It was formed in December 1914 as part of the 3rd Lahore Divisional Area for service on the North West Frontier and renamed as 44th (Ferozepore) Brigade in August 1915.

At the outbreak of the First World War, the Ferozepore Brigade was part of the 3rd (Lahore) Division.

It was mobilized in August 1914 with the division as the 7th (Ferozepore) Brigade and sailed from Bombay and Karachi between 24 and 29 September for the Western Front.

[2] From March 1916, it was intended to form a reserve division for the North West Frontier, but the urgent need to find troops for Mesopotamia meant that the 16th Indian Division was not formed until December 1916.

[6] By the outbreak of the Second World War it was designated as Ferozepore Brigade Area[7] and it was broken up in February 1942.