The Indian Army on 3 September 1939
Northern Command: HQ Rawalpindi
Peshawar District: HQ Peshawar
1st, 7th Companies, The Royal Tank Regiment
The Gilgit Scouts: Gilgit
Chitral Force: HQ Drosh
1/9th Jat Regiment
1 Company, 1/9th Jat Regiment: Chitral
Chitral Mountain Artillery Section, IA
1 Section, 22nd Field Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners
Landi Kotal Brigade: HQ Landi Kotal
1st South Wales Borderers
1/1st Punjab Regiment
3/9th Jat Regiment: Bara Fort
4/11th Sikh Regiment
4/15th Punjab Regiment: Shagai
1 Company, 4/15th Punjab Regiment: Ali Masjid
2/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles
Detachment, Peshawar District Signals
The Kurram Militia: Parachinar
Peshawar Brigade: HQ Peshawar
1st King's Regiment
16th Light Cavalry
3/6th Rajputana Rifles
4/8th Punjab Regiment
4/14th Punjab Regiment
2/19th Hyderabad Regiment
8th Anti-Aircraft Battery, RA
19th Medium Battery, RA
24th Mountain Regiment, IA (11th, 16th, 20th Batteries)
(1 Battery at Nowshera, 1 Battery at Landi Kotal)
(Frontier Posts, IA attached at Landi Kotal, Shagai, Chakdora)
1st Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners
Peshawar District Signals
18th Mountain Battery, IA - Independent from 1/8/39 from 24th Mountain Regiment
Nowshera Brigade: HQ Nowshera
4/5th Mahratta Light Infantry
2/11th Sikh Regiment
10/11th Sikh Regiment
1/6th Gurkha Rifles: Malakand
Detachment, 1st South Wales Borderers: Cherat
Detachment, 5/12th Frontier Force Regiment: Dargai
Detachment, 1/6th Gurkha Rifles: Chakdora
1st Field Regiment, RA (11th, 52nd, 80th, 98th Batteries)
2nd Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners
11/12th Frontier Force Regiment, ITF
1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade: HQ Risalpur
16th/5th Lancers
Probyn's Horse
The Guide's Cavalry: Mardan
5/12th Frontier Force Regiment: Mardan
1st Cavalry Brigade Signal Troop
Kohat District: HQ Kohat
8th Light Cavalry
21st Mountain Regiment, IA (1st, 6th, 9th, 14th Batteries)
(1 Battery at Thal, 1 Battery at Rawalpindi)
(Frontier Posts, IA attached at Kohat and Fort Lockhart/Bannu)
22nd Field Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners
Kohat District Signals
Base Supply Depot
Thal Brigade: HQ Thal
1/5th Mahratta Light Infantry
2/15th Punjab Regiment
1/13th Frontier Force Rifles
Detachment, Kohat District Signals
Infantry detachments at Gullistan, Sangor, and Arawali
Kohat Brigade: HQ Kohat
1 Troop, The Scinde Horse
2/6th Rajputana Rifles
5/8th Punjab Regiment
4/13th Frontier Force Rifles
5/13th Frontier Force Rifles: Latembur
Rawalpindi District: HQ Rawalpindi (1st Indian Division)
73rd Field Battery, RA: Cambellpore
11/13th Frontier Force Rifles, ITF: Cambellpore
1st (Abbottabad) Infantry Brigade: HQ Abbottabad
1/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles
2/6th Gurkha Rifles
10/13th Frontier Force Rifles
23rd Mountain Regiment, IA (3rd, 8th, 12th, 17th Batteries)
(1 Battery at Rawalpindi)
(Frontier Posts, IA attached at Forts Salop, Jhansi and Milward)
2nd (Rawalpindi) Infantry Brigade: HQ Rawalpindi
1st Devonshire Regiment
1st Royal Ulster Rifles
2nd Worcestershire Regiment
The Scinde Horse (RHQ only)
2/4th Bombay Grenadiers
2/8th Punjab Regiment
4/12th Frontier Force Regiment
5th Field Regiment, RA (64th, 63rd, 81st Batteries)
5th Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners
41st Divisional HQ Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners
'A' Corps Signals
1st Indian Divisional Signals
3rd (Jhelum) Infantry Brigade: HQ Jhelum
10/1st Punjab Regiment
1/10th Baluch Regiment
1/16th Punjab Regiment
1/17th Dogra Regiment
11/1st Punjab Regiment, ITF
Lahore District: HQ Lahore
Sialkot Brigade Area: HQ Sialkot
3rd Dragoon Guards: Khanspur Hill
13th Lancers
10/12th Frontier Force Regiment
10/16th Punjab Regiment
Ferozepore Brigade Area: HQ Ferozepore
2nd Green Howards
2nd Duke of Wellington's Regiment: Multan
Sam Browne's Cavalry (Training)
2/1st Punjab Regiment: Multan
5/10th Baluch Regiment
10/14th Punjab Regiment
'U' Field Battery, RA
23rd/24th Medium Battery, RA
Jullundur Brigade Area: HQ Jullundur
1st East Yorkshire Regiment
2nd Royal Lancers
10/17th Dogra Regiment
1/1st Gurkha Rifles: Dharmsala
'R' Field Battery, RA
11/17th Dogra Regiment, ITF
Lahore Brigade Area: HQ Lahore
19th Lancers
1st Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
10/8th Punjab Regiment
3/17th Dogra Regiment
Detachment, 2nd Green Howards: Amritsar
15th Field Regiment, RA ('S', 'T' Batteries)
4th (Lahore) Battalion, University Training Corps, ITF: Lahore and Lyallapore
Ambala Brigade Area: HQ Ambala/Kasauli
2nd East Lancashire Regiment: Kasauli
Detachment, 2nd Green Howards: Solon
3/14th Punjab Regiment
10/15th Punjab Regiment
Detachment, 2nd East Lancashire Regiment: Ambala
Detachment, 2nd East Lancashire Regiment: Jutagh
Frontier Post, IA: Arawali
The Mountain Artillery Training Centre
The Survey Section (India): Kakul
11/15th Punjab Regiment, ITF
Waziristan District: HQ Dera Ismail Khan, Razmak
Detachment, 2/11th Sikh Regiment: Mari, Indus
Waziristan District Signals
Razmak Brigade: HQ Razmak
11th Light Tank Company, The Royal Tank Regiment
B Squadron, The Scinde Horse
1st Leicestershire Regiment
2/7th Rajput Regiment
3/10th Baluch Regiment
5/11th Sikh Regiment
2/1st Gurkha Rifles
1/8th Gurkha Rifles
25th Mountain Regiment, IA (5th, 13th, 15th, 19th Batteries)
(1 Battery at Wana)
(Frontier Posts, IA attached at Wana and Mir Ali)
10th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Miners
Brigade Signal Section
Bannu Brigade: HQ Bannu
Skinner's Horse
1 Troop, A Squadron, The Scinde Horse
C Squadron, The Scinde Horse
5/1st Punjab Regiment
1/12th Frontier Force Regiment
1/14th Punjab Regiment
Brigade Signal Section
Base Engineer Park
The Tochi Scouts: Miranshah
2/12th Frontier Force Regiment: Mir Ali
1/4th Gurkha Rifles: Damdil
Wana Brigade: HQ Wana
A Squadron, The Scinde Horse: Manzai
1 Troop, A Squadron, The Scinde Horse: Wana
2/2nd Punjab Regiment: Manzai
3/8th Punjab Regiment
1/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
2/3rd Gurkha Rifles
2/8th Gurkha Rifles
3rd Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners
19th Field Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners
9th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Minders
Detachment, Waziristan District Signals
The South Waziristan Scouts: Jandola
Eastern Command: HQ Naini Tal
Meerut District: HQ Dehra Dun (3rd Indian Division)
The Governor-General's Bodyguard
Detachment, The Governor-General's Bodyguard: Simla
King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners HQ: Roorkee
Nos. 31, 35 Field Troops
Training Battalion
4th Field Company
6th, 8th Army Troops Company
43rd Divisional HQ Company
No. 51 Printing Section
9th (Jhansi) Infantry Brigade: HQ Jhansi
15th Lancers - Jhansi Area
1st Royal Fusiliers
3/1st Punjab Regiment
4/6th Rajputana Rifles
3/15th Punjab Regiment - Jhansi Area
11 (Gurgaon)/14th Punjab Regiment, ITF - Jhansi Area
25th Field Regiment, RA (12th, 25th, 31st, 58th Batteries)
7th (Dehra Dun) Infantry Brigade: HQ Dehra Dun
2/2nd Gurkha Rifles
1/9th Gurkha Rifles
2/9th Gurkha Rifles
8th (Bareilly) Infantry Brigade: HQ Bareilly
2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
10th Battalion, 4th/9th Jat Regiment
2/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles: Lansdowne
10/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles: Lansdowne
84th Field Battery, RA
11/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles, ITF: Lansdowne
3rd (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade: HQ Meerut
18th Cavalry
The Central India Horse
1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment - Meerut Area
10/2nd Punjab Regiment
11th Field Regiment, RA (78th, 83rd, 85th Batteries)
3rd Cavalry Brigade Signal Troop
3rd Indian Divisional Signals
11/9th Jat Regiment, ITF - Meerut Area
Lucknow District: HQ Lucknow
6th (Lucknow) Infantry Brigade: HQ Lucknow
20th Lancers
2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers - Lucknow Area
2nd Royal Berkshire Regiment
3/2nd Punjab Regiment
1/8th Punjab Regiment
2/10th Baluch Regiment: Fyzabad
1/3rd Gurkha Rifles
8th Field Regiment, RA ('AA', 'W' Batteries)
'V' Field Battery, RA: Fyzabad
Allahabad Brigade Area: HQ Allahabad
1 Squadron, 3rd Cavalry
1st Queen's Regiment
2nd South Staffordshire Regiment: Cawnpore
10/7th Rajput Regiment: Fatehgarh
3/11th Sikh Regiment
'X' Field Battery, RA: Cawnpore
11/7th Rajput Regiment, ITF: Fatehgarh
4th (United Provinces) Urban Infantry, ITF
3rd (United Provinces) Battalion, University Training Corps, ITF
Delhi (Independent) Brigade Area: HQ Delhi Cantonment
6th Lancers
1st Royal Norfolk Regiment
Detachment, 1st Royal Norfolk Regiment: Delhi Fort
2nd Welch Regiment: Agra
2/16th Punjab Regiment
10/19th Hyderabad Regiment: Agra
6th Medium Regiment, RA (18th Battery): Muttra
The Royal Artillery Training Centre: Muttra
Indian Artillery Training Battery: Muttra
11/6th Rajputana Rifles, ITF: Agra
9th (Delhi) Battalion, University Training Corps, ITF
Presidency and Assam District: HQ Jalapahur
The Governor's Bodyguard, Bengal: Calcutta
2nd Border Regiment: Calcutta (Fort William, Alipore, Ballygunge, Hastings, Cossipure)
1st Cameronians: Barrackpore
Detachments, 1st Cameronians: Ishapore and Darjeeling
1st Northamptonshire Regiment: Dinapore
1 Company, 1st Northamptonshire Regiment: Muzzaffarpur
'C' Company, 1st Northamptonshire Regiment: Port Blair, Andaman Islands
1/4th Bombay Grenadiers: Midnapore
1 Company, 1/4th Bombay Grenadiers: Saidpur
1/15th Punjab Regiment: Alipore
Detachments, 1/15th Punjab Regiment: Gyantse and Yatung
1/7th Gurkha Rifles: Digboi, Assam
2/7th Gurkha Rifles: Shillong, Assam
11/19th Hyderabad Regiment, ITF: Dinapore
5th (Bengal Presidency) Urban Infantry, ITF: Calcutta
2nd (Calcutta) Battalion, University Training Corps, ITF: Calcutta
7th (Patna) Company, University Training Corps, ITF: Patna
Eastern Bengal Brigade Area: HQ Shillong
1/11th Sikh Regiment: Chittagong
Detachment, 1/11th Sikh Regiment: Comilla
2/14th Punjab Regiment: Dacca
Detachment, 1/8th Gurkha Rifles
Detachment, 1/10th Gurkha Rifles
Detachment, 2/10th Gurkha Rifles
The Eastern Frontier Rifles, IMP: Midnapore
1st Assam Rifles: Aijal
2nd Assam Rifles: Sadiya
3rd Assam Rifles: Kohima
4th Assam Rifles: Imphal
12th (Dacca) Company, University Training Corps, IFT: Dacca
Southern Command: HQ Poona
Deccan District: HQ Bolarum (4th Indian Division)
5/6th Rajputana Rifles: Secunderabad
6/13th Frontier Force Rifles: Secunderabad
4th Indian Divisional Signals: Secunderabad
10th (Nagpur) Battalion, University Training Corps, ITF: Nagput
10th (Jubbulpore) Infantry Brigade: HQ Jubbulpore
3rd Cavalry
Detachment, 3rd Cavalry: Saugor
2nd King's Own Scottish Borderers
1/2nd Punjab Regiment
1/7th Rajput Regiment: Kamptee
Detachment, 1/7th Rajput Regiment: Nagpur (Sitabuldi)
The Signal Training Centre (India)
4th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade: HQ Bolarum
14th/20th Hussars: Trimulgherry, Secunderabad
7th Light Cavalry
Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry
3rd Field Regiment, RA (18th, 62nd, 65th, 75th Batteries): Trimulgherry
4th Cavalry Brigade Signal Troop
Poona (Independent) Brigade Area: HQ Poona
The Poona Horse
The Royal Tank Regiment Depot: Kirkee
1st Somerset Light Infantry
1st North Staffordshire Regiment
10/5th Mahratta Light Infantry: Belgaum
4/16th Punjab Regiment
HQ Bombay Sappers and Miners: Kirkee
Training Battalion
17th, 20th, 21st Field Companies
No. 55 Printing Section
11/5th Mahratta Light Infantry, ITF: Belgaum
Bombay District: HQ Bombay
The Governor's Bodyguard, Bombay: Bombay and Ganeshkhind
2nd South Lancashire Regiment
2 Companies, 2nd South Lancashire Regiment: Deolali
Detachment, 1st Lincolnshire Regiment: Ahmedabad
3/5th Mahratta Light Infantry
2 Companies, 3/5th Mahtratta Light Infantry: Deolali
3/12th Frontier Force Regiment: Baroda
1/19th Hyderabad Regiment: Ahmedabad
11/4th Bombay Grenadiers, ITF: Ajmer
2nd (Bombay Presidency) Urban Infantry, ITF
1st (Bombay) Battalion, University Training Corps, ITF
Mhow Brigade Area: HQ Mhow
1st Lincolnshire Regiment: Nisarabad
2nd Suffolk Regiment
1st West Yorkshire Regiment: Nisarabad
10/6th Rajputana Rifles: Nisarabad
28th Field Regiment, RA (1st, 3rd, 5th, 57th Batteries)
6th Field Regiment, RA (69th, 74th, 77th, 79th Batteries) - Cadre only
Madras District: HQ Bangalore
Bangalore
1st Wiltshire Regiment
'A' Field Regiment, IA (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Batteries)
HQ Madras Sappers and Miners
'A' Depot Company
Training Battalion
No. 32 Field Troop
11th Army Troops Company: To Egypt 22 September 1939
12th Field Company: To Egypt 22 September 1939
14th Field Company
16th Army Troops Company
44th Divisional HQ Company
11th Madras Battalion, 3rd Madras Regiment, ITF
Madras
1st King's Own Royal Regiment
The Governor's Bodyguard, Madras
3rd (Madras Presidency) Urban Infantry, ITF
5th (Madras) Battalion, University Training Corps, ITF
St. Thomas Mount
2 Companies, 1st King's Own Royal Regiment
2/13th Frontier Force Rifles
1 Company, 2/13th Frontier Force Rifles: Trichinopoly
Wellington
1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Detachment, 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Cannanore
5/7th Rajput Regiment
Detachment, 5/7th Rajput Regiment: Calicut
The Malabar Special Police
12th, 13th Malabar Battalions, 3rd Madras Regiment, ITF
Mercara, Coorg
14th Coorg Battalion, 3rd Madras Regiment, ITF
Western Independent District: HQ Quetta
20th Mountain Regiment, IA (23rd, 24th, 26th Batteries)
(Frontier Posts, IA attached at Chaman, Hindubagh and Fort Sandeman)
42nd Divisional HQ Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners
Western (Independent) District Signals
Quetta Brigade: HQ Quetta
1st Lancashire Fusiliers
1/10th Gurkha Rifles
2/10th Gurkha Rifles
Khojak Brigade: HQ Quetta
The Royal Deccan Horse
2/9th Jat Regiment: Chaman
3/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles: Chaman
Detachment, 3/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles: Shelahagh
Zhob Brigade: HQ Loralai
Hodson's Horse
5/5th Mahratta Light Infantry: Hindubagh
4/10th Baluch Regiment: Fort Sandeman
1/2nd Gurkha Rifles: Fort Sandeman
2/4th Gurkha Rifles
25th Mountain Battery, IA: Fort Sandeman
Detachment, Zhob Signal Section: Hindubagh
The Zhob Militia: Fort Sandemand
Sind Brigade Area: HQ Karachi
1st Royal Scots Fusiliers
Detachment, 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers: Drigh Road
3/7th Rajput Regiment: Hyderabad (Sind)
Detachment, 3/7th Rajput Regiment: Sukkur
10/10th Baluch Regiment
3/16th Punjab Regiment
13th Heavy Battery, RA
'B' Corps Signals
D.L.S. Karachi
11th (Karachi) Company, University Training Corps, ITF
The Mekran Levy Corps: Panjgur
Indian Army Forces Overseas
Burma
2nd Mountain Battery, IA: Maymyo
13th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Miners: Mandalay
Malaya
5/14th Punjab Regiment: Penang
2/17th Dogra Regiment: Taiping
12th Indian Infantry Brigade: HQ Singapore
2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
5/2nd Punjab Regiment
4/19th Hyderabad Regiment
22nd Mountain Regiment, IA (4th, 7th, 10th, 21st Batteries)
15th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Miners
Hong Kong
1st Kumaon Rifles (under command of Hong Kong Brigade)
Aden
2/5th Mahratta Light Infantry
Egypt
11th Indian Infantry Brigade: HQ Fayid
2nd Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
1/6th Rajputana Rifles
4/7th Rajput Regiment
4th Field Regiment, RA (4th, 7th, 14th, 66th Batteries): Mena Camp
18th Field Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners
Nepal
Escort to the British Envoy (Nepal): Kathamandu
Forces in Transit
22nd Mountain Battery, IA: Left Quetta 1 Sept. 1939 for East Africa. Arrived 11 Sept.