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Note: I'm having trouble finding an easily accessible list of Indian battalions, so in the meantime, here's a list of those Indian Divisions in 1914-1918 that actually left India and went to war, taken from the [http://www.1914-1918.net/inddivs.htm Long, Long Trail site] (with permission). | Note: I'm having trouble finding an easily accessible list of Indian battalions, so in the meantime, here's a list of those Indian Divisions in 1914-1918 that actually left India and went to war, taken from the [http://www.1914-1918.net/inddivs.htm Long, Long Trail site] (with permission). | ||
| − | According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, in August 1914, the Indian Army comprised 39 horsed cavalry regiments and 138 infantry battalions, 20 of which were Gurkhas.<ref name="CWGCWWIContext">[http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/context/indian-army-in-1914.php Indian Army in 1914].</ref> Of the 200,000 enlisted men, 45,000 were non-combatants.<ref name=" | + | According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, in August 1914, the Indian Army comprised 39 horsed cavalry regiments and 138 infantry battalions, 20 of which were Gurkhas.<ref name="CWGCWWIContext">[http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/context/indian-army-in-1914.php Indian Army in 1914].</ref> Of the 200,000 enlisted men, 45,000 were non-combatants.<ref name="CWGCWWIContext" /> By the end of the war, 1,105,000 Indian personnel had been sent overseas.<ref name="CWGCWWIContrib">[http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/context/indias-contribution.php India's contribution to the First World War].</ref> Indian women also served in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service.<ref name="CWGCWWIContrib" /> |
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* 1st Indian Cavalry (later the 4th Cavalry Division) | * 1st Indian Cavalry (later the 4th Cavalry Division) | ||
* 2nd Indian Cavalry (later the 5th Cavalry Division) | * 2nd Indian Cavalry (later the 5th Cavalry Division) | ||
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Revision as of 10:12, 12 November 2014
Note: I'm having trouble finding an easily accessible list of Indian battalions, so in the meantime, here's a list of those Indian Divisions in 1914-1918 that actually left India and went to war, taken from the Long, Long Trail site (with permission).
According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, in August 1914, the Indian Army comprised 39 horsed cavalry regiments and 138 infantry battalions, 20 of which were Gurkhas.[1] Of the 200,000 enlisted men, 45,000 were non-combatants.[1] By the end of the war, 1,105,000 Indian personnel had been sent overseas.[2] Indian women also served in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service.[2]
Indian Divisions in 1914-1918
- 3rd (Lahore) Indian Divisions
- 6th (Poona) Indian Divisions
- 7th (Meerut) Indian Divisions
- 10th Indian Divisions
- 11th Indian Divisions
- 12th Indian Divisions
- 13th Indian Divisions
- 14th Indian Divisions
- 15th Indian Divisions
- 17th Indian Divisions
- 18th Indian Divisions
- 1st Indian Cavalry (later the 4th Cavalry Division)
- 2nd Indian Cavalry (later the 5th Cavalry Division)
