The 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division was a regular army division of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1903 after the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army. During World War I it remained in India for local defence but it was mobilised for action on the North West Frontier on several occasions during the period. The Division was mobilised in 1919 for service during the Third Afghan War.
Formation in August 1914
Sialkot (2nd) Cavalry Brigade 17th Lancers 6th King Edward's Own Cavalry 19th Lancers
Abbottabad (3rd) Brigade
1st Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles 1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles 2nd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles 68th, 94th and 104th Companies, Royal Garrison Artillery VII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 4th, 38th and 78th Batteries, RFA
Rawalpindi (4th) Brigade 21st Lancers 5th Cavalry 35th Sikhs 84th Punjabis 9 Mountain Battery, RGA W Battery, Royal Horse Artillery II Mountain Brigade, RGA 1st and 6th Mountain Batteries, RGA
Jhelum (5th) Brigade 21st Cavalry 37th Dogras 69th Punjabis 76th Punjabis 87th Punjabis
Unbrigaded 32nd Pioneers (at Sialkot) 1st Battalion, Green Howards 4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment (at Murree) I Mountain Brigade, Indian Mountain Artillery (at Abbottabad) 27th and 30th Mountain Batteries, IMA V Mountain Brigade, IMA 23rd, 28th and 29th Mountain Batteries, IMA
See also
World War I order of battle: Indian Army
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