19th Infantry Division (India)

The 19th Indian Infantry Division was raised in Secunderabad, India in October 1941 during the Second World War and became part of Southern Army, which was mainly concerned with defence against a possible seaborne invasion by the Japanese.

The division spent an extended period on internal security duties and in training before being committed to the Fourteenth Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Sir William J.

[2] Concentrating once more at Sinlamaung the division came under Indian XXXIII Corps, and played the major role in the capture of Mandalay which was completed on 20 March.

[2] Transferred to IV Corps, it guarded the Fourteenth Army's lines of communication and mounted an offensive towards Mawchi, in the Kayah State.

[3] General Officer Commanding: Major General Thomas Wynford Rees Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier John Alexander MacDonald Chief of Staff (GSO1): Lieutenant Colonel John Masters 62nd Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier James Ronald Morris) 64th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier John Godfrey Flewett) 98th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Charles Ian Jerrard) Divisional Troops Just before the Indian/Pakistani war of 1965 began, 19th Infantry Division was at Baramula under XV Corps (India).

British 3-inch mortar detachments support the 19th Indian Division's advance along the Mawchi Road, east of Toungoo, Burma.
Troops of the 19th Indian Division and a Lee tank in action during street fighting in Mandalay , 9–10 March 1945.
Casualties of the 19th Indian Division being treated in Mandalay, March 1945.
Stuart tank of 19th Indian Division passes a destroyed jeep on the outskirts of Mandalay shortly after the fall of Fort Dufferin , 19 March 1945.