14th Indian Division

the World War II formation 14th Indian Infantry Division June 2015 May 2026 14th Indian Division 12 May 1916 – February 1919 British India 23px British Crown British India 23px Infantry Division III Corps Sir William Montgomerie Thomson World War I Mesopotamian campaign Second Battle of Kut Fall of Baghdad (1917) The 14th Indian Division was formed during World War I, for service in the Mesopotamian Campaign. It was composed of battalions of the Regular British Army, the British Territorial Force and the British Indian Army. History 300px|thumb|right|Map showing the 14th Division movements The Division now part of the Tigris Corps was involved in a number on minor engagements the Second Battle of Kut and the Fall of Baghdad, the Division's 36th Brigade was left in Baghdad as the Garrison. The Division remained in Mesopotamia until the Armistice of Mudros 31 October 1918.British Official History of the Great War, Mesopotamia Campaign Vol. 4warpath http://warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/14_ind_div.htm 21 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080528025931/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/14_ind_div.htm 28 May 2008 dead dmy-all Order of battle The division commanded the following units, although not all of them served at the same time:Perry 1993 128 35th Indian Brigade 1/5th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 37th Dogras 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers 2nd Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles 36th Indian Brigade Departed for the North Persia Force in June 1918, replaced by 56th Indian Brigade 1/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment 26th Punjabis 62nd Punjabis 82nd Punjabis 37th Indian Brigade 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) 36th Sikhs 64th Pioneers 1/4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 45th Rattray's Sikhs 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion, 9th Gurkha Rifles 1st Battalion, 67th Punjabis 82nd Punjabis 185th Machine Gun Company 37th Light Trench Mortar Battery 56th Indian Brigade Joined in August 1918 to replace 36th Indian Brigade 1/4th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st Battalion, 42nd Deoli Regiment 95th Russell's Infantry 104th Wellesley's Rifles 1st Patiala Lancers (attached March to June 1918) 2nd Indian Machine Gun Company 56th Light Trench Mortar Battery Artillery 13th Brigade Royal Field Artillery C/69th Howitzer battery Battles 300px|right|thumb|Troops entering Baghdad Advance to the Hai and capture of the Khudaira Bend. 14 December 1916. Capture of the Hai Salient. 25 January – 5 February 1917. Capture of Sannaiyat. 17–24 February 1917. Second Battle of Kut. 23 February 1917 Passage of the Tigris. 23–24 February 1917. Fall of Baghdad (1917). 8–11 March 1917 Passage of the ‘Adhaim. 18 April 1917. Action of the Shatt al Adhaim. 30 April 1917. Second action of Jabal Hamrin. 16–20 October 1917. Third action of Jabal Hamrin. 3–6 December 1917. See also List of Indian divisions in World War I Notes References Bibliography Haythornthwaite Philip J. 1996 The World War One Source Book Arms and Armour Press London 1-85409-351-7 James Brigadier E.A. 1978 British Regiments 1914–18 Samson Books Limited London 0-906304-03-2 Moberly Frederick James History of the Great War Based on Official Documents The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914–1918 I 1927 1923 HMSO London 772784341 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210666 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/14_ind_div.htm 14th Indian Division on The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 by PB Chappell 2015-06-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080517084829/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/14_ind_div.htm 17 May 2008 dmy Category:British Indian Army divisions Category:Indian World War I divisions Category:Military units and formations established in 1916 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1919