The 4th (Quetta) Division was an

infantry division A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 6,000 and 25,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades; in turn, several divisions typically make up a corps. Histo ...

of the British Indian Army. It was formed by General Kitchener while he was Commander-in-chief of

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. During

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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

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** 12th Pioneers ** 19th Punjabis ** 58th Vaughn's Rifles **1/

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**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 The 67th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1759, when they were raised as the 8th Battalion Coast Sepoys. The regiment's first action was during the Carnatic Wars followed by the Thir ...

** 106th Hazara Pioneers ** 114th Mahrattas **IV Mountain Brigade

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(RGA) *Karachi Brigade Brigadier General Shaw **1st Battalion

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** 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 **

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** 31st Punjabis **60 Company RGA

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* Indian World War I divisions Military units and formations established in 1903 British Indian Army divisions Quetta District {{WWI-stub

Formation 1914

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