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Military unit
The 41st Indian Brigade was an
infantry
brigade of the
British Indian Army that saw service with the
Indian Army during the First World War . It served in the
Mesopotamian Campaign on the Euphrates Front throughout its existence. It was not reformed for the
Second World War .
[1]
The
Headquarters 41st Indian Brigade was formed in February 1916 and arrived in
Mesopotamia in the following month where it served as an independent
formation . On 15 September 1916, it was redesignated as 41st Brigade & H.Q. Euphrates Defences
[2] at which time it commanded the 1/4th Battalion,
Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) , the
6th Jat Light Infantry and the 1st Battalion,
10th Gurkha Rifles .
[3] On 19 March 1918, it was further redesignated as H.Q. Euphrates Defences
[2]
The brigade had the following composition in the
First World War :
[4]
1st Battalion,
8th Gurkha Rifles (joined in March 1916 from
Ambala Brigade ,
3rd Lahore Divisional Area ; transferred in April to
21st (Bareilly) Brigade ,
7th (Meerut) Division )
1/4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (joined in April 1916 from
42nd Indian Brigade ,
15th Indian Division ; transferred in June to
37th Indian Brigade ,
14th Indian Division )
2nd Battalion,
4th Gurkha Rifles (joined in April 1916 from
Kohat Brigade ; transferred in June to
35th Indian Brigade , 14th Indian Division)
45th Rattray's Sikhs (joined in April 1916 from
Derajat Brigade ; transferred in June to 37th Indian Brigade, 14th Indian Division)
126th Baluchistan Infantry (joined in April 1916 from
Aden and
Muscat ; transferred in June to
4th (Quetta) Division )
[a]
1/4th Battalion,
Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) (joined on 5 May 1916 from 37th Indian Brigade, 14th Indian Division; transferred in October to Euphrates Defences)
[b]
6th Jat Light Infantry (joined in June 1916 from 21st (Bareilly) Brigade, 7th (Meerut) Division; transferred in October to Euphrates Defences)
2nd Battalion,
103rd Mahratta Light Infantry (formed in June 1916 and transferred to
Jubbulpore Brigade ,
5th (Mhow) Division )
2nd Battalion,
10th Gurkha Rifles (joined in June 1916 from Egypt; transferred in July to
Burma Division )
1st Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles (joined in September 1916 from Burma Division; transferred in October to Euphrates Defences)
The brigade had the following commanders:
[2]
James, Brigadier E.A. (1978). British Regiments 1914–18 . London: Samson Books Limited.
ISBN
0-906304-03-2 .
Kempton, Chris (2003b). 'Loyalty & Honour', The Indian Army September 1939 – August 1947 . Vol. Part II Brigades. Milton Keynes: The Military Press.
ISBN
0-85420-238-2 .
Perry, F.W. (1993). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions . Newport: Ray Westlake Military Books.
ISBN
1-871167-23-X .