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20th (Garhwal) Brigade

Garhwal Brigade
20th (Garhwal) Brigade
20th Indian Brigade
Active 26 November 1902 – 1920
Country  British India
Allegiance British Crown
Branch  British Indian Army
Type Infantry
Size Brigade
Part of 7th (Meerut) Division
10th Indian Division
Independent
Peacetime HQ Lansdowne
Engagements

First World War

Western Front
Battle of La Bassée
Battle of Neuve Chapelle
Battle of Aubers
Battle of Festubert
Battle of Loos
Sinai and Palestine Campaign
Second Transjordan attack
Third Transjordan attack
Second Battle of Amman
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Maj.-Gen. C.L. Woollcombe
Maj.-Gen. H.D’U. Keary
Br.-Gen. C.G. Blackader

First World War

The Garhwal Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Indian Army formed in 1902 as a result of the Kitchener Reforms. It was mobilized as 20th (Garhwal) Brigade at the outbreak of the First World War as part of the 7th (Meerut) Division and departed for France. It served on the Western Front until November 1915. It then moved to Egypt where it joined the 10th Indian Division, by now designated as 20th Indian Brigade. It left the division in March 1916 and thereafter served as an independent brigade in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. It was broken up in 1920.

The Kitchener Reforms, carried out during Lord Kitchener's tenure as Commander-in-Chief, India (1902–09), completed the unification of the three former Presidency armies, the , the Hyderabad Contingent and other local forces into one Indian Army. Kitchener identified the Indian Army's main task as the defence of the North-West Frontier against foreign aggression (particularly Russian expansion into Afghanistan) with internal security relegated to a secondary role. The Army was organized into divisions and brigades that would act as field formations but also included internal security troops.


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