The Burma Division was a static 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...

. It was created as part of the 1903 reforms

Kitchener Reforms

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 of the Indian Army by Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

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 then Commander-in-Chief, India

Commander-in-Chief, India

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. The task of such formations was to oversee area brigades commanding Internal Security

Internal security

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 troops. The formation is best thought of as a provincial or district command rather than as an infantry division.

The headquarters of the division was at Maymyo.

At the start of World War I

World War I

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 the division consisted of:

• Commander Major General T Pilcher

• Rangoon Brigade, Brigadier General Johnstone
  • 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
    Worcestershire Regiment
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  • 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers
    Royal Munster Fusiliers
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  • 66th Punjabis
    1st Punjab Regiment
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  • 79th Infantry
  • 89th Punjabis
    89th Punjabis
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  • 64th & 75th Batteries Royal Garrison Artillery
    Royal Garrison Artillery
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  • 22 Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

• Mandalay Brigade, Major General Raitt
  • 1st Battalion Border Regiment
    Border Regiment
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  • 64th Pioneers
    64th Pioneers
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  • 80th Infantry
  • 91st Punjabis
  • 1/10th Gurkha Rifles