3rd (Lahore) Division

3rd (Lahore) Division
3rd (Lahore) Division
	'2nd Mule Corps, Lahore Division', 5 November 1914
Active	1852 – ?
Country	India
Branch	British Indian Army
Type	Infantry
Garrison/HQ	Mian Mir (Lahore)
Engagements	Western Front Battle of La Bassee; First Battle of Messines; Battle of Armentieres; Battle of Neuve Chapelle; Battle of Aubers Ridge; Battle of Festubert; Battle of Loos; Mesopotamian Campaign; Palestine Campaign Battle of Megiddo;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Sir Hugh Henry Gough, VC; Frederick Walter Kitchener; Sir Arthur Hoskins

The 3rd (Lahore) Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army and before 1895, the Bengal Army, first organised in 1852. It saw service during World War I as part of the Indian Corps in France before being moved to the Middle East where it fought against troops of the Ottoman Empire.

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