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| specific_type = Infantry division
 
| specific_type = Infantry division
 
| size_at_full_strength = 19,000
 
| size_at_full_strength = 19,000
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| unit_name1 = Meerut Division
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| unit_name1 = 7th (Meerut) Indian Division
 
| unit_name1_start_date = 1903
 
| unit_name1_start_date = 1903
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| unit_name1_end_date = unknown
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| unit_name1_end_date = 1923
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| unit_name1_reason_for_change = Renaming of Indian divisions.
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| unit_name2 = 7th (Meerut) Indian Division
 
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| start_date = 1903
 
| start_date = 1903
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| end_date =  
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| alternate_unit_names = Meerut Division
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| parent = Indian Corps
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| subordinate = Divisional Train, 7th Indian Division
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| subordinate = Divisional Supply and Transport, 7th Indian Division
 
| subordinate_level = {{BritishBrigade}}
 
| subordinate_level = {{BritishBrigade}}
 
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== Related media ==
 
== Related media ==
 
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* Imperial War Museum, [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205195232 Q 12494]: photo of soldiers of this division bathing in the River Auja in Palestine, Summer 1918.
  
 
== Official sources ==
 
== Official sources ==
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C138572|WO 95/3930-3948}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C138662|WO 95/5127-5141}}
  
 
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=== Other official documents ===
 
=== Other official documents ===
 
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* {{Cite TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C91182|WO 157/957-976}} intelligence summaries.
  
 
== Other sources ==
 
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Indian Division 007}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Indian Division 007}}
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[[Category:Infantry divisions]]
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[[Category:Indian divisions]]
 
[[Category:Indian divisions]]
 
[[Category:All Indian units]]
 
[[Category:All Indian units]]
 
[[Category:Units needing personal narratives]]
 
[[Category:Units needing personal narratives]]
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[[Category:Units with related media]]
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Latest revision as of 12:19, 3 May 2017

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7th Indian Division
Years active: 1903 –
Country: India
Service: Indian Army
Branch: unknown
Type: Formation
Specific type: Infantry division
Full size: 19,000
Sources for overview:
Created: 1903. 
Sources for created:
Name1: 7th (Meerut) Indian Division
Name1 Start: 1903
Name1 End: 1923
Reason for change:
Sources for name1:
Alternate names: Meerut Division
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded:
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: Indian Corps
Parent level: Corps
Start date:
End date:
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 19th Indian Infantry Brigade
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 31/12/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 20th Indian Infantry Brigade
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 30/11/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 21st Indian Infantry Brigade
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 31/12/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Mounted Troops, 7th Indian Division
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Artillery, 7th Indian Division
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Engineers and Pioneers, 7th Indian Division
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Machine Gun Units, 7th Indian Division
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Medical Services, 7th Indian Division
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Veterinary Services, 7th Indian Division
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Supply and Transport, 7th Indian Division
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/08/1914
Date left: 31/12/1915
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: Mesopotamia and North Persia
Date entered: 01/11/1915
Date left: 31/12/1917
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: Egypt, Palestine and Syria
Date entered: 01/01/1918
Date left: 31/03/1920
Sources:


Personal narratives

Related media

  • Imperial War Museum, Q 12494: photo of soldiers of this division bathing in the River Auja in Palestine, Summer 1918.

Official sources

Unit war diaries

  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/3930-3948 (unknown date–unknown date)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5127-5141 (unknown date–unknown date)

Unit histories

Other official documents

  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 157/957-976 intelligence summaries.

Other sources

References


This page contains data imported from the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0.
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