8th (LUCKNOW) DIVISION

British units only.

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

 

Infantry Uints

Lucknow (22nd) Brigade. (The Brigade joined the 11th Division in Oct 1914, the remaining troops at Lucknow were unbrigaded until Jul 1917.)

3rd Bn Royal Fusiliers. 04 Aug 1914 - Oct 1914. To the 28th (British) Division.
1st Bn King’s Own Scottish Borderers. 04 Aug 1914 - Oct 1914. To the 11th Division.

Lucknow. (Became the Lucknow Brigade in Jul 1917.)

1/4th Bn Queen’s. Jan 1915 - Apr 1915. To the Allahabad Brigade.
1/5th Bn Queen’s. Dec 1914 - Apr 1915. To the Allahabad Brigade.
1st Garrison Bn East Yorkshire Regt. Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
1/10th Bn Middlesex Regt. Mar 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
1st Garrison Bn Royal Irish Rifles. Oct 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.

Allahabad Brigade.

1st Bn Royal Scots. 04 Aug 1914 - Sep 1914. To the 27th (British) Division.
1/4th Bn Queen’s. Apr 1915 - Jan 1916. To the 1st Division.
1/5th Bn Queen’s. Apr 1915 - Nov 1915. To the 12th Division.
1st Garrison Bn East Yorkshire Regt. Mar 1916 - Mar 1918. To the Lucknow Brigade.
1/5th Bn East Surrey Regt. Dec 1914 - Aug 1915. To the 1st Division.
1/6th Bn East Surrey Regt. Dec 1914 - Mar 1915. To the 2nd Division.
1/5th Bn Hampshire Regt. Dec 1914 - Mar 1916. Remained attached to the Division at Fyzabad.
3rd Bn Middlesex Regt. 04 Aug 1914 - Oct 1914. To the 28th (British) Division.
1/10th Bn Middlesex Regt. Jan 1916 - Mar 1917. To Lucknow.
2/4th Bn Wiltshire Regt. Mar 1917 - Nov 1917. To the Presidency Brigade.
2/4th Bn Wiltshire Regt. Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
1st Garrison Bn Manchester Regt. Mar 1916 - Apr 1917. Remained attached to the Division at Fyzabad.
1st Garrison Bn Royal Irish Rifles. Mar 1916 - Oct 1917. To the Lucknow Brigade.

Presidency Brigade.

2nd Bn King’s Own. 04 Aug 1914 - Oct 1914. To the 28th (British) Division.
2nd Bn Royal Fusiliers. 04 Aug 1914 - Oct 1914. To the 29th (British) Division.
1st Garrison Bn Lincolnshire Regt. Dec 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
2/4th Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Jan 1916 - May 1917. To the 3rd Lahore divisonal area.
2/5th Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Dec 1916 - 11 Nov 1918.
1/6th Bn Hampshire Regt. Dec 1914 - Jan 1915. To the 7th Meerut divisonal area.
1/9th Bn Middlesex Regt. Dec 1914 - Jan 1916. To the 2nd Division.
1/10th Bn Middlesex Regt. Dec 1914 - Jan 1916. To the Allahabad Brigade.
2/4th Bn Wiltshire Regt. Nov 1917 - Mar 1918. To the Allahabad Brigade.
1st Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. 04 Aug 1914 - Sep 1914. To the 27th (British) Division.

Fyzabad Brigade. (Broken up Nov 1914.)

1st Bn Leinster Regt. 04 Aug 1914 - Sep 1914. To the 27th (British) Division.

Attached Troops.

1/5th Bn Hampshire Regt. Mar 1916 - Feb 1917. To the 7th Meerut divisonal area.
1st Garrison Bn Manchester Regt. Apr 1917 - Jun 1918. To Hong Kong and Singapore. (Two Coys going to each place.)
21st Bn Rifle Brigade. Oct 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.