The 37th Indian Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Indian Army that saw active service with the Indian Army during the First World War. It took part in the Mesopotamian campaign and was di
37th Indian Brigade at Basra in Mesopotamia, 1916
The Battle of Dujaila was fought on 8 March 1916, between British and Ottoman forces during the First World War. The Ottoman forces, led by Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz were besieging Kut, when the A
37th Indian Brigade
…from March to April 1916. While with the division, it took part in the attempts to relieve the 6th (Poona) Division besieged in Kut, including the Attack on the Dujaila Redoubt (8 March) and the action of Bait Isa (17 – 18 April). In May 1916, the brigade joined the newly formed 14th Indian Division. It remained with the…
Lieutenant General Sir Fenton John Aylmer, 13th Baronet of Donadea VC KCB, commander of the Tigris Corps in March 1916
Major-General Henry D'Urban Keary, GOC 3rd (Lahore) Division
Major General George V. Kemball
British infantry advancing through Mesopotamia near the Tigris river in 1916