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15th Indian Division  Divisional History  The 15th Indian Division was a formation of the British Indian Army, operational from 1916 to 1919. The division was formed on 7 May 1916 on the Euphrates Front in Mesopotamia, as a replacement for 12th Indian Division. It served throughout the war on the Euphrates Front, and was formally disbanded in March 1919. The division was not attached to either of the army corps operating in Mesopotamia, the I Corps and III Corps. Battle honours 11 September 1916 Action of As Sahilan 28,29 September 1917 Capture of Ramadi 9 March 1918 Occupation of Hit 26,27 March 1918 Action of Khan Baghdadi Units forming the Divisional Order of Battle July 1918 12th Indian Infantry Brigade 1/5th Battalion Queen's Royal Regiment 1st Battalion 90th Punjabis 1st Battalion 43rd Erinpura Regiment 2nd Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles 128 M.G. Coy 12 Lt. T.M. Bty 42nd Indian Infantry Brigade 1/4th Battalion Dorset Regiment 2nd Battalion 5th Gurkha Rifles 2nd Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles 1st Battalion 5th Gurkha Rifles 130 M.G. Coy 42 Lt. T.M. Bty 50th Indian Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion Ox & Bucks 1st Battalion 6th Jat Light Infantry 1st Battalion 14th Ferozepore Sikhs 1st Battalion 97th Deccan Infantry 256 M.G. Coy 50 Lt. T.M. Bty Divisional Artillery CCXXII Brigade RFA 375 Bty. RFA 1070 Bty. RFA 1072 Bty. RFA 429 (Howitzer) Bty. RFA CCXV Brigade RFA 1087 Bty. RFA 1088 Bty. RFA 816 Bty. RFA 524 (Howitzer) Bty. RFA Volunteer Battery Divisional troops 22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force) 448 Field Company RE 450 Field Company RE 451 Field Company RE 48th Pioneers 275 M.G. Coy 5th Jan 1917 Relatiation 6th Jan 1917 Heavy Rain 30th November 1917 Serious Disease report 24th February 1918 Orders   25th February 1918 Situation 27th February 1918 Enemy message intercepted If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 15th Indian Division? There are:6 items tagged 15th 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 15th Indian Division during the Great War 1914-1918. This page is new, as yet no names have been submitted. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.

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