabad Brigade

Commander: Brigadier General Kavangh

12th Cavalry

1st Battalion, Leinster Regiment

9th Bhopal Infantry

Allahabad Brigade

Commander: Brigadier General Cowper

17th Cavalry

1st Battalion, Royal Scots

3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

62nd Punjabis

92nd Punjabis

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

Unbrigaded

5th Light Infantry – at Nowgong

113th Infantry – at Dibrugarh

123rd Outram's Rifles – at Manipur

1/8th Gurkha Rifles – at Shillong

References

8th (Lucknow) Division Wikipedia

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