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| unit_name1 = 7th (Meerut) Indian Division
 
| unit_name1_start_date = 1903
 
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== Related media ==
 
== Related media ==
 
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* Imperial War Museum, [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205195232 Q 12494]: photo of soldiers of this division bathing in the River Auja in Palestine, Summer 1918.
  
 
== Official sources ==
 
== Official sources ==
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[[Category:All Indian units]]
 
[[Category:All Indian units]]
 
[[Category:Units needing personal narratives]]
 
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== References ==
 
== References ==

Latest revision as of 11:19, 3 May 2017

This page was initially automatically created using data from series WO 95 (official war diaries) in the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue. It is not guaranteed to be complete or accurate. You can edit this page to make it more useful. Please help to improve the page by adding or correcting facts, and citing reliable sources.


7th Indian Division
Years active: 1903 –
Country: India
Service: Indian Army
Branch: unknown
Type: Formation
Specific type: Infantry division
Full size: 19,000
Sources for overview:
Created: 1903. 
Sources for created:
Name1: 7th (Meerut) Indian Division
Name1 Start: 1903
Name1 End: 1923
Reason for change:
Sources for name1:
Alternate names: Meerut Division
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded:
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: Indian Corps
Parent level: Corps
Start date:
End date:
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 19th Indian Infantry Brigade
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 31/12/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 20th Indian Infantry Brigade
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 30/11/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 21st Indian Infantry Brigade
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 31/12/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Mounted Troops, 7th Indian Division
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Artillery, 7th Indian Division
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Engineers and Pioneers, 7th Indian Division
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Machine Gun Units, 7th Indian Division
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Medical Services, 7th Indian Division
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Veterinary Services, 7th Indian Division
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Supply and Transport, 7th Indian Division
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/08/1914
Date left: 31/12/1915
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: Mesopotamia and North Persia
Date entered: 01/11/1915
Date left: 31/12/1917
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: Egypt, Palestine and Syria
Date entered: 01/01/1918
Date left: 31/03/1920
Sources:


Personal narratives

Related media

  • Imperial War Museum, Q 12494: photo of soldiers of this division bathing in the River Auja in Palestine, Summer 1918.

Official sources

Unit war diaries

  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/3930-3948 (unknown date–unknown date)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5127-5141 (unknown date–unknown date)

Unit histories

Other official documents

  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 157/957-976 intelligence summaries.

Other sources

References


This page contains data imported from the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0.
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