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At the end of the war, the 18th Division was chosen to form part of the occupation force for Iraq. It took part in the
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18th Machine Gun Battalion was organised in November 1918 from the 207th, 238th, 239th and 249th Machine Gun Companies.
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Account of the Operations of the 18th (Indian) Division in Mesopotamia December 1917 to December 1918
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so time was needed for them to become acclimatized. It remained in Mesopotamia for the rest of the
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and formed part of the occupation force for Iraq post-war. The division was not reformed for the
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The division commanded the following units, although not all of them served at the same time:
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of the 67th (2nd Home Counties) Division, Territorial Force.
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CCCXXXVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was originally the
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Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions
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on 24 December 1917, although the last of its brigades (
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37th, 38th, 39th and 40th Combined Field Ambulances,
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1921
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London: Imperial War Museum. 679: 221:, taking part in the action at 173:that saw active service in the 766:. 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Index

British India
British Crown
British Indian Army
Infantry
Division
I Corps
World War I
Mesopotamian Campaign
Battle of Sharqat
Major-General
H.D. Fanshawe
infantry
division
British Indian Army
First World War
Mesopotamian campaign
Second World War

Mesopotamia
55th
India
First World War
Fat-ha Gorge
Little Zab
Battle of Sharqat
I Corps
Iraq Rebellion in 1920
53rd Indian Brigade
1/9th Battalion
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)

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