Burma Division
The Burma Division was a static formation of the British Indian Army. It was created as part of the 1903 reforms of the Indian Army by Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener then Commander-in-Chief, India. The task of such formations was to oversee area brigades commanding Internal Security troops. The formation is best thought of as a provincial or district command rather than as an infantry division. The headquarters of the division was at Maymyo.
Order of battle
At the start of World War I the division consisted of:- Commander Major General T Pilcher
- Rangoon Brigade, Brigadier General Johnstone
- *4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
- *1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers
- *66th Punjabis
- *79th Infantry
- *89th Punjabis
- *64th & 75th Batteries Royal Garrison Artillery
- *22 Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
- Mandalay Brigade, Major General Raitt
- *1st Battalion Border Regiment
- *64th Pioneers
- *80th Infantry
- *91st Punjabis
- *1/10th Gurkha Rifles