8th (Lucknow) Division

{{for|the World War II formation|8th Infantry Division (India)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{infobox military unit |unit_name=8th (Lucknow) Division |image= |caption= |dates=1903–1922 |country={{flagicon|British Raj}} British India |allegiance={{flag|British Empire}} |branch=23px British Indian Army |type=Infantry |role=Internal Security |size=Division |command_structure=Northern Army |garrison=Lucknow |garrison_label=HQ |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |colors_label= |march= |mascot= |equipment= |equipment_label= |battles= |anniversaries= |decorations= |battle_honours= |battle_honours_label= |disbanded= |flying_hours= |website=  |commander1= |commander1_label= |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |commander4= |commander4_label= |notable_commanders=  |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label= |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label= |identification_symbol_3= |identification_symbol_3_label= |identification_symbol_4= |identification_symbol_4_label= }} The '''8th (Lucknow) Division''' was a formation of the British Indian Army's Northern Army that was first formed as a result of the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army in 1903.<ref>Oxford History of the British Army</ref> The Division remained in India on internal security duties during World War I,<ref name=RW8ID>{{cite web | url=http://warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/8_ind_div.htm | title=8th (Lucknow) Division | publisher=The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 | first=PB | last=Chappell | access-date=8 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503150739/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/8_ind_div.htm | archive-date=3 May 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | publisher=orbat.com | url=http://orbat.com/site/cimh/divisions/Indian%208th%20Division.pdf | title=Indian 8th Division: An Outline History | date=1 March 2006 | access-date=8 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232620/http://orbat.com/site/cimh/divisions/Indian%208th%20Division.pdf | archive-date=3 March 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> though the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade was transferred to the 1st Indian Cavalry Division and served in France on the Western Front,<ref name=RW1ICD>{{cite web|url=http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_cav/1_ind_cav_div.htm |title=1st Indian Cavalry Division |publisher=The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 |first=PB |last=Chappell |access-date=8 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517085204/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_cav/1_ind_cav_div.htm |archive-date=17 May 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> and the 22nd Lucknow Infantry Brigade served as part of the 11th Indian Division in Egypt.<ref name=RW11ID>{{cite web | url=http://warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/11_ind_div.htm | title=11th Indian Division | publisher=The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918 | first=PB | last=Chappell | access-date=8 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213201720/http://warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/11_ind_div.htm | archive-date=13 February 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Division formation in 1914== ===8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade=== :''Commander: Major General Cookson'' *1st King's Dragoon Guards *16th Cavalry *36th Jacob's Horse *39th Central India Horse<ref name=RW8ID/><ref name=orbat.com>{{cite web|url=http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html |title=The Indian Army 1914 |publisher=orbat.com |first=Graham |last=Watson |date=25 March 2001 |access-date=8 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909172657/http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html |archive-date=9 September 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref>

===22nd (Lucknow) Brigade=== :''Commander: Major General A. Wilson'' *3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers *1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers *17th Infantry (The Loyal Regiment) *36th Sikhs *74th Punjabis *U Battery, Royal Horse Artillery *V Brigade, Royal Field Artillery **63rd, 64th and 73rd Batteries<ref name=RW8ID/><ref name=orbat.com/>

===Fyzabad Brigade=== :''Commander: Brigadier General Kavangh'' *12th Cavalry *1st Battalion, Leinster Regiment *9th Bhopal Infantry<ref name=RW8ID/><ref name=orbat.com/>

===Allahabad Brigade=== :''Commander: Brigadier General Cowper'' *17th Cavalry *1st Battalion, Royal Scots *3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment *62nd Punjabis *92nd Punjabis<ref name=RW8ID/><ref name=orbat.com/>

===Presidency Brigade=== :''Presidency Brigade was based in Calcutta.'' :''Commander: Major General May'' *2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers *2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) *1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders *11th Rajputs *22nd Punjabis *93rd Burma Infantry *2/10th Gurkha Rifles *XVII Brigade RFA **10th, 26th and 92nd Batteries *51st and 62nd Companies RGA<ref name=RW8ID/><ref name=orbat.com/>

===Unbrigaded=== *5th Light Infantry – ''at Nowgong'' *113th Infantry – ''at Dibrugarh'' *123rd Outram's Rifles – ''at Manipur'' *1/8th Gurkha Rifles – ''at Shillong''<ref name=orbat.com/>

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * {{cite book | last = Haythornthwaite | first = Philip J. | author-link = Philip Haythornthwaite | year = 1996 | title = The World War One Source Book | publisher = Arms and Armour Press | location = London | isbn = 1-85409-351-7 }} * {{cite book | last = Moberly | first = F.J. | year = 1923 | title = Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign | publisher = Imperial War Museum | location = London | isbn = 1-870423-30-5 }} * {{cite book | last = Perry | first = F.W. | year = 1993 | title = Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions | publisher = Ray Westlake Military Books | location = Newport | isbn = 1-871167-23-X }}

==External links== *{{cite web|url=http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/8_ind_div.htm |title=8th (Lucknow) Division on ''The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918'' by PB Chappell |access-date=2015-07-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517123918/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/8_ind_div.htm |archive-date=17 May 2008 |df=dmy }}

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