3rd Lahore Indian Division through the streets of Orleans 1914. Orléans is a city in north-central France, about 120 kilometres southwest of Paris.

The 3rd Lahore Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army and before 1895, the Bengal Army, first organised in 1852. It saw service during World War I as part of the Indian Corps in France before being moved to the Middle East where it fought against troops of the Ottoman Empire.