3rd (Lahore) Division

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unit_name= 3rd (Lahore) Indian Division


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History

The 3rd (Lahore) Division was an infantry division of the British Indian Army. It was formed by General Kitchener while he was Commander-in-chief of India between 1902 & 1909. The division was sent to France at the outbreak of the Great War, landing at Marseilles on 26 September 1914 as part of the Indian Corp. The corp was withdrawn in late 1915, and after that the 3rd Division fought in the Middle East.

Order of Battle September 1914

*Ferozepore Brigade
** 1st Bn. Connaught Rangers
** 9th Bhopal Infantry
** 57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force)
** 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis

*Jullundur Brigade
** 1st Bn. Manchester Regiment
** 15th Ludhiana Sikhs
** 47th Sikhs
** 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)

*Sirhind Brigade
** 1st Bn. Highland Light Infantry
** 125th Napier's Rifles
** 1st Bn. 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
** 1st Bn. 4th Gurkha Rifles

*15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis) Divisional Reconnaissaince

*34th Sikh Pioneers

*Divisional Artillery
**V Brigade RFA
**XI Brigade RFA
**XVIII Brigade RFA
**109 Battery RGA

External links

* [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/armyunit.htm/ British Empire] has list of all Indian Army regiments with pictures of their regimental badges.

Notes and references

*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 187116723X

*Haythornthwaite P.J. (1992). "The World War One Sourcebook", Arms and Armour Press.