The 8th Lucknow Division was a formation of the British Indian Army

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...

's Northern Army that was first formed as a result of the Kitchener reforms

Kitchener Reforms

The Kitchener Reforms of the Indian Army began in 1903 when Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, newly appointed Commander-in-Chief, India, completed the unification of the three armies of the former Presidencies , and also the Punjab Frontier Force, the Hyderabad Contingent and other local forces, into one...

 of the Indian Army in 1903. The Division remained in India

India

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 on internal security duties during World War I

World War I

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, though the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade was transferred to the 1st Indian Cavalry Division

1st Indian Cavalry Division

The 1st Indian Cavalry Division was a regular division of the British Indian Army. The division sailed for France from Bombay on October 16, 1914 , under the command of Major General H D Fanshawe. The division was re designated the 4th Cavalry Division in November 1916. During the war the Division...

 and served in France

France

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 on the Western Front

Western Front (World War I)

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, as well as alongside the 22nd Lucknow Infantry Brigade as part of the 11th Indian Division

11th Indian Division

The 11th Indian Division was formed in Egypt in 1914, to defend the Suez Canal. It was one of two divisions in the Indian Expeditionary Force F....

 in Egypt

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, which was part of the Middle Eastern theatre

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I

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22nd Lucknow Infantry Brigade

Commander Major General A Wilson

• 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers
• 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers
  King's Own Scottish Borderers
  The King's Own Scottish Borderers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division.-History:It was raised on 18 March 1689 by the Earl of Leven to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite forces of James II. It is said that 800 men were recruited within the space of two hours...
  
  
• 17th Infantry (The Loyal Regiment)
• 36th Sikhs
  36th Sikhs
  The 36th Sikhs was an infantry regiment in the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1887, when they were the 36th Bengal Infantry. They had one other change in title in 1901, when they became the 36th Sikh Infantry. They finally became the 36th Sikhs in 1903, after the...
  
  
• 74th Punjabis
  74th Punjabis
  The 74th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1776, when they were raised as the 14th Carnatic Battalion....
  
  
• U Battery Royal Horse Artillery
  Royal Horse Artillery
  The regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery , dating from 1793, are part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery of the British Army...
  
  
• V Brigade Royal Field Artillery
  Royal Field Artillery
  The 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....
  
  

Fyzabad Brigade

Commander Brigadier General Kavangh

• 12th Cavalry
• 1st Btn Leinster Regiment
• 9th Bhopal Infantry
  9th Bhopal Infantry
  The 9th Bhopal Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1859, as the Bhopal Levy. It was designated as the 9th Bhopal Infantry in 1903 and became 4th Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment in 1922...
  
  

Allahabad Brigade

Commander Brigadier General Cowper

• 17th Cavalry
• 1st Btn Royal Scots
• 3rd Btn Middlesex Regiment
  Middlesex Regiment
  The Middlesex Regiment was a regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms when the 57th and 77th Regiments of Foot were amalgamated with the county's militia and rifle volunteer units.On 31 December 1966 The Middlesex Regiment was amalgamated with three...
  
  
• 62nd Punjabis
  62nd Punjabis
  The 62nd Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1759 as the 3rd Battalion of Coast Sepoys, and formed part of the Madras Army. It was designated as the 62nd Punjabis in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment in 1922. In 1947, it was allocated to...
  
  
• 92nd Punjabis
  92nd Punjabis
  The 92nd Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was raised in 1800 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 92nd Punjabis in 1903 and became 4th Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922...
  
  

Presidency Brigade, Calcutta

Commander Major General May

• 2nd Btn Royal Fusiliers
• 2nd Btn King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
  King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
  The King's Own Royal Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line of the British Army, which served under various titles from 1680 to 1959. Its lineage is continued today by the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.-History:...
  
  
• 1st Btn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
  Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
  The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland....
  
  
• 11th Rajputs
  11th Rajputs
  The 11th Rajputs was an infantry regiment of the Bengal Army and later of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1825, when they were the 2nd Extra Battalion, Bengal Native Infantry...
  
  
• 22nd Punjabis
  22nd Punjabis
  The 22nd Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 11th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 22nd Punjabis in 1903 and became 3rd Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment in 1922...
  
  
• 93rd Burma Infantry
  93rd Burma Infantry
  The 93rd Burma Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was raised in 1800 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 93rd Burma Infantry in 1903 and became 5th Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922...
  
  
• 2/10th Gurkha Rifles
• XVII Brigade R.F.A.
• 51, 62 Companies Royal Garrison Artillery
  Royal Garrison Artillery
  The 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...
  
  

8th Lucknow (Cavalry) Brigade

Commander Major General Cookson

• 1st King's Dragoon Guards
  1st King's Dragoon Guards
  The 1st King's Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army. The regiment was formed in 1685 as The Queen's Regiment of Horse, named in honour of Queen Mary, consort of King James II. It was renamed The King's Own Regiment of Horse in 1714 in honour of George I...
  
  
• 16th Cavalry
• 36th Jacob's Horse
  36th Jacob's Horse
  - Origins :Raised by Lieut. John Jacob of the Bombay Artillery, they served first in Southern Afghanistan and later under Sir Charles Napier in the taking of Scinde....
  
  
• 39th Central India Horse
  The Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse)
  The Central India Horse was a regular cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army. They were formed at the start of the Mutiny of 1857 and served in the Great War and World War II.-Formation:...
  
  

Unbrigaded

• 5th Btn Light Infantry
  Light infantry
  Traditionally light infantry were soldiers whose job was to provide a skirmishing screen ahead of the main body of infantry, harassing and delaying the enemy advance. Light infantry was distinct from medium, heavy or line infantry. Heavy infantry were dedicated primarily to fighting in tight...
  
  
• 113 Infantry
  The Grenadiers
  The Grenadiers are an infantry regiment of the Indian Army, formerly part of the Bombay Army and later the pre-independence Indian Army, when the regiment was known as the 4th Bombay Grenadiers. It has distinguished itself during the two world wars and also since the Independence of India...
  
  
• 123rd Outram's Rifles
  123rd Outram's Rifles
  -History:It traced its origins to the 12th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, part of the British East India Company's Bombay Army. It fought in the Battle of Khadki on 5 November 1817 in the Third Anglo-Maratha War and became the regiment's 1st Battalion in 1820...
  
  
• 1/8th Gurkha Rifles

Further reading

• Perry, F.W. & Becke, A.F. (1945). History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions: Indian Army Divisions Pt. 5B. London HMSO. ISBN 1-871167-23-X
• Haythornthwaite P.J. (1992). The World War One Sourcebook, Arms and Armour Press.
• Moberly, F.J. (1923). Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign, Imperial War Museum. ISBN 1-870423-30-5