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10th Indian Division  Divisional History  History 10th Indian Division First formation The 28th, 29th and 30th Indian Brigades were formed in October 1914 and posted to Egypt as Indian Expeditionary Force F. The 10th Indian Division was formed on 24 December 1915 with these three brigades and little else in terms of divisional troops. The division beat off Turkish attempts to cross the Suez Canal on 3,4 February 1915 in the Actions on the Suez Canal. Thereafter, the division was soon dissolved with a brigade (30th) sent to Mesopotamia in March 1915, another (29th) detached to Gallipoli from April to December 1915, and the third (28th) detached to Aden from July to September 1915, before it also departed for Mesopotamia in November. Units forming the Divisional Order of Battle (January 1915) 28th Indian Brigade (Major-General Sir G. Younghusband) 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force) 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) 1/5th Gurkha Rifles 29th Indian Brigade (Brigadier-General H.V. Cox) 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs 69th Punjabis 89th Punjabis 1/6th Gurkha Rifles 30th Indian Brigade (Major-General C.J. Melliss 24th Punjabis 76th Punjabis 126th Baluchistan Infantry 2/7th Gurkha Rifles Divisional troops VII Mountain Brigade, IMA 21st Kohat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) 26th Jacob's Mountain Battery Field Ambulances 105th Indian Field Ambulance 108th Indian Field Ambulance[e] 123rd Indian Field Ambulance 135th Indian Field Ambulance Re-formed The division was re-formed on 7 January 1916 as part of the Suez Canal Defences with units and formations in Egypt: 20th Indian Brigade joined from 7th (Meerut) Division, 29th Indian Brigade rejoined from Gallipoli and 31st Indian Brigade joined from 11th Indian Division. The new division was short lived: it was broken up again on 7 March 1916 as the need to reform depleted units from France made this plan unrealistic. Order of Battle, January 1916 The division commanded the following units in January 1916: 20th Indian Brigade (Brigadier-General H.D. Watson) 2/2nd Gurkha Rifles 2/3rd Gurkha Rifles 39th Garhwal Rifles[g] 4th Gwalior Infantry (I.S.) 29th Indian Brigade (Brigadier-General P.C. Palin) 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs 57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force) 1/5th Gurkha Rifles 1/6th Gurkha Rifles 31st Indian Brigade (Brigadier-General A.H. Bingley) 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force) 1/4th Gurkha Rifles 2/8th Gurkha Rifles 1st Patiala Infantry (I.S.) Divisional Troops 33rd Punjabis 2/10th Gurkha Rifles Alwar Infantry (I.S.) Mounted Troops Mysore Lancers (I.S.) Patiala Lancers (I.S.) Hyderabad Lancers (I.S.) Bikaner Camel Corps (I.S.) Artillery Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery Battery Engineers 10th Company, 2nd Queen's Own Sappers and Miners Pioneers 23rd Sikh Pioneers Field Ambulances 105th Indian Field Ambulance 108th Indian Field Ambulance 123rd Indian Field Ambulance 135th Indian Field Ambulance 15th Jan 1916 On the Move 19th Jan 1916 On the Move 8th Mar 1916 On the Move If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 10th Indian Division? There are:3 items tagged 10th Indian Division available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 10th Indian Division during the Great War 1914-1918. This page is new, as yet no names have been submitted. 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