1^st Arakan Campaign

 14^th Indian Infantry Division (1) 

47^th Indian Infantry Brigade

 1^st Bn. The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

1^st (Queen Victoria’s Own) Bn. 7^th Rajput Regiment

5^th (Burma) Bn. 8^th Punjab Regiment

55^th Indian Infantry Brigade

 2^nd Bn. 1^st Punjab Regiment

8^th Bn. 6^th Rajputana Rifles

1^st (Prince of Wales’s Own) Bn. 17^th Dogra Regiment

88^th Indian Infantry Brigade

5^th Bn. 9^th Jat Regiment

14^th Bn. 12^th Frontier Force Regiment

1^st Bn. 16^th Punjab Regiment

123^rd Indian Infantry Brigade (2)

 10^th Bn. The Lancashire Fusiliers

8^th Bn. 10^th Baluch Regiment

1^st Bn. 15^th Punjab Regiment

Divisional Troops

Tripura (Bir Bikram) Manikya Rifles, Indian State Forces (3)

 130^th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Regiment of Artillery

(314^th, 315^th, 494^th Field Batteries, R.A.)

23^rd Indian Mountain Regiment, Indian Regiment of Artillery

(3^rd (Peshwar), 8^th (Lahore), 17^th (Nowshera) Mountain Batteries, I.A.)

44^th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

(75^th, 91^st, 239^th Light Anti-Aircraft Batteries, R.A.)

26^th Field Company, Sappers and Miners

73^rd Field Company, Sappers and Miners

74^th Field Company, Sappers and Miners

306^th Field Park Company, Sappers and Miners

17^th Auxiliary Pioneer Battalion

9^th Bridging Section

This is the Order of Battle of the Division at the beginning of the first Arakan campaign, which commenced on 21^st September 1942.  When H.Q. 26^th Division assumed command of the troops deployed in the Arakan on 7^th April 1943, H.Q. 14^th Division returned to India.  It assumed the role of an infantry jungle training Division, to train soldiers in the art of jungle warfare before they were posted to operational units in Burma.

1.      Came under command of Division from 5^th Indian Division for the campaign.

2.      Battalion deployed on left flank of Division in the Kaladan Valley.

26^th Indian Infantry Division (1)

4^th Indian Infantry Brigade

 8^th Bn. 8^th Punjab Regiment

7^th Bn. 15^th Punjab Regiment

3^rd Bn. 9^th Gurkha Rifles

6^th Infantry Brigade (2)

 1^st Bn. The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)

1^st Bn. The Royal Welch Fusiliers

1^st Bn. The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)

2^nd Bn. The Durham Light Infantry (3)

36^th Indian Infantry Brigade

 1^st Bn. The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s)

8^th Bn. 13^th Frontier Force Rifles

5^th Bn. 16^th Punjab Regiment

71^st Indian Infantry Brigade

 1^st Bn. The Lincolnshire Regiment

10^th Bn. The Lancashire Fusiliers (4)

9^th Bn. 15^th Punjab Regiment

(1)   This is the Order of Battle of the Division on 23^rd April 1943. H.Q. 26^th Division had assumed command of the troops in the Arakan region on xx/xx/43 from 14^th Division.

(2)   6^th Infantry Brigade Group was detached from 2^nd Division for the duration of this campaign. Group consisted of the Brigade plus 99^th Field Regiment.

(3)   Battalion transferred to be under command of 4^th Indian Brigade.

(4)   Battalion transferred from 123^rd Brigade on xx/xx/43.

Divisional Troops

2^nd Bn. 8^th Punjab Regiment

Machine Gun Battalion. 9^th Jat Regiment

99^th Field Regiment (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry), R. A.

(393^rd, 472^nd Field Batteries, R.A.)

130^th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Regiment of Artillery

(314^th, 315^th, 494^th Field Batteries, R.A.)

23^rd Indian Mountain Regiment, Indian Regiment of Artillery

(3^rd (Peshwar), 8^th (Lahore), 17^th (Nowshera) Mountain Batteries, I.A.)

44^th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

(75^th, 91^st, 239^th Light Anti-Aircraft Batteries, R.A.)

28^th Field Company

72^nd Field Company

73^rd Field Company

The Sirmoor Field Company

Other Units Under Command 26^th Division

 55^th Indian Infantry Brigade (5)

2^nd Bn. 1^st Punjab Regiment

6^th Bn. 11^th Sikh Regiment (6)

1^st Bn. 15^th Punjab Regiment (7)

‘Mayforce’

 1^st Bn. 17^th Dogra Regiment (8)

4^th Bn. The Burma Regiment

 ‘C’ Sqn. 146^th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps

 1^st Tripura Rifles Battalion, Indian State Forces (9)

(5)   Brigade transferred from 14^th Division to be under command 26^th Division.

(6)   Battalion believed to have transferred from 71^st Brigade when 10^th Bn. The Lancashire Fusiliers transferred into 71^st Brigade on xx/xx/43.

(7)   Battalion transferred from 123^rd Indian Brigade.

(8)   Battalion transferred from 55^th Indian Brigade.

(9)   Battalion deployed in Kaladan Valley but withdrawn on approach of Japanese troops.