Eastern Army (1944)

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Eastern Army (1)

101 Lines of Communication Area (2)

1st Bn. The North Staffordshire Regiment 26th Bn. 1st Punjab Regiment 26th Bn. 6th Rajputana Rifles 6th Bn. 10th Baluch Regiment 2nd Bn. The Mahar Regiment

5th Bn. 3rd Madras Regiment

G.H.Q. Reserve

116th Indian Infantry Brigade (3)

1st Bn. The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Bn. 3rd Madras Regiment 6th Bn. 6th Rajputana Rifles 16th Bn. 6th Rajputana Rifles 6th Bn. 19th Hyderabad Regiment

17th (Machine Gun) Bn. 7th Rajput Regiment 8th Bn. 15th Punjab Regiment.

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NOTES:

1. The pre-war Eastern Command was redesignated as the Eastern Army on the 1942. 2. This Lines of Communication Area was formed circa August 1942. The Headquarters of the Area were based in Patna, but then moved to Ranchi. The Area comprised the Bihar and Orissa districts of eastern India. 3. This brigade was formed at Digboi in September 1942 by the redesignation of the 16th Indian Infantry Brigade, which had fought in the 1942 Burma campaign. It was tasked as a training formation, and was under command of Brigadier W. D. EDWARD, D.S.O.. In late 1942, the brigade moved to Ranchi where it was based in 1944. In October 1945, now under command of Brigadier J. A. SALOMONS, D.S.O., O.B.E., it was sent to re-occupy the Andaman Islands.

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303 Line of Communication Area (4)

Infantry (Internal Security Duties)

1st Bn. The Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Bn. The York and Lancaster Regiment

26th Bn. 3rd Madras Regiment 29th Bn. The Mahratta Light Infantry 25th Bn. 6th Rajputana Rifles 18th Bn. 7th Rajput Regiment 25th Bn. 8th Punjab Regiment 26th Bn. 10th Baluch Regiment 25th Bn. 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles 26th Bn. 19th Hyderabad Regiment 4th Bn. 7th Gurkha Rifles

2nd Bn. Jodhpur Infantry, Indian States Forces 4th Bn. Bahwalpur Infantry, Indian States Forces

Sree Nath Regiment, Nepalese Army

26th Bn. The Burma Regiment

Infantry (Training)

8th Bn. The York and Lancaster Regiment

Artillery

1st Indian Anti-Aircraft Brigade

10th Indian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Indian Artillery (H.Q., 27th, 28th & 29th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Batteries, Indian Artillery)

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2nd Indian Anti-Aircraft Brigade

21st Indian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Indian Artillery (H.Q., 501st, 505th & 506th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Batteries, Indian Artillery) 11th Indian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Indian Artillery (H.Q., 30th, 31st & 32nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Batteries, Indian Artillery) 20th Indian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Indian Artillery (H.Q., 9th, 42nd (Independent), 503rd & 504th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Batteries, Indian Artillery)

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NOTES:

4. This Line of Communication Area was formed circa August 1942.