1st (Peshawar) Division

June 2015 May 2026 1st (Peshawar) Division 1903 British India British Crown British Indian Army Infantry Division Major-Gen. Charles James Blomfield (from October 1912 to June 1915)Major-Gen. Sir Frederick Campbell (from June 1915 to April 1919. Became Lieut-Gen. Sir from 1 July 1917)https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf Army Commands 15 February 2020 17 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220117052916/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf live Third Afghan War The 1st (Peshawar) Division was a Regular Division of the British Indian Army formed as a result of the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army in 1903. During World War I, the Division remained in India for local defense, but was mobilized for action on the North West Frontier on several occasions.1914-1918 http://www.1914-1918.net/Peshawar_div.htm 6 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080616010613/http://www.1914-1918.net/Peshawar_div.htm 16 June 2008 dead dmy orbat http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html 6 July 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090909172657/http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html 9 September 2009 The Division was a part of the Northern Army, later called the Northern Command. In 1919, the Division was mobilized for operations in Afghanistan during the Third Afghan War. Typical of most Indian Army formations, it contained a mixture of British and Indian units; but, unlike British Divisions, it contained a mixture of cavalry and infantry components. Formation in 1914 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers 14th Murray's Jat Lancers 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) Lumsden's) Cavalry 21st Lancers M Battery, Royal Horse Artillery 1st Guides Infantry. 1st (Peshawar) Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment 14th Sikhs 21st Punjabis 72nd Punjabis. 2nd (Nowshera) Infantry Brigade 1st Bn, Durham Light Infantry 24th Punjabis 46th Punjabis 82nd Punjabis 112th Infantry Peshawar Brigade Formed July 1918 1st Bn, Yorkshire Regiment 30th Lancers. Divisional Troops 2/1st Guides Rifles 38th Dogras 51st Sikhs. See also List of Indian divisions in World War I References Bibliography Haythornthwaite Philip J. Philip Haythornthwaite 1996 The World War One Source Book Arms and Armour Press London 1-85409-351-7 Moberly F.J. 1997 1st Pub. 1923 Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign Imperial War Museum London 1-870423-30-5 Perry F.W. 1993 Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions Ray Westlake Military Books Newport 1-871167-23-X External links http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/1_ind_div.htm 1st (Peshawar) Division on The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 by PB Chappell 2015-07-05 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080517085014/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/1_ind_div.htm 17 May 2008 dmy Category:Indian World War I divisions Category:Military units and formations established in 1903 Category:British Indian Army divisions Category:Military history of Peshawar