INDEPENDENT INDIAN BRIGADES

 

Unless indicated all the Division mentioned in the following narratives are Indian.

 

British units only.

Egypt and Palestine.

20th Brigade.

No British units.

28th Brigade. (Joined the 7th Division in Dec 1915.)

2nd Bn Leicestershire Regt. Nov 1915 - Dec 1915. To the 7th Division.

29th Brigade.

No British units.

49th Brigade.

No British units.

Mesopotamia.

41st Brigade.

1/4th Bn Devonshire Regt. Apr 1916 - Jun 1916. To the 14th Division.
1/4th Bn Somerset Light Infantry. 05 May 1916 - Oct 1916. To the Corps Troops.

56th Brigade. (Formed in Mar 1918, joined the 14th Division in Aug 1918.)

1/4th Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Mar 1918 - Aug 1918. To the 14th Division.

East Africa.

27th (Bangalor) Brigade.

2nd Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regt. Sep 1914 - Dec 1915. To the 2nd East African Division.