16th INDIAN DIVISION

British units only.

Formed in December 1916. The Division remained in India and replaced the 3rd Lahore divisonal area when it was abolished in May 1917.

Unless indicated all the Division mentioned in the following narratives are Indian.

 

Infantry Units

43rd Brigade.

1/4th Bn Queen’s. May 1917 - Jan 1918. To the Ambala Brigade.
1/5th Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Jan 1917 - Mar 1917. To the 6th Poona divisonal area.
2/6th Bn Royal Sussex Regt. Aug 1917 - Mar 1918. To Lahore.
1/9th Bn Hampshire Regt. Dec 1916 - Jun 1917. To the 44th Brigade.
1/9th Bn Middlesex Regt. Feb 1917 - Mar 1917. To the 3rd Lahore divisional area.
1/25th Bn London Regt. May 1917 - Dec 1917. To the 45th Brigade.

44th (Ferozepore) Brigade. (Joined the Division in Feb 1917.)

1/4th Bn Queen’s. Sep 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
2/4th Bn Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Feb 1917 - Mar 1917. To the 7th Meerut divisional area.
2/6th Bn Royal Sussex Regt. Feb 1917 - May 1917. To the 45th Brigade.
1/9th Bn Hampshire Regt. Jun 1917 - Feb 1918. To the Ambala Brigade.
1/1st Kent Bn. Feb 1917 - Apr 1917. To the Bannu Brigade, North West Frontier.
1/1st Kent Bn. Jul 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.

45th (Jullundur) Brigade. (Joined the Division in May 1917.)

1/4th Bn Queen’s. Mar 1918 - Sep 1918. To the 44th Brigade.
2/6th Bn Royal Sussex Regt. May 1917 - Aug 1917. To the 43rd Brigade.
2nd Bn North Staffordshire Regt. Aug 1917 - Nov 1917. To the 1st Division.
1/25th Bn London Regt. Dec 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.

Ambala Brigade. (Joined the Division in May 1917.)

1/4th Bn Queen’s. Jan 1918 - Mar 1918. To the 45th Brigade.
1/5th Bn Hampshire Regt. Oct 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
1/6th Bn Hampshire Regt. May 1917 - Aug 1917. To the 17th Division.
1/7th Bn Hampshire Regt. May 1917 - Jan 1918. To the Aden Brigade.
1/9th Bn Hampshire Regt. Feb 1918 - Oct 1918. To Siberia.
1/9th Bn Middlesex Regt. May 1917 - Nov 1917. To the 18th Division.

Lahore. (Unbrigaded.)

2/4th Bn Somerset Light Infantry. May 1917 - Aug 1917. To the Poona Division.
1st Garrison Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Sep 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
2/6th Bn Royal Sussex Regt. Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
1/4th Bn Buffs. Jul 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
23rd Bn Rifle Brigade. May 1917 - Sep 1918. To the Meerut Division.