Headquartered in Rawalpindi, the Division remained in the area throughout the war. Typical of all Indian Army formations, it contained a mixture of British units (originally Regulars, later Territorials in addition) and Indian ones. Unlike British Divisions it contained a mixture of cavalry and infantry components. This page is still work in progress!

3rd (Abbottabad) Infantry Brigade

1/5th Guides Rifles (left for 10th Indian Division in Egypt, November 1914; returned May 1916, left for Nowshera Brigade in 1st (Peshawar) Division, October 1916)

1/6th Guides Rifles (left for 10th Indian Division in Egypt, October 1914; returned May 1916, left for 4th (Rawalpindi) Brigade, October 1916;returned December 1916 ; left for Mesopotamia February 1917 and joined 36th Brigade in 14th Indian Division)

1st Durham Light Infantry (left for Nowshera Brigade in 1st (Peshawar) Division, August 1914)

2/5th Guides Rifles (left for 42nd Brigade in 15th Indian Division in Mesopotamia, February 1916)

2/6th Guides Rifles (left for 42nd Brigade in 15th Indian Division in Mesopotamia, February 1916)

1st Royal Sussex Regiment (brief attachment in September 1915)

2/1st Guides Rifles (from Nowshera Brigade in 1st (Peshawar) Division, September 1915; left for 45th Brigade in 16th Indian Division, December 1915)

1st Guides Infantry (attached from Risalpur Cavalry Brigade in 1st (Peshawar) Division, October-November 1915)

35th Sikhs (transferred from 4th (Rawalpindi) Brigade in December 1915, left for Peshawar Brigade in 1st (Peshawar) Division, July 1916)

8th Rajputs (arrived from Peshawar Brigade in 1st (Peshawar) Division, April 1916, left for Mesopotamia July 1916)

124th Baluchis (two Companies arrived from 4th (Quetta) Division, November 1916; left for Derajat Brigade, April 1917)

2/8th Guides Rifles (joined from 43rd Brigade in 16th Indian Division, April 1917; left for Jhelum Brigade December 1918)

1/9th Guides Rifles (joined from Dehra Dun Brigade in 7th (Meerut) Divisional area in April 1917; left for Jhelum Brigade October 1918)

222 Machine Gun Company (arrived from Rawalpindi June 1918)

 

4th (Rawalpindi) Infantry Brigade

Unless stated, each unit was in the Division in August 1914.

2nd North Staffordshire Regiment (left for Bannu Brigade, November 1914; rejoined August 1915; left for 45th Brigade in 16th Indian Division, April 1917)

21st Lancers (left for Risalpur Cavalry Brigade in 1st (Peshawar) Division, October 1914)

5th Cavalry (left for Risalpur Cavalry Brigade in 1st (Peshawar) Division, October 1916)

35th Sikhs (left for 33rd Brigade in 12th Indian Division, March 1915)

84th Punjabis (left for Bannu Brigade, December 1914; rejoined May 1915; left for 4th (Quetta) Division in October 1915)

1st Duke of Wellington's (arrived from Lahore September 1914; moved to Sialkot February 1915; returned Aporil 1917)

1st Yorkshire Regiment (arrived from Kohat Brigade, January 1915)

1/4th Hampshire Regiment (arrived from Poona January 1915; moved to Basra and 33rd Brigade in 12th Indian Division, March 1915)

1/6th Bn TF, East Surrey Regiment (joined from 8th (Lucknow) Division March 1915, left for Murree April 1915)

30th Punjabis (arrived from Meerut July 1915; left for Derajat Brigade November 1915)

1/5th Royal West Kents (arrived ?, left for Jhansi Brigade in 5th (Mhow) Division, March 1916)

3rd Horse (arrived from 2nd Indian Cavalry Division, August 1916; left for Jullundur Brigade in 16th Indian Division, August 1917)

1/6th Guides Rifles (arrived from 3rd (Abbottabad) Brigade, October 1916; returned December 1916)

3/6th Guides Rifles

22 Motor Machine Gun Battery (formed April 1916)

 

 

 

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Engineers

6th Company, 1st Sappers and Miners (left June 1916)

13th Company, 2nd Sappers and Miners (left December 1915)

11th Company, 2nd Sappers and Miners (joined December 1915)

19th Company, 3rd Sappers and Miners (joined June 1916, left December 1917)

16th Company, 2nd Sappers and Miners (joined December 1917, left for Palestine April 1918 and joined 75th Division)

61st Company, 2nd Sappers and Miners (joined December 1917, left for Mesopotamia April 1918)

64th Company, 2nd Sappers and Miners (joined June 1918)

25, 26 and 29 Railway Companies, Sappers & Miners (joined from east Africa August 1918)