The Indian Army, 3 September 1939
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The Indian Army 3 September 1939 Northern Command: HQ Rawalpindi Peshawar District: HQ Peshawar 1st, 7th Companies, The Royal Tank Regiment The Gilgit Scouts: Gilgit Chitral Force: HQ Drosh 1/9th Jat Regiment 1 Company, 1/9th Jat Regiment: Chitral Chitral Mountain Artillery Section, IA 1 Section, 22nd Field Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners Landi Kotal Brigade: HQ Landi Kotal 1st South Wales Borderers 1/1st Punjab Regiment 3/9th Jat Regiment: Bara Fort 4/11th Sikh Regiment 4/15th Punjab Regiment: Shagai 1 Company, 4/15th Punjab Regiment: Ali Masjid 2/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles Detachment, Peshawar District Signals The Kurram Militia: Parachinar Peshawar Brigade: HQ Peshawar 1st King's Regiment 16th Light Cavalry 3/6th Rajputana Rifles 4/8th Punjab Regiment 4/14th Punjab Regiment 2/19th Hyderabad Regiment 8th Anti-Aircraft Battery, RA 19th Medium Battery, RA 24th Mountain Regiment, IA (11th, 16th, 20th Batteries) (1 Battery at Nowshera, 1 Battery at Landi Kotal) (Frontier Posts, IA attached at Landi Kotal, Shagai, Chakdora) 1st Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners Peshawar District Signals 18th Mountain Battery, IA - Independent from 1/8/39 from 24th Mountain Regiment Nowshera Brigade: HQ Nowshera 4/5th Mahratta Light Infantry 2/11th Sikh Regiment 10/11th Sikh Regiment 1/6th Gurkha Rifles: Malakand Detachment, 1st South Wales Borderers: Cherat Detachment, 5/12th Frontier Force Regiment: Dargai Detachment, 1/6th Gurkha Rifles: Chakdora 1st Field Regiment, RA (11th, 52nd, 80th, 98th Batteries) 2nd Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners 11/12th Frontier Force Regiment, ITF 1 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade: HQ Risalpur 16th/5th Lancers Probyn's Horse The Guide's Cavalry: Mardan 5/12th Frontier Force Regiment: Mardan 1st Cavalry Brigade Signal Troop Kohat District: HQ Kohat 8th Light Cavalry 21st Mountain Regiment, IA (1st, 6th, 9th, 14th Batteries) (1 Battery at Thal, 1 Battery at Rawalpindi) (Frontier Posts, IA attached at Kohat and Fort Lockhart/Bannu) 22nd Field Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners Kohat District Signals Base Supply Depot Thal Brigade: HQ Thal 1/5th Mahratta Light Infantry 2/15th Punjab Regiment 1/13th Frontier Force Rifles Detachment, Kohat District Signals Infantry detachments at Gullistan, Sangor, and Arawali Kohat Brigade: HQ Kohat 1 Troop, The Scinde Horse 2/6th Rajputana Rifles 5/8th Punjab Regiment 4/13th Frontier Force Rifles 5/13th Frontier Force Rifles: Latembur Rawalpindi District: HQ Rawalpindi (1st Indian Division) 73rd Field Battery, RA: Cambellpore 11/13th Frontier Force Rifles, ITF: Cambellpore 1st (Abbottabad) Infantry Brigade: HQ Abbottabad 1/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles 2/6th Gurkha Rifles 10/13th Frontier Force Rifles 23rd Mountain Regiment, IA (3rd, 8th, 12th, 17th Batteries) (1 Battery at Rawalpindi) (Frontier Posts, IA attached at Forts Salop, Jhansi and Milward) 2nd (Rawalpindi) Infantry Brigade: HQ Rawalpindi 1st Devonshire Regiment 1st Royal Ulster Rifles 2nd Worcestershire Regiment The Scinde Horse (RHQ only) 2/4th Bombay Grenadiers 2/8th Punjab Regiment 4/12th Frontier Force Regiment 5th Field Regiment, RA (64th, 63rd, 81st Batteries) 5th Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners 41st Divisional HQ Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners 'A' Corps Signals 1st Indian Divisional Signals 3rd (Jhelum) Infantry Brigade: HQ Jhelum 10/1st Punjab Regiment 2 1/10th Baluch Regiment 1/16th Punjab Regiment 1/17th Dogra Regiment 11/1st Punjab Regiment, ITF Lahore District: HQ Lahore Sialkot Brigade Area: HQ Sialkot 3rd Dragoon Guards: Khanspur Hill 13th Lancers 10/12th Frontier Force Regiment 10/16th Punjab Regiment Ferozepore Brigade Area: HQ Ferozepore 2nd Green Howards 2nd Duke of Wellington's Regiment: Multan Sam Browne's Cavalry (Training) 2/1st Punjab Regiment: Multan 5/10th Baluch Regiment 10/14th Punjab Regiment 'U' Field Battery, RA 23rd/24th Medium Battery, RA Jullundur Brigade Area: HQ Jullundur 1st East Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Royal Lancers 10/17th Dogra Regiment 1/1st Gurkha Rifles: Dharmsala 'R' Field Battery, RA 11/17th Dogra Regiment, ITF Lahore Brigade Area: HQ Lahore 19th Lancers 1st Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 10/8th Punjab Regiment 3/17th Dogra Regiment Detachment, 2nd Green Howards: Amritsar 15th Field Regiment, RA ('S', 'T' Batteries) 4th (Lahore) Battalion, University Training Corps, ITF: Lahore and Lyallapore Ambala Brigade Area: HQ Ambala/Kasauli 2nd East Lancashire Regiment: Kasauli Detachment, 2nd Green Howards: Solon 3/14th Punjab Regiment 10/15th Punjab Regiment Detachment, 2nd East Lancashire Regiment: Ambala Detachment, 2nd East Lancashire Regiment: Jutagh Frontier Post, IA: Arawali The Mountain Artillery Training Centre The Survey Section (India): Kakul 11/15th Punjab Regiment, ITF Waziristan District: HQ Dera Ismail Khan, Razmak Detachment, 2/11th Sikh Regiment: Mari, Indus Waziristan District Signals Razmak Brigade: HQ Razmak 11th Light Tank Company, The Royal Tank Regiment B Squadron, The Scinde Horse 1st Leicestershire Regiment 2/7th Rajput Regiment 3 3/10th Baluch Regiment 5/11th Sikh Regiment 2/1st Gurkha Rifles 1/8th Gurkha Rifles 25th Mountain Regiment, IA (5th, 13th, 15th, 19th Batteries) (1 Battery at Wana) (Frontier Posts, IA attached at Wana and Mir Ali) 10th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Miners Brigade Signal Section Bannu Brigade: HQ Bannu Skinner's Horse 1 Troop, A Squadron, The Scinde Horse C Squadron, The Scinde Horse 5/1st Punjab Regiment 1/12th Frontier Force Regiment 1/14th Punjab Regiment Brigade Signal Section Base Engineer Park The Tochi Scouts: Miranshah 2/12th Frontier Force Regiment: Mir Ali 1/4th Gurkha Rifles: Damdil Wana Brigade: HQ Wana A Squadron, The Scinde Horse: Manzai 1 Troop, A Squadron, The Scinde Horse: Wana 2/2nd Punjab Regiment: Manzai 3/8th Punjab Regiment 1/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles 2/3rd Gurkha Rifles 2/8th Gurkha Rifles 3rd Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners 19th Field Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners 9th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Minders Detachment, Waziristan District Signals The South Waziristan Scouts: Jandola Eastern Command: HQ Naini Tal Meerut District: HQ Dehra Dun (3rd Indian Division) The Governor-General's Bodyguard Detachment, The Governor-General's Bodyguard: Simla King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners HQ: Roorkee Nos. 31, 35 Field Troops Training Battalion 4th Field Company 6th, 8th Army Troops Company 43rd Divisional HQ Company No. 51 Printing Section 9th (Jhansi) Infantry Brigade: HQ Jhansi 15th Lancers - Jhansi Area 1st Royal Fusiliers 3/1st Punjab Regiment 4/6th Rajputana Rifles 3/15th Punjab Regiment - Jhansi Area 11 (Gurgaon)/14th Punjab Regiment, ITF - Jhansi 4 Area 25th Field Regiment, RA (12th, 25th, 31st, 58th Batteries) 7th (Dehra Dun) Infantry Brigade: HQ Dehra Dun 2/2nd Gurkha Rifles 1/9th Gurkha Rifles 2/9th Gurkha Rifles 8th (Bareilly) Infantry Brigade: HQ Bareilly 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 10th Battalion, 4th/9th Jat Regiment 2/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles: Lansdowne 10/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles: Lansdowne 84th Field Battery, RA 11/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles, ITF: Lansdowne 3rd (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade: HQ Meerut 18th Cavalry The Central India Horse 1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment - Meerut Area 10/2nd Punjab Regiment 11th Field Regiment, RA (78th, 83rd, 85th Batteries) 3rd Cavalry Brigade Signal Troop 3rd Indian Divisional Signals 11/9th Jat Regiment, ITF - Meerut Area Lucknow District: HQ Lucknow 6th (Lucknow) Infantry Brigade: HQ Lucknow 20th Lancers 2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers - Lucknow Area 2nd Royal Berkshire Regiment 3/2nd Punjab Regiment 1/8th Punjab Regiment 2/10th Baluch Regiment: Fyzabad 1/3rd Gurkha Rifles 8th Field Regiment, RA ('AA', 'W' Batteries) 'V' Field Battery, RA: Fyzabad Allahabad Brigade Area: HQ Allahabad 1 Squadron, 3rd Cavalry 1st Queen's Regiment 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment: Cawnpore 10/7th Rajput Regiment: Fatehgarh 3/11th Sikh Regiment 'X' Field Battery, RA: Cawnpore 11/7th Rajput Regiment, ITF: Fatehgarh 4th (United Provinces) Urban Infantry, ITF 3rd (United Provinces) Battalion, University Training Corps, ITF Delhi (Independent) Brigade Area: HQ Delhi Cantonment 6th Lancers 1st Royal Norfolk Regiment Detachment, 1st Royal Norfolk Regiment: Delhi Fort 2nd Welch Regiment: Agra 2/16th Punjab Regiment 10/19th Hyderabad Regiment: Agra 5 6th Medium Regiment, RA (18th Battery): Muttra The Royal Artillery Training Centre: Muttra Indian Artillery Training Battery: Muttra 11/6th Rajputana Rifles, ITF: Agra 9th (Delhi) Battalion, University Training Corps, ITF Presidency and Assam District: HQ Jalapahur The Governor's Bodyguard, Bengal: Calcutta 2nd Border Regiment: Calcutta (Fort William, Alipore, Ballygunge, Hastings, Cossipure) 1st Cameronians: Barrackpore Detachments, 1st Cameronians: Ishapore and Darjeeling 1st Northamptonshire Regiment: Dinapore 1 Company, 1st Northamptonshire Regiment: Muzzaffarpur 'C' Company, 1st Northamptonshire Regiment: Port Blair, Andaman Islands 1/4th Bombay Grenadiers: Midnapore 1 Company, 1/4th Bombay Grenadiers: Saidpur 1/15th Punjab Regiment: Alipore Detachments, 1/15th Punjab Regiment: Gyantse and Yatung 1/7th Gurkha Rifles: Digboi, Assam 2/7th Gurkha Rifles: Shillong, Assam 11/19th Hyderabad Regiment, ITF: Dinapore 5th (Bengal Presidency) Urban Infantry, ITF: Calcutta 2nd (Calcutta) Battalion, University Training Corps, ITF: Calcutta 7th (Patna) Company, University Training Corps, ITF: Patna Eastern Bengal Brigade Area: HQ Shillong 1/11th Sikh Regiment: Chittagong Detachment, 1/11th Sikh Regiment: Comilla 2/14th Punjab Regiment: Dacca Detachment, 1/8th Gurkha Rifles Detachment, 1/10th