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*[[Eastern Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]  
*[[Eastern Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]  
*[[Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]  
*[[Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]  
*[[7th East Indian Railway Battalion]]
*[[East Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
*[[7th East Indian Railway Corps]]
*[[East Indian Railway Regiment]]
*[[East Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corp]]
*[[Gauhati Rifles]]
*[[Gauhati Rifles]]
*[[Ghadeshi Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
*[[Ghadeshi Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
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*[[Rajputana-Malwa Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
*[[Rajputana-Malwa Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
*[[Shillong Volunteer Rifles]]
*[[Shillong Volunteer Rifles]]
*[[Sibpore College Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
*[[Simla Rifles]]
*[[Simla Rifles]]
*[[4th Simla Rifles]]
*[[4th Simla Rifles]]
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*[[29th South Indian Railway Battalion]]
*[[29th South Indian Railway Battalion]]
*[[South Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
*[[South Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
*[[St. Michael's School Cadet Corps]]
*[[St Michael's School Cadet Corps]]
*[[Sylhet Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
*[[Sylhet Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
*[[Tirhoot State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
*[[Tirhoot State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
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*[[5th Calcutta Battalion]]
*[[5th Calcutta Battalion]]
*[[7th East Indian Railway Battalion]]
*[[12th Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion]]
*[[12th Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion]]
*[[13th Great Indian Peninsula Railway Battalion]]
*[[13th Great Indian Peninsula Railway Battalion]]
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*[[37th Calcutta Presidency Battalion]]
*[[37th Calcutta Presidency Battalion]]
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*[[7th East Indian Railway Corps]]


===1920 redesignations===
===1920 redesignations===
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*[[Calcutta Presidency Battalion]]
*[[Calcutta Presidency Battalion]]
*[[Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion]]
*[[Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion]]
*[[East Indian Railway Regiment]]
*[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway Regiment]]
*[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway Regiment]]
*[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles]]
*[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles]]

Revision as of 16:27, 15 March 2010

Auxiliary or volunteer regiments were originally local civilian volunteer corps tasked with local security. In 1917 compulsory service was introduced. When the corps became the Auxiliary Force, India in 1920 volunteer service was resumed, however there was a minimum term of service.

History

  • Post-1858 - volunteer corps formed over subsequent decades
  • 1917 - Formation of Indian Defence Force (IDF), disbanded at the end of the war
  • 1920 - Formation of Auxiliary Force (India) (AFI)

Indian volunteer force

After the Indian Mutiny local volunteer infantry forces began to be set up. Cavalry corps started in the 1860s and the first volunteer artillery brigade was constituted in 1879. Railway companies also formed infantry corps from their staff beginning in 1869.

The volunteer corps were open to Europeans and 'Eurasians' and, with the exception of an adjutant, consisted entirely of volunteers.

Indian Defence Force

During the First World War compulsory service was deemed necessary and the Indian Defence Force Act was passed in 1917. The volunteer corps became units of the IDF and were redesignated. European British men between the ages of 18 and 41 were subject to compulsory service. Some corps allowed Indians to join as volunteers.

The IDF corps performed local security duties during the war and were not sent to the front. Some officers were transferred to regular Indian Army units. After the War the IDF as an official organization was disbanded.

Auxiliary Force India

A further reorganization of the units occured in 1920 when the Auxiliary Force (India) replaced the IDF. Volunteers enrolled for an indefinite period but could be discharged after four years (or upon reaching the age of 45). The AFI was disbanded upon Partition.

Cavalry

1917 redesignations

Corps redesignated as numbered battalions on the 1st April 1917 on formation of the IDF:

1920 redesignations

Battalions and regiments redesignated on the 1st October 1920 on formation of the AFI:

Infantry

1917 redesignations

Corps redesignated as numbered battalions on the 1st April 1917 on formation of the IDF:

1918:

1920 redesignations

Battalions and regiments redesignated on the 1st October 1920 on formation of the AFI:

1926

Artillery

Volunteer units of the Royal Artillery in India.

1917 redesignations

Batteries and brigades redesignated on the 1st April 1917 on formation of the IDF:

1920 redesignations

Batteries and brigades redesignated on the 1st October 1920 on formation of the AFI:

1925

1933 redesignations

Batteries and brigades redesignated in 1933:

Engineers

Corps Of Signals

Machine Gun Corps