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.
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
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