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8th (Lucknow) Division

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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

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

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