4th (Quetta) Division

The 4th (Quetta) Division was an infantry division of the British Indian Army. It was formed by General Kitchener while he was Commander-in-chief of India. During World War I the division remained in India. Its composition was:

Formation 1914

• Commanding officer Lt General Malcolm Henry Grover
• 1st Quetta Infantry Brigade Brigadier General Sitwell
• 2nd Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
• 12th Pioneers
• 19th Punjabis
• 58th Vaughn's Rifles
• 1/7th Gurkha Rifles
• 2/7th Gurkha
• XXI Brigade Royal Field Artillery (RFA)
• 2nd Quetta Infantry Brigade Major General Mellis VC
• 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
• 40th Pathans
• 67th Punjabis
• 106th Hazara Pioneers
• 114th Mahrattas
• IV Mountain Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA)
• Karachi Brigade Brigadier General Shaw
• 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
• 127th Baluch Light Infantry
• 69 Company RGA
• Divisional troops
• 10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse)
• 22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force)
• 28th Light Cavalry
• 15th Sikhs
• 29th Punjabis
• 31st Punjabis
• 60 Company RGA

See also

• List of Indian divisions in World War I

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