4th (Quetta) Division
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The 4th Division was an infantry division of the British Indian Army
. It was formed by General Kitchener
while he was Commander-in-chief of India
. During World War I
the division remained in India. Its composition was:
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...
. It was formed by General Kitchener
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC , was an Irish-born British Field Marshal and proconsul who won fame for his imperial campaigns and later played a central role in the early part of the First World War, although he died halfway...
while he was Commander-in-chief of India
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
. During World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
the division remained in India. Its composition was:
Formation 1914
- Commanding officer Lt General H Grover
- 1st Quetta Infantry Brigade Brigadier General Sitwell
- 2nd Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
- 12th Pioneers
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- 58th Vaughn's Rifles
- 1/7th Gurkha Rifles
- 2/7th Gurkha
- XXI Brigade Royal Field ArtilleryRoyal Field ArtilleryThe Royal Field Artillery of the British Army provided artillery support for the British Army. It came into being when the Royal Artillery was divided on 1 July 1899, it was reamalgamated back into the Royal Artillery in 1924....
(RFA)
- 2nd Quetta Infantry Brigade Major General Mellis VCCharles John MellissMajor General Sir Charles John Melliss VC, CB, CMG was a British military officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Melliss was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth...
- 2nd Battalion Royal Irish FusiliersRoyal Irish FusiliersThe Royal Irish Fusiliers was an Irish infantry regiment of the British Army, formed by the amalgamation of the 87th Regiment of Foot and the 89th Regiment of Foot in 1881. The regiment's first title in 1881 was Princess Victoria's , changed in 1920 to The Royal Irish Fusiliers...
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- IV Mountain Brigade Royal Garrison ArtilleryRoyal Garrison ArtilleryThe Royal Garrison Artillery was an arm of the Royal Artillery that was originally tasked with manning the guns of the British Empire's forts and fortresses, including coastal artillery batteries, the heavy gun batteries attached to each infantry division, and the guns of the siege...
(RGA)
- 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
- Karachi Brigade Brigadier General Shaw
- 1st Battalion Lancashire FusiliersLancashire FusiliersThe Lancashire Fusiliers was a British infantry regiment that was amalgamated with other Fusilier regiments in 1968 to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.- Formation and early history:...
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- 69 Company RGA
- 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
- Divisional troops
- 10th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Lancers (Hodson’s Horse)
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- 28th Light Cavalry
- 15th Sikhs
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- 60 Company RGA