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.Oxford History of the British Army 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.
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 5th Light Infantry – at Nowgong 113th Infantry – at Dibrugarh 123rd Outram's Rifles – at Manipur 1/8th Gurkha Rifles – at Shillong
See also
List of Indian divisions in World War I
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