7th (Meerut) Division

7th (Meerut) Indian Division
7th (Meerut) Indian Division
	Soldiers of the 7th (Meerut) Division man trenches in Mesopotamia, 1917.
Active	1829 - 1920
Country	India
Allegiance	British Crown
Branch	British Indian Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Part of	Bengal Army/Northern Command
Garrison/HQ	Meerut
Engagements	Western Front Battle of La Bassee; Battle of Messines (1914); Armentières; Battle of Neuve Chapelle; Battle of Aubers Ridge; Battle of Festubert; Battle of Loos; Mesopotamian Campaign; Palestine Campaign Battle of Megiddo;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Maj-Gen Claud Jacob (1915); Maj-Gen Sir George Younghusband (1915-16); Maj-Gen Sir Vere Fane (1918)

The 7th (Meerut) Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army and before 1895, the Bengal Army, that saw active service during World War I.

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