3rd (Lahore) Division
military unit
The 3rd (Lahore) Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army and before 1895, the Bengal Army, first organised in 1852. It saw service during World War I as part of the Indian Corps in France before being moved to the Middle East where it fought against troops of the Ottoman Empire.
Pre-Mutiny
The Lahore Division first appears in the Indian Army List in 1852, when the short-lived Cis-Jhelum Division was renamed (at the same time the Trans-Jhelum Division at Peshawar was renamed the Punjab Division). The Cis-Jhelum Division in turn had previously been the Saugor Division, a longstanding formation of the Bengal Army. At this period Divisions were primarily administrative organisations controlling the brigades and stations in their area, rather than field formations, but they did provide field forces when required. The Lahore Division absorbed the Lahore Field Force under Brigadier Sir James Tennant, which had formed part of the Army of the Punjab since 1847. Lahore Fort was occupied by the British after the First Anglo-Sikh War and the city of Lahore was annexed in 1849 at the conclusion of the Second Anglo-Sikh War. In 1852 a military cantonment (known until 1906 as Mian Mir) was established outside the city.
Composition 1852
General Officer Commanding (GOC): Brigadier-General Sir John Cheape, KCB, Bengal Engineers (appointed 9 July 1852) (absent commanding Bengal Division in Second Anglo-Burmese War).
Lahore:
Commanding Station: Brigadier Sir James Tennant, Bengal Artillery
HQ, 1st and 2nd Troops, 3rd Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery
HQ, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Companies, 2nd (European) Battalion, Bengal Foot Artillery (1st Company and O Company Ordnance Drivers manning No 7 Light Field Battery (horsedrawn))
2nd Company, 8th (Native) Battalion, Bengal Foot Artillery, and D Company Ordnance drivers, manning No 2 Light Field Battery (bullock drawn)
4th Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners
Her Majesty's 96th Foot
5th Bengal Native Infantry
9th Bengal Native Infantry
39th Bengal Native Infantry
57th Bengal Native Infantry
65th Bengal Native Infantry
1st Bengal Irregular Cavalry (Skinner's Horse)
18th Bengal Irregular Cavalry
Wazirabad:
Brigadier J.R. Hearsey
4th Company 7th (Native) Battalion, Bengal Foot Artillery
Her Majesty's 3rd Light Dragoons
Her Majesty's 10th Foot
Her Majesty's 24th Foot
21st Bengal Native Infantry
32nd Bengal Native Infantry
34th Bengal Native Infantry
Sialkot:
Lieutenant-Colonel J.T. Lane, Bengal Artillery
2nd Troop, 2nd Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery
1st Company, 1st (European) Battalion, Bengal Foot Artillery
10th Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners
4th Bengal Light Cavalry
Detachment Her Majesty's 24th Foot
63rd Bengal Native Infantry
6th Bengal Irregular Cavalry
Govindgarh (Bathinda):
3rd Company, 8th (Native) Battalion, Bengal Foot Artillery
Detachments Her Majesty's 10th Foot and Native Infantry
Indian mutiny
During the 'Indian Mutiny' (or 'First War of Independence') some Indian regiments at the Mian Mir cantonments plotted to mutiny but were disarmed under the guns of a British horse artillery battery and infantry battalion to prevent them seizing Lahore Fort.
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