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[[Image:KhanBaghdadi.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The 2nd Battalion, [[6th Gurkha Rifles]] of [[42nd Indian Brigade]] march towards the [[action of Khan Baghdadi]]]] | [[Image:KhanBaghdadi.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The 2nd Battalion, [[6th Gurkha Rifles]] of [[42nd Indian Brigade]] march towards the [[action of Khan Baghdadi]]]] | ||
;World War I | ;World War I | ||
The division was formed on 7 May 1916 to replace the [[12th Indian Division]] on the Euphrates Front. It remained on the Euphrates Front until the end of the war. It took part in the action of As Sahilan (11 September 1916), the [[Battles of Ramadi (1917)|Capture of Ramadi]] (28 and 29 September 1917), the Occupation of [[Hīt]] (9 March 1918) and the [[action of Khan Baghdadi]] (26 and 27 March 1918).<ref name=Perry136>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=136}}</ref> The division was not attached to either of the army corps operating in Mesopotamia, the [[I Corps (British India)|I Corps]] and [[III Corps (India)|III Corps]].{{citation needed|date=June | The division was formed on 7 May 1916 to replace the [[12th Indian Division]] on the Euphrates Front. It remained on the Euphrates Front until the end of the war. It took part in the action of As Sahilan (11 September 1916), the [[Battles of Ramadi (1917)|Capture of Ramadi]] (28 and 29 September 1917), the Occupation of [[Hīt]] (9 March 1918) and the [[action of Khan Baghdadi]] (26 and 27 March 1918).<ref name=Perry136>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=136}}</ref> The division was not attached to either of the army corps operating in Mesopotamia, the [[I Corps (British India)|I Corps]] and [[III Corps (India)|III Corps]].{{citation needed|date=June 2015}} | ||
The division was commanded from formation on 7 May 1916 by [[Brigadier-general (United Kingdom)|Brigadier-General]] Harry T Brooking. Brooking was promoted to [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] on 5 June 1916.<ref name=Perry131>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=131}}</ref> | The division was commanded from formation on 7 May 1916 by [[Brigadier-general (United Kingdom)|Brigadier-General]] Harry T Brooking. Brooking was promoted to [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] on 5 June 1916.<ref name=Perry131>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=131}}</ref> | ||