III Indian Army Corps (Tigris Corps) 15 July 1916

Commanding Officer: Lt. General F.S.Maude

3rd () Division: Major General H. d'U. Keary 7th Infantry Brigade: Brigadier General S.R.Davidson 1/Connaught Rangers 27th Punjabis 89th Punjabis 96th Infantry 8th Infantry Brigade: Brigadier General S.M.Edwardes 1/Manchester Regiment 4th Rajput 47th 59th Rifles 9th Infantry Brigade: Brigadier General L.W.Y. Campbell 1/Highland Light Infantry 1/1st Gurkhas 1/9th Gurkhas Engineers: 34th Sikhs Pioneers 20th Field Company, Sappers & Miners 22nd Field Company, Sappers & Miners Artillery: 4th Brigade, RFA 7th Battery (6 guns) 14th Battery (6 guns) 66th Battery (6 guns) Attached B/69th Battery (4 howitzers) 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column Divisional Troops: No. 3 Divisional Signals Company Mobile Veterinary Company 7th British Field Ambulance 8th British Field Ambulance 111th Indian Field Ambulance 112th Indian Field Ambulance 113th Indian Field Ambulance No. 3 Sanitary Section 3rd Divisional Supply Column 3rd Divisional Troops Transport Company 7th Brigade Transport Company 8th Brigade Transport Company 9th Brigade Transport Company Troops Attached to 3rd Division 4th Cavalry Regiment (2 sqns) A & C Batteries, 55th Brigade, RFA (4 guns ea) C/66th Battery, RFA (4 guns) 13th Division: Brigadier General W.de S. Cayley 38th Brigade: Brigadier General J.W. O'Dowda 6th King's Own Royal Regiment

1 6th East Lancashire 6th South Lancashire 6th Loyal Regiment (N. Lancashire) 39th Brigade: Brigadier General T.A.Andrus 9th Royal Warwickshire 7th Gloucestershire 9th Worcestershire 7th North Staffordshire 40th Brigade: Brigadier General A.C.Lewin 8th Cheshire 8th Royal Welch Fusiliers 4th South Wales Borderers 5th Wiltshire Divisional Troops: 13th Divisional Signal Company "D" Sqn, 1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry Engineers: 8th Welch Regiment (Pioneers) 71st Company, Royal Engineers 72nd Company, Royal Engineers 88th Company, Royal Engineers 66th Brigade, RFA: Brigadier General F.E.L.Barker A/66th Battery (4 guns) B/66th Battery (4 guns) C/66th Battery (4 guns)(detached to 3rd Division) D/66th Battery (4 guns) 13th Divisional Ammunition Column 69th Brigade, RFA D/69th Battery (4 guns) Heavy Brigade, RGA: Det. 1/104th Heavy Battery (2 guns) Administrative Troops Mobile Veterinary Company 39th British Field Ambulance 40th British Field Ambulance 41st British Field Ambulance No. 28 Sanitary Section 13th Divisional Supply Column Troops Attached: 33rd Cavalry Regiment (4 sqns) Det. 1/104th Heavy Battery (2 guns) 7th Division: Major General A.S.Cobbe 19th Brigade: Brigadier General E.C.Peebles 2/Black Watch (about to be transferred to 21st Brigade 1/Seaforth Highlanders 28th Punjabis 125th Rifles 21st Brigade: Brigadier General C.E.Norie 2/Norfolk (under orders to Basra) 2/Dorsetshire (about to be reorganized & become Corps troops) 9th Bhopal Infantry 1/8th Gurkhas

2 28th Brigade: Lt. Colonel A.E.Davies 2/Leicestershire 51st Sikhs 53rd Sikhs 56th Rifles Engineers: 3rd Field Company, Sappers & Miners 107th Pioneers Artillery: Brigadier General A.D.Musgrave 9th Brigade,RFA 19th Battery (6 guns) 20th Battery (6 guns) 28th Battery (6 guns) D/69th Howitzer Battery (4 guns) 56th Brigade, RFA (2 batteries en route, 8 guns) 7th Divisional Ammunition Column Divisional Troops: No. 7 Divisional Signal Company Mobile Veterinary Company 19th British Field Ambulance 20th British Field Ambulance 128th Indian Field Ambulance 129th Indian Field Ambulance 130th Indian Field Ambulance No. 7 Sanitary Section 7th Divisional Supply Column 7th Divisional Troops Transport Company 19th Brigade Transport Company 20th Brigade Transport Company 21st Brigade Transport Company Troops Attached: D/55th Battery, RFA (4 guns) 72nd Battery, 5"howitzer Brigade,RGA (4 guns) 1 6" howitzer Stokes Mortar Brigade (48 3" stokes mortars) 14th (Indian) Division: Major General R.G.Egerton 35th Infantry Brigade: Brigadier General W.M.Thomson 1/4th Hampshire (about to be reorganized & become corps troops) 1/5th Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Brahmans 37th Dogras 2/4th Gurkhas 36th Infantry Brigade: Brigadier General G.Christian 1/6th Devonshire Regiment 26th Punjabis 62nd Punjabis 82nd Punjabis 37th Infantry Brigade: Brigadier General F.J.Fowler 1/4th Devonshire 36th Sikhs 45th Sikhs 1/2nd Gurkhas Engineers: 128th Pioneers

3 12th Field Company, Sappers & Miners 13th Field Company, Sappers & Miners Artillery: Brigadier General H.J.A.Mackey 13th Brigade, RFA: 2nd Battery, RFA (6 guns) 8th Battery, RFA (6 guns) 44th Battery, RFA (6 guns) C/69th Howitzer Battery (4 guns) 14th Divisional Ammunition Column Divisional Troops: 14th Divisional Signal Company 1st Combined Field Ambulance 20th Combined Field Ambulance 21st Combined Field Ambulance 22nd Combined Field Ambulance No. 18 Sanitary Section 14th Divisional Supply Column 14th Divisional Troops Transport Company 35th Brigade Transport Company 36th Brigade Transport Company 37th Brigade Transport Company Troops Attached: 7th Lancers (4 sqns) B/55th Battery, RFA (4 guns) 2/86th Battery, RGA (4 guns) 2 12pdr anti-aircraft guns 6th Cavalry Brigade: Brigadier General S.F.Crocker "S" Battery RHA (4 guns)(complete to 6 guns on 31 July) 14th Hussars (4 sqns) 15th Cavalry (2 sqns) Field Troop, 2nd Sappers & Miners Signal Troop Cavalry Brigade Ammunition Troop Administrative Troops: No. 18 Cavalry Field Ambulance No. 131st Indian Field Ambulance Cavalry Brigade Supply Column Cavalry Brigade Transport Column Corps Troops Engineers: No. 1 Bridging Train No. 2 Bridging Train 64th Pioneers Signals Units: 1/3rd Indian Army Corps Signals Company 2/3rd Indian Army Corps Signals Company No. 22 Airline Section, RA "B" Wagon Station, Wireless "D" & "G" Pack Stations, Wireless Corps Artillery: Brigadier General W.K.Hardy 4.5" Howitzer Brigade, RFA 60th Battery (6 guns) 61st Battery (6 guns) 77th Battery (5" Howitzer Brigade, RGA)(4 guns) (under orders to Nasiriya)

4 2/104th Battery (60th pdr Brigade,RGA)(4 guns) 2 13pdr anti-aircraft guns Corps Artillery Ammunition Column Corps Ammunition Park Administrative Units: No. 15 Casualty Clearing Station No. 16 Casualty Clearing Station No. 19 Combined Clearing Hospital No. 61 Indian Stationary Hospital River Convoy Unit No. 7 Advanced depots of Medical Stores No. 5 Advanced depots of Medical Stores No. 135 Indian Field Ambulance Advanced Remount Section Corps Troops Supply Column Corps Artillery Supply Section Depot Transport Royal Flying Corps: "A" & "B" Flights, No. 30 Squadron

Moberly, Brig. Gen. F.J., The Campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918, 1923, London, HM Stationary Office.

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