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2nd (Rawalpindi) Division

Field	Value
unit_name	2nd (Rawalpindi) Division
dates	1903–?
country	British India
allegiance	British Crown
branch	British Indian Army
type	Infantry
size	Division
notable_commanders	Major-Gen. Gerald Kitson (1912 to 1916)
Major-Gen. W. Bunbury (May 1916 to August 1917)
Major-Gen. Sir C. Dobell (August 1917 onwards)
battles	Third Anglo-Afghan War

Major-Gen. W. Bunbury (May 1916 to August 1917) Major-Gen. Sir C. Dobell (August 1917 onwards)

The 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division was a regular army division of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1903 after the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army. During World War I it remained in India for local defence but it was mobilised for action on the North West Frontier on several occasions during the period. The Division was mobilised in 1919 for service during the Third Afghan War.

Formation in August 1914

Sialkot (2nd) Cavalry Brigade

:17th Lancers :6th King Edward's Own Cavalry :19th Lancers

Abbottabad (3rd) Brigade

:1st Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles :2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles :1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles :2nd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles :68th, 94th and 104th Companies, Royal Garrison Artillery :VII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery ::4th, 38th and 78th Batteries, RFA

Rawalpindi (4th) Brigade

:21st Lancers :5th Cavalry :35th Sikhs :84th Punjabis :9 Mountain Battery, RGA :W Battery, Royal Horse Artillery :II Mountain Brigade, RGA ::1st and 6th Mountain Batteries, RGA

Jhelum (5th) Brigade

:21st Cavalry :37th Dogras :69th Punjabis :76th Punjabis :87th Punjabis

Unbrigaded

:32nd Pioneers (at Sialkot) :1st Battalion, Green Howards :4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps :2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade :2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment (at Murree) :I Mountain Brigade, Indian Mountain Artillery (at Abbottabad) ::27th and 30th Mountain Batteries, IMA :V Mountain Brigade, IMA ::23rd, 28th and 29th Mountain Batteries, IMA

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References

Baker, Chris. "The Indian Divisions of 1914-1918". The Long Long Trail.
"The Indian Army 1914". orbat.com.
{{harvnb. Perry. 1993

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