The 8th (Lucknow) Division was a formation of the British Indian Army's Northern Army that was first formed as a result of the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army in 1903. The Division remained in India on internal security duties during World War I, though the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade was transferred to the 1st Indian Cavalry Division and served in France on the Western Front, and the 22nd Lucknow Infantry Brigade served as part of the 11th Indian Division in Egypt.
Division formation in 1914
8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade
Commander: Major General Cookson
1st King's Dragoon Guards
16th Cavalry
36th Jacob's Horse
39th Central India Horse
22nd (Lucknow) Brigade
Commander: Major General A. Wilson
3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
17th Infantry (The Loyal Regiment) 36th Sikhs 74th Punjabis U Battery, Royal Horse Artillery V Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 63rd, 64th and 73rd Batteries
Fyzabad Brigade
Commander: Brigadier General Kavangh
12th Cavalry
1st Battalion, Leinster Regiment
9th Bhopal Infantry
Allahabad Brigade
Commander: Brigadier General Cowper
17th Cavalry
1st Battalion, Royal Scots
3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
62nd Punjabis
92nd Punjabis
Presidency Brigade
Presidency Brigade was based in Calcutta. Commander: Major General May 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 11th Rajputs 22nd Punjabis 93rd Burma Infantry 2/10th Gurkha Rifles XVII Brigade RFA 10th, 26th and 92nd Batteries 51st and 62nd Companies RGA