The 4th (Quetta) Division was an

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of the

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. It was formed by General Kitchener while he was Commander-in-chief of

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. During

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the division remained in India. Its composition was:

Formation 1914

*Commanding officer Lt General Malcolm Henry Grover *1st Quetta Infantry Brigade Brigadier General Sitwell **2nd Battalion

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** 19th Punjabis ** 58th Vaughn's Rifles **1/ 7th Gurkha Rifles **2/7th Gurkha **XXI Brigade

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(RFA) *2nd Quetta Infantry Brigade Major General Mellis VC **2nd Battalion

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** 40th Pathans ** 67th Punjabis ** 106th Hazara Pioneers **

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**IV Mountain Brigade

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(RGA) *Karachi Brigade Brigadier General Shaw **1st Battalion

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** 127th Baluch Light Infantry **69 Company RGA *Divisional troops ** 10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse) ** 22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force) ** 28th Light Cavalry ** 15th Sikhs ** 29th Punjabis ** 31st Punjabis **60 Company RGA

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* Indian World War I divisions Military units and formations established in 1903 British Indian Army divisions Quetta District {{WWI-stub

Formation 1914

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