7th (Meerut) Division
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The 7th Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army and, before 1895, the Bengal Army, that saw active service during World War I.
Soldiers of the 7th (Meerut) Division man trenches in Mesopotamia, 1917.
Tommies of the 2nd Battalion, Black Watch in the "Saniyat" trenches during the Mesopotamian campaign, 1917.
The Meerut Division at Nahr al-Kalb (Dog river) in Lebanon, October 1918
Lewis gun section of the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment with their mules at Arsuf Coastal Sector, summer 1918
Battle of Neuve-Chapelle
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The Battle of Neuve-Chapelle took place in the First World War in Artois in France. The attack was intended to cause a rupture in the German lines, which would then be exploited with a rush to the Aub
7th (Meerut) Division
…and 130th Indian Field Ambulances After winter operations (in which the Indian soldiers suffered badly) the division next took part in the Battles of Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Festubert and Loos in 1915. The division's composition at this time was: GOC: Lieut-Gen Sir Charles Anderson, KCB…
Fortunino Matania illustration of Bengal Lancers returning from Port Arthur after the capture of Neuve-Chapelle
Detail of the war memorial in the village of Preying (Saldenburg, Bavaria) naming Infantryman Mathias Ebner, killed during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 12 March 1915