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596: 1629: 363: 1624: 1085: 214:. The 10th Indian Division was formed on 24 December 1915 with these three brigades, and little else in terms of divisional troops. The division had beat off 1308: 171:
Defences with units and formations in Egypt, but this was short-lived. It was broken up again on 7 March 1916 as the need to re-form depleted units from
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on 10 November 1914 en route to Egypt. It was detached to Gallipoli from April to December 1915 as
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was formed in October 1914. It was sent to Mesopotamia in March 1915 where it joined
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from July to September 1915, before it also departed for Mesopotamia in November.
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Thereafter, the division was soon dissolved with a brigade (30th) sent to
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1st and 2nd Battalions, 39th Garhwal Rifles amalgamated in April 1915.
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from April to December 1915, and the third (28th) detached to
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The division commanded the following units in January 1916:
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The division was re-formed on 7 January 1916 as part of the
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The division commanded the following units in January 1915:
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Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions
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The division was commanded throughout its existence by
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1916
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It raided 652:List of Indian divisions in World War I 597:Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery 484:14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs 304:14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs 1607: 1011: 901: 874: 853: 847: 514:58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force) 1290: 1067: 971: 955: 943: 931: 919: 907: 895: 868: 841: 814: 152:in December 1914 with three infantry 1094:Indian Army Divisions in World War I 489:57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force) 278:56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) 16:For the World War II formation, see 13: 1043:The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 791:was broken up on 13 February 1916. 677:from July to September 1915 (with 609:2nd Queen's Own Sappers and Miners 193: 14: 1641: 1372:Imperial Service Infantry Brigade 1033: 770:became independent in March 1916. 510:(Brigadier-General A.H. Bingley) 1575:Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade 444:(Brigadier-General H.D. Watson) 965: 782: 773: 745: 736: 716: 692: 480:(Brigadier-General P.C. Palin) 36:24 December 1914 – 7 March 1916 664: 1: 1615:British Indian Army divisions 1018:. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. 798: 433:Order of Battle, January 1916 374:26th Jacob's Mountain Battery 245:Order of Battle, January 1915 18:10th Indian Infantry Division 1620:Indian World War I divisions 1503:Sinai and Palestine campaign 707:Indian Expeditionary Force G 637:135th Indian Field Ambulance 634:123rd Indian Field Ambulance 631:108th Indian Field Ambulance 628:105th Indian Field Ambulance 429:made this plan unrealistic. 400: 392:135th Indian Field Ambulance 389:123rd Indian Field Ambulance 386:108th Indian Field Ambulance 383:105th Indian Field Ambulance 222:on 3–4 February 1915 in the 212:Indian Expeditionary Force F 175:made this plan unrealistic. 160:. After taking part in the 158:Indian Expeditionary Force F 90:Sinai and Palestine Campaign 7: 1338:2nd Indian Cavalry Division 1333:1st Indian Cavalry Division 991:Rinaldi, Richard A (2008). 645: 273:53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force) 268:51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) 10: 1646: 1425:mountain artillery battery 347:126th Baluchistan Infantry 188: 15: 1583: 1539: 1500: 1441: 1380: 1356: 1322: 1229: 1193: 1167: 1160: 1099: 1041:"10th Indian Division on 1015:The Indian Army 1914-1947 224:Actions on the Suez Canal 162:Actions on the Suez Canal 109: 104: 95:Actions on the Suez Canal 80: 70: 60: 50: 40: 32: 27: 1367:27th (Bangalore) Brigade 657: 1511:22nd (Lucknow) Brigade 362:VII Mountain Brigade, 218:attempts to cross the 1531:7th (Meerut) Division 1526:3rd (Lahore) Division 1467:7th (Meerut) Division 1457:3rd (Lahore) Division 1444:Mesopotamian campaign 1348:7th (Meerut) Division 1343:3rd (Lahore) Division 711:British 29th Division 687:7th (Meerut) Division 415:7th (Meerut) Division 1570:11th Indian Division 1565:10th Indian Division 1521:5th Cavalry Division 1516:4th Cavalry Division 1492:18th Indian Division 1487:17th Indian Division 1482:15th Indian Division 1477:14th Indian Division 1472:12th Indian Division 1462:6th (Poona) Division 1383:East Africa Campaign 1359:East Africa Campaign 1012:Sumner, Ian (2001). 972:Perry, F.W. (1993). 768:29th Indian Brigades 731:6th (Poona) Division 727:12th Indian Division 423:11th Indian Division 208:30th Indian Brigades 148:. 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Index

10th Indian Infantry Division
India
British Indian Army
Infantry
Division
World War I
Sinai and Palestine Campaign
Actions on the Suez Canal
Major-General
A. Wilson
infantry
division
British Indian Army
World War I
Egypt
brigades
Indian Expeditionary Force F
Actions on the Suez Canal
Suez Canal
France
Major-General
Alexander Wilson
28th
29th
30th Indian Brigades
Indian Expeditionary Force F
Turkish
Suez Canal
Actions on the Suez Canal
Mesopotamia

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