Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles

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The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles were an auxiliary regiment under the Madras command.

Contents

1 Chronology
2 Details
- 2.1 Battalions
3 Notes

Chronology

1910 on 4th June the Madras Railway Volunteers and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifle Corps amalgamated to become Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles,^[1]
1917 renamed 32nd Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles, 1st April^[1]
1920 redesignated the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles on 1st October^[1]

Details

Uniform - Khaki
Facings - White
Badge - Eight pointed star surmounted by a crown with a bugle encircled by a garter in the centre
Motto - "One and all"

Battalions

The Madras Railway Volunteers became 1st Battalion and the Southern Mahratta Railway Rifle Corps became 2nd Battalion.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)

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