4th (Quetta) Division

The 4th (Quetta) Division was an infantry division of the British Indian Army. It was formed by General Kitchener while he was Commander-in-chief of India. During World War I the division remained in India. Its composition was:

Formation 1914

 * Commanding officer Lt General H Grover


 * 1st Quetta Infantry Brigade Brigadier General Sitwell
 * 2nd Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
 * 12th Pioneers
 * 19th Punjabis
 * 58th Vaughn's Rifles
 * 1/7th Gurkha Rifles
 * 2/7th Gurkha
 * XXI Brigade Royal Field Artillery (RFA)


 * 2nd Quetta Infantry Brigade Major General Mellis VC
 * 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
 * 40th Pathans
 * 67th Punjabis
 * 106th Hazara Pioneers
 * 114th Mahrattas
 * IV Mountain Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA)


 * Karachi Brigade Brigadier General Shaw
 * 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
 * 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

Notes and references

 * Perry, F.W. & Becke, A.F. (1945). History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions: Indian Army Divisions Pt. 5B. London HMSO. ISBN 1-871167-23-X