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The Indian Army during British rule, also referred to as the British Indian Army, [9] [10] was the main military force of India until national independence in 1947. [9] Formed in 1895 by uniting the three Presidency armies, [11] it was responsible for the defence of both British India and the princely states, which could also have their own armies.
In 1914, the Indian Army was one of the two largest volunteer armies in the world; [7] it had a total strength of 240,000 men [10] while the British Army had a strength of 247,433 regular volunteers at the outbreak of the war. By November 1918, the Indian Army contained 548,311 men, being considered the Imperial Strategic Reserve. [11]
The Division remained in India on internal security duties during World War I, [2] [3] though the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade was transferred to the 1st Indian Cavalry Division and served in France on the Western Front, [4] and the 22nd Lucknow Infantry Brigade served as part of the 11th Indian Division in Egypt. [5]
The Indian War Memorial Museum is in the Naubat Khana of the Red Fort in Delhi, northern India. [ 3 ] It was built in 1919 [ 4 ] as a tribute to commemorate the soldiers who had joined the First World War in India or abroad on behalf of the British Empire .
Indian Army during World War I order of battle. ... British Indian Army Expeditionary Force D as organized 1 April 1915 [2] Cavalry Division; 3rd (Lahore) Division;
The Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial is a World War I memorial in France, located on the outskirts of the commune of Neuve-Chapelle, in the département of Pas-de-Calais.The memorial commemorates some 4,742 Indian soldiers (including Nepal) with no known grave, who fell in battle while fighting for the British Indian Army in the First World War.
The Meerut Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Indian Army formed in 1904 as a result of the Kitchener Reforms.It was mobilized as 7th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade at the outbreak of the First World War and departed for the Western Front where it served as part of the 2nd Indian Cavalry Division.
The Calcutta Scottish was a regiment of volunteers of Scottish descent raised in 1914 as an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment formed part of the army reserves of the Auxiliary Force, India (AFI). The regimental dress uniform was Hunting Stewart tartan. The regiment was disbanded following India's independence in 1947. [1]