title: Indian Army during World War I order of battle
text: # Indian Army during World War I order of battle
  
  Indian Army during World War I order of battle
  
  see Indian Army during World War I for further details on campaigns and structure
  
  ## India based formations
  
  ### North West Frontier
  
  * 1st (Peshawar) Division
  * 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division
  * 3rd Lahore Divisional Area
  * 4th (Quetta) Division
  * 7th Meerut Divisional Area
  * 16th Indian Division
  * Bannu Brigade
  * Derajat Brigade
  * Kohat Brigade
  
  ### Southern India
  
  Internal Security and training
  
  * 5th (Mhow) Division
  * 6th Poona Divisional Area
  * 8th (Lucknow) Division
  * 9th (Secunderabad) Division
  
  ### Other locations
  
  On internal security or as a guard force
  
  * Burma Division
  * Aden Brigade
  * South Persia Brigade
  
  ## Indian Expeditionary Forces
  
  ### Indian Expeditionary Force A
  
  Western Front
  
  * Indian Cavalry Corps
     * 1st Indian Cavalry Division (in 1916 renamed 4th Cavalry Division)
     * 2nd Indian Cavalry Division (in 1916 renamed 5th Cavalry Division)
  * Indian Corps
     * 3rd (Lahore) Division (redeployed to Mesopotamia in 1915)
     * 7th (Meerut) Division (redeployed to Mesopotamia in 1915)
  
  ### Indian Expeditionary Force B
  
  East Africa Campaign
  
  * 27th (Bangalore) Brigade
  * Imperial Service Infantry Brigade
  
  ### Indian Expeditionary Force C
  
  East Africa Campaign
  
  * 29th Punjabis and half battalions from the Princely states of
     * Jind
     * Bharatpur
     * Kapurthala
     * Rampur
  * 15 pounder artillery battery
  * 10 pounder mountain artillery battery
  * Maxim gun battery
  * Field Ambulance
  
  ### Indian Expeditionary Force D
  
  Mesopotamia Campaign
  
  * Cavalry Division
  * 3rd (Lahore) Division
  * 6th (Poona) Division
  * 7th (Meerut) Division
  * 12th Indian Division
  * 14th Indian Division
  * 15th Indian Division
  * 17th Indian Division
  * 18th Indian Division
  
  ### Indian Expeditionary Force E
  
  Sinai and Palestine Campaign
  
  * 4th Cavalry Division
  * 5th Cavalry Division
  * 3rd (Lahore) Division
  * 7th (Meerut) Division
  
  ### Indian Expeditionary Force F
  
  Suez Canal
  
  * 10th Indian Division
  * 11th Indian Division
  * 22nd (Lucknow) Brigade
  
  ### Indian Expeditionary Force G
  
  Gallipoli Campaign
  
  * 29th Brigade
  