6th POONA DIVISIONAL AREA

British units only.

Formed late in 1914 to take over the garrison duties of the 6th Division when it went to Mesopotamia. The 6th Poona divisional area became the Poona Division in June 1917.

 

Infantry Units

Bombay Brigade.

2/6th Bn Devonshire Regt. Jan 1915 - Mar 1916. To the 7th Meerut divisonal area.
2nd Bn Hampshire Regt. Oct 1914 - 16 Nov 1914. To the 29th (British) Division.
1/7th Bn Hampshire Regt. Dec 1914 - Jan 1915. To the 7th Meerut divisional area.
1st Garrison Bn South Staffordshire Regt. May 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
2/4th Bn Dorsetshire Regt. Apr 1917 - May 1917. Remained with the Division but at Ahmedagar.
1st Garrison Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers. Feb 1916 - May 1917. To the Burma Division.

Poona Brigade.

2nd Garrison Bn Northumberland Fusiliers. Mar 1917 - Oct 1917. Remained with the Division but at Ahmednagar.
1st Garrison Bn Norfolk Regt. Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
2/4th Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Aug 1917 - Sep 1917. To the 75th (British) Division.
1/5th Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Mar 1917 - May 1917. To the 75th (British) Division.
2/4th Bn Border Regt. Jan 1915 - Nov 1915. To the 5th Division.
1/4th Bn Hampshire Regt. Dec 1914 - Jan 1915. To the 2nd Division.
2/4th Bn Dorsetshire Regt. Jan 1915 - Feb 1915. Remained with the Division but at Ahmednagar.
1/4th Bn Wiltshire Regt. Mar 1917 - Sep 1917. To the 75th (British) Division.
2/4th Bn Wiltshire Regt. Dec 1914 - Mar 1917. To the 8th Division.

Ahmednagar Brigade. (Formed in May 1918.)

2nd Garrison Bn Northumberland Fusiliers. May 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.

Attached Troops.

2nd Garrison Bn Northumberland Fusiliers. Oct 1917 - May 1918. To the Ahmednagar Brigade.
1st Garrison Bn Yorkshire Regt. Jan 1916 - Apr 1917. To the 2nd Division.
2/4th Bn Dorsetshire Regt. Feb 1915 - Jan 1916. To the 3rd Lahore divisional area.
2/4th Bn Dorsetshire Regt. May 1917 - Aug 1917. To the 75th (British) Division.