2nd (RAWALPINDI) DIVISION

British units only.

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

 

Infantry Units

3rd (Abbottabad) Brigade.

1st Bn Durham Light Infantry. 04 Aug 1914 - Aug 1914. To the 1st Division.

4th (Rawalpindi) Brigade.

1st Garrison Bn Somerset Light Infantry. May 1917 - Sep 1918. To the 16th Division.
1st Bn Yorkshire Regt. Jan 1915 - Jan 1918. To the 1st Division.
1/6th Bn East Surrey Regt. Mar 1915 - Apr 1915. Left the Brigade but remained attached to the Division.
1st Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regt. Sep 1914 - Feb 1915. To the Sialkot Brigade.
1st Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regt. Apr 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
2/4th Bn Border Regt. Mar 1917 - Dec 1917. To the 1st Division.
2/4th Bn Border Regt. Oct 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
1st Bn Royal Sussex Regt. Dec 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
1/4th Bn Hampshire Regt. Jan 1915 - Mar 1915. To the 12th Division.
1/5th Bn Queen’s Own. Mar 1916 - Mar 1917. To the 5th Division.
2nd Bn North Staffordshire Regt. 04 Aug 1914 - Nov 1914. To the Bannu Brigade, North West Frontier.
2nd Bn North Staffordshire Regt. Aug 1915 - Aug 1917. To the 16th Division.
1st Bn Durham Light Infantry. Nov 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
1st Garrison Bn Gordon Highlanders. Mar 1917 - Jun 1918. To the Rawalpindi Additional Brigade.

5th (Jhelum) Brigade.

1/6th Bn East Surrey Regt. Oct 1915 - Jan 1917. To the Aden Brigade.
1/9th Bn Middlesex Regt. Jan 1916 - Mar 1916. To the 1st Division.
1/9th Bn Middlesex Regt. Nov 1916 - Feb 1917. To the 16th Division.

Sialkot Brigade.

2nd Garrison Bn Northumberland Fusiliers. Mar 1916 - Mar 1917. To the 6th Poona divisional area.
1st Garrison Bn Yorkshire Regt. Apr 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
1st Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regt. Feb 1915 - Jun 1915. To the 1st Division.
1st Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regt. Jul 1915 - Apr 1917. To the 4th Brigade.
24th Bn Rifle Brigade. Apr 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.

Galis Brigade.

1/9th Bn Middlesex Regt. Jun 1916 - Nov 1916. To the 5th Brigade.

Rawalpindi Additional Brigade.

1st Garrison Bn Gordon Highlanders. Jun 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.

Attached Troops.

1st Bn Yorkshire Regt. 04 Aug 1914 - Oct 1914. To the 7th Meerut divisional area.
1/5th Bn East Surrey Regt. May 1916 - Oct 1916. To the 1st Division.
1/6th Bn East Surrey Regt. Apr 1915 - Oct 1915. To the 5th Brigade.
1/9th Bn Middlesex Regt. Apr 1916 - Jun 1916. To the Galis Brigade.
4th Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps. 04 Aug 1914 - Oct 1914. To the 27th (British) Division.
2nd Bn North Staffordshire Regt. Mar 1915 - Aug 1915. To the 4th Brigade.
2nd Bn Rifle Brigade. 04 Aug 1914 - Oct 1914. To the 8th (British) Division.