7th MEERUT DIVISIONAL AREA

British units only.

Formed late in 1914 to take over the garrison duties of the 7th Division when it left for France. Became the Meerut Division in June 1917.

 

Bareilly Brigade.

1/4th Bn Buffs. Jan 1916 - Jul 1918. To the 16th Division.
1/4th Bn Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Nov 1914 - Jan 1916. To Aden.
2/4th Bn Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Mar 1917 - Oct 1917. To the Dehra Dun Brigade.
1/5th Bn Hampshire Regt. Oct 1917 - Jan 1918. To the Burma Division.
23rd Bn Rifle Brigade. Sep 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.

Delhi Brigade. (The Brigade was abolished in Feb 1915 but the troops remained in the Delhi area.)

1st Garrison Bn Bedfordshire Regt. Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
1st Bn Yorkshire Regt. Oct 1914 - Nov 1914. To the Kohat Brigade, North West Frontier.
2/4th Bn Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
1/4th Bn Wiltshire Regt. Nov 1914 - Nov 1915. To the Dehra Dun Brigade.

Derha Dun Brigade. (Formed in Mar 1915.)

1st Garrison Bn Bedfordshire Regt. Mar 1916 - Mar 1918. To Delhi.
2/4th Bn Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Oct 1917 - Mar 1918. To Delhi.
1/5th Bn Hampshire Regt. Feb 1917 - Oct 1917. To the Bareilly Brigade.
1/6th Bn Hampshire Regt. Jun 1915 - Mar 1916. To the 3rd Lahore divisonal area.
1/4th Bn Wiltshire Regt. Nov 1915 - Mar 1917. To the 6th Poona divisional area.
24th Bn Rifle Brigade. Feb 1916 - Apr 1917. To the 2nd Division.
1/6th Bn East Surrey Regt. Jan 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.

Attached Troops.

2/6th Bn Devonshire Regt. Mar 1916 - Aug 1916. To the 1st Division.
1/5th Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Mar 1916 - Jan 1917. To the 16th Division.
1st Garrison Bn Cameronians. Oct 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
1/5th Bn East Surrey Regt. Apr 1917 - Dec 1917. To the 18th Division.
1/6th Bn Hampshire Regt. Jan 1915 - Jun 1915. To the Dehra Dun Brigade.
1/7th Bn Hampshire Regt. Jan 1915 - Mar 1916. To the 3rd Lahore divisional area.