6th (Poona) Division

The following is the divisional order of battle at the point of reorganisation of Indian Expeditionary Force “D” in Mesopotamia on 1 April 1915:

Divisional headquarters

Cavalry:

33rd Cavalry (less two squadrons that were with 12th Indian Division)

Artillery:

10th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

1st Indian Mountain Artillery Brigade

6th Divisional Ammunition Column

Engineers:

17th Company, 3rd Sappers & Miners

22nd Company, 3rd Sappers & Miners

34th Divisional Signal Company

Infantry:

16th Indian Infantry Brigade

  • 2nd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
  • 104th Wellesley’s Rifles
  • 117th Mahrattas
  • 20th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Infantry (Brownlow’s Punjabis)

17th Indian Infantry Brigade

  • 1st Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  • 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)
  • 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry
  • 22nd Punjabis

18th Indian Infantry Brigade

  • 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment
  • 110th Mahratta Light Infanry
  • 120th Rajputana Infantry
  • 7th Duke of Connaught’s Own Rajputs

48th Pioneers

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The campaign in Mesopotamia