The 8th Lucknow Division was a formation of the British Indian Army's Northern Army that was first formed as a result of the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army in 1903. The Division remained in India on internal security duties during World War I, though the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade was transferred to the 1st Indian Cavalry Division and served in France on the Western Front, as well as alongside the 22nd Lucknow Infantry Brigade as part of the 11th Indian Division in Egypt, which was part of the Middle Eastern theatre.