Burma Rifles

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Chronology

  • 1916 Two companies of Burma Pioneers raised in Mandalay
  • 1917 Burma Pioneers became the 70th Burma Rifles
  • 1917 85th Burma Rifles raised from the Burma Military Police
  • 1922 70th & 85th merged to form the 20th Burma Rifles
  • 1937 renamed Burma Rifles on separation of Burma from India

External Links

Burma Rifles Wikipedia
The Burma Rifles www.rothwell.force9.co.uk
2nd Btn The Burma Rifles www.rothwell.force9.co.uk
12th Btn The Burma Rifles www.rothwell.force9.co.uk
14th Btn The Burma Rifles www.rothwell.force9.co.uk