5th (Mhow) Division
| 5th (Mhow) Division | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1903 - 1922 |
| Land | British India |
| Allegiance | British Crown |
| Branch | British Indian Army |
| Typ | Infantry |
| Role | Internal Security |
| Size | Division |
| Part of | Southern Army |
The 5th (Mhow) Division was a regular division of the British Indian Army and part of the Southern Army which was formed in 1903 after Lord Kitchener was appointed Commander-in-Chief, India between 1902 and 1909. He instituted large-scale reforms, including merging the three armies of the Presidencies into a unified force and forming higher level formations, eight army divisions, and brigading Indian and British units. Following Kitchener's reforms. The British Indian Army was "the force recruited locally and permanently based in India, together with its expatriate British officers."[1]
The Division remained in India on internal security duties during the Great War, but some of it units were transferred to serve with other Formations. The Cavalry units formed the 5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade in the 2nd Indian Cavalry Division and served in France and Egypt..[2]
Formation 1914
- Commanding General Major General H Payne
- Commanding General Major General Davison
- 27th Light Cavalry
- 1st Btn Royal Irish Regiment
- 42nd Deoli Regiment
- 43rd Erinpure Regiment
- 44th Mharawara Regiment
- 90th Punjabis
- XIII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
- XI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- XIX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- Commanding General, Major General Fanshawe
- 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
- 32nd Lancers
- 2nd Btn Cheshire Regiment
- 1st Btn York and Lancaster Regiment
- 2nd Btn East Yorkshire Regiment
- 16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment)
- 63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry
- 97th Deccan Infantry
- 98th Infantry
- Royal Garrison Artillery, 71 and 90 Companies
- Commanding General, Major General Townshend
- 8th Lancers
- 38th Central Indian Horse
- 2nd Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment
- 10th Jats
- 99th Deccan Infantry
- 107th Pioneers
- 116th Mahrattas
- Royal Garrison Artillery , 60 Company
Unbrigaded Units
- 14th King's Hussars
- 2nd Btn Hampshire Regiment
- 96th Berah Infantry
- 125th Napier's Rifles
- VI Brigade RFA
- XX Brigade RFA
References
- ^ Oxford History of the British Army
- ^ "1914-1918".
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- ^ "warpath".
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- ^ "warpath".
Further reading
- Perry, F.W. & Becke, A.F. (1945). History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions: Indian Army Divisions Pt. 5B. London HMSO. ISBN 187116723X
- Haythornthwaite P.J. (1992). The World War One Sourcebook, Arms and Armour Press.
- Moberly, F.J. (1923). Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign, Imperial War Museum. ISBN 1870423305