1st (PESHAWAR) DIVISION

British units only.

A Regular Division of the Indian Army. The Division remained in India throughout the war.

 

Infantry Units

Peshawar (1st) Brigade. (Renamed 1st Brigade in Jul 1918.)

1/4th Bn Queen’s. Jan 1916 - Feb 1916. To the 2nd Brigade.
2nd Bn King’s. 04 Aug 1914 - Dec 1917. To the 4th Division.
2/6th Bn Devonshire Regt. Aug 1916 - Jul 1917. To Mesopotamia on L of C duties.
2nd Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Dec 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
1/4th Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Aug 1915 - Jan 1916. To the Nowshera Brigade.
1st Bn Yorkshire Regt. Jan 1918 - Jul 1918. To the Peshawar Brigade.
1st Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regt. Jun 1915 - Jul 1915. To the 2nd Division.
2/4th Bn Border Regt. Mar 1916 - Mar 1917. To the 2nd Division.
1st Bn Royal Sussex Regt. 04 Aug 1914 - Dec 1917. To the 2nd Division.

Nowshera (2nd) Brigade.

1/4th Bn Queen’s. Feb 1916 - Mar 1917. To the 3rd Lahore divisional area.
1/4th Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Jan 1916 - Feb 1916. To the 14th Division.
1/5th Bn East Surrey Regt. Aug 1915 - May 1916. To the 2nd Division.
1/5th Bn East Surrey Regt. Oct 1916 - Apr 1917. To the 7th Meerut divisional area.
2/4th Bn Border Regt. Dec 1917 - Oct 1918. To the 2nd Division.
1/9th Bn Middlesex Regt. Mar 1916 - Apr 1916. To the 2nd Division.
2nd Bn North Staffordshire Regt. Nov 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
1st Bn Durham light Infantry. Aug 1914 - Nov 1917. To the 2nd Division.

Peshawar Brigade. (Formed in Jul 1918.)

1st Bn Yorkshire Regt. Jul 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.