ddycher Posted 8 August , 2015 Share Posted 8 August , 2015 Chappell in The Regimental Warpath states that the 13th Indian Division was never formed but I keep coming across ref's to it. Am I wrong in thinking that this is just typo's in cross ref'ing the British Western Division serving in Mesopotamia ? Regards Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 8 August , 2015 Share Posted 8 August , 2015 Kempton (not sure if you've ordered the books yet) doesn't list a 13th Indian Division. Goes straight from 12th to 14th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddycher Posted 8 August , 2015 Author Share Posted 8 August , 2015 Have ordered - they're on the way... Thanks Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddycher Posted 9 August , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2015 Paul Watson in "The Indian Army in the Great War" agrees - no 13th Indian Division. So I'm going to stay with original assumption that these are typo's on the web. Thanks Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 9 August , 2015 Share Posted 9 August , 2015 Given that Kempton states the 12th Division was formed in Mespot in March/April '15, and the 14th in Mespot in May '15, and the 13th (Western) Division had arrived in theatre in April '15, I wonder if that was a deliberate decision to avoid confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddycher Posted 9 August , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2015 Steven I think you are right. There was no 38th, 39th or 40th Bde either. They should have been formed in February 1916. Regards Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 9 August , 2015 Share Posted 9 August , 2015 An amazing (and unusual) outbreak of commonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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