2nd (Rawalpindi) Division

2nd (Rawalpindi) Division
2nd (Rawalpindi) Division
Active	1903–?
Country	British India
Allegiance	British Crown
Branch	British Indian Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	Third Anglo-Afghan War
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Major-Gen. Gerald Kitson (1912 to 1916); Major-Gen. W. Bunbury (May 1916 to August 1917); Major-Gen. Sir C. Dobell (August 1917 onwards)

The 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division was a regular army division of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1903 after the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army. During World War I it remained in India for local defence but it was mobilised for action on the North West Frontier on several occasions during the period. The Division was mobilised in 1919 for service during the Third Afghan War.^[1]^[2]

Formation in August 1914

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Sialkot (2nd) Cavalry Brigade

17th Lancers

6th King Edward's Own Cavalry

19th Lancers

Abbottabad (3rd) Brigade

1st Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles

2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles

1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles

2nd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles

68th, 94th and 104th Companies, Royal Garrison Artillery

VII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

4th, 38th and 78th Batteries, RFA

Rawalpindi (4th) Brigade

9 Mountain Battery, RGA

W Battery, Royal Horse Artillery

II Mountain Brigade, RGA

1st and 6th Mountain Batteries, RGA

Jhelum (5th) Brigade

Unbrigaded

32nd Pioneers (at Sialkot)

1st Battalion, Green Howards

4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps

2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade

2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment (at Murree)

I Mountain Brigade, Indian Mountain Artillery (at Abbottabad)

27th and 30th Mountain Batteries, IMA

V Mountain Brigade, IMA

23rd, 28th and 29th Mountain Batteries, IMA

References

^ Baker, Chris. "The Indian Divisions of 1914-1918". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
^ "The Indian Army 1914". orbat.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
^ Perry 1993, p. 42

Bibliography

Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (1996). The World War One Source Book. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 1-85409-351-7.
Moberly, F.J. (1923). Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign. London: Imperial War Museum. ISBN 1-870423-30-5.
Perry, F.W. (1993). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions. Newport: Ray Westlake Military Books. ISBN 1-871167-23-X.