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8th (Lucknow) Division

Field	Value
unit_name	8th (Lucknow) Division
dates	1903–1922
country	British Raj British India
allegiance	British Empire
branch	[[File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg	23px]] British Indian Army
type	Infantry
role	Internal Security
size	Division
command_structure	Northern Army
garrison	Lucknow
garrison_label	HQ

The 8th (Lucknow) Division was a formation of the British Indian Army's Northern Army that was first formed as a result of the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army in 1903. The Division remained in India on internal security duties during World War I, though the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade was transferred to the 1st Indian Cavalry Division and served in France on the Western Front, and the 22nd Lucknow Infantry Brigade served as part of the 11th Indian Division in Egypt.

Division formation in 1914

[[8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade]]

:Commander: Major General Cookson

[[22nd (Lucknow) Brigade]]

:Commander: Major General A. Wilson

3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
17th Infantry (The Loyal Regiment)
36th Sikhs
74th Punjabis
U Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
V Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 63rd, 64th and 73rd Batteries

[[Faizabad|Fyzabad]] Brigade

:Commander: Brigadier General Kavangh

12th Cavalry
1st Battalion, Leinster Regiment
9th Bhopal Infantry

[[Allahabad]] Brigade

:Commander: Brigadier General Cowper

17th Cavalry
1st Battalion, Royal Scots
3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
62nd Punjabis
92nd Punjabis

Presidency Brigade

:Presidency Brigade was based in Calcutta. :Commander: Major General May

2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
11th Rajputs
22nd Punjabis
93rd Burma Infantry
2/10th Gurkha Rifles
XVII Brigade RFA
- 10th, 26th and 92nd Batteries
51st and 62nd Companies RGA

Unbrigaded

5th Light Infantry – at Nowgong
113th Infantry – at Dibrugarh
123rd Outram's Rifles – at Manipur
1/8th Gurkha Rifles – at Shillong

References

Bibliography

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References

Oxford History of the British Army
Chappell, PB. "8th (Lucknow) Division". The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918.
(1 March 2006). "Indian 8th Division: An Outline History". orbat.com.
Chappell, PB. "1st Indian Cavalry Division". The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918.
Chappell, PB. "11th Indian Division". The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918.
Watson, Graham. (25 March 2001). "The Indian Army 1914". orbat.com.

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