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==External links==
[http://dustymuffin.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/grandpas-story-part-v/ Grandpa’s Story, Part V]. Percy Morris said “It was part of our contract that you had to join the Territorials. We had two battalions on the Railway. The 1st and 2nd Madras and Southern Maharatta Railways”. he explains the during the World War 2 they were so busy running the railway there was no time for military matters.
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The '''Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles''' were an [[auxiliary regiment]] under associated with the [[Madras commandand Southern Mahratta Railway]]..
==Chronology==
===Battalions===
The Madras Railway Volunteers became 1st Battalion and the Southern Mahratta Railway Rifle Corps became 2nd Battalion.
==Personal recollections==
An oral history taken from MSM Railway's Percy Morris includes references to the Rifles.<ref>[http://dustymuffin.wordpress.com/category/grandpas-story/ Grandpa’s Story], an oral history taken in 1986 and subsequently blogged by Morris's grandaughter.</ref> On his time in the battalion Morris said: “It was part of our contract that you had to join the Territorials. We had two battalions on the Railway. The 1st and 2nd Madras and Southern Maharatta Railways. You had to put in so many parades a year and spend ten days every year in camp. It was all infantry type of training. Later on they introduced things like protecting a railway.”<ref>[http://dustymuffin.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/grandpas-story-part-v/ Grandpa’s Story, Part V]</ref> He also explained that during World War 2 they were so busy running the railway there was no time for military matters.
==Notes==
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[[Category:Auxiliary Force (India)]]
[[Category:Railway Regiments]]
