Difference between revisions of "Railway units in the First World War"

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The following Railways related Indian Army units appear in the First World War medal card indexes and the “Abbreviations (now an archived link) used in the World War One Medal Cards”, from The National Archives Documents Online: First World War Medal Index Cards. They could be connected with the Railways in Mesopotamia, but other war zones are also a possibility.

Units mentioned in “Abbreviations”

Bombay & Central Indian Railway Battalion Indian Defence Force B & C.I. RY BN. I.D.F
Mesopotamian Railways MESO. R.; MESO. RYS.; MESPOT. RLYS.
North West Railway Maxim Gun Company N.W. RLY. M.G. COY.
Railway Construction Company RLY. C.C.
Railway Defence Force RLY. D.F.
Railway Regiment RLY. REGT.
Railway Battalion Sappers & Miners RY. BN. S & M.

Additional units mentioned in the medal card indexes
This list is not exhaustive, there may well be others.

Burma Railways Battalion Auxiliary Forces India
Bushire Light Railway
Indian Army Reserve Railways
Indian Army Railways
Indian State Railways
India Railways
Iraq Railways
Military Railways Indian Army
Military Railways
2nd Battalion North West Railways Volunteer Rifles
Railways Advisory Section Operating Section
Railways Baghdad
6th Railways Jat Light Infantry
Railways Sappers and Miners
45th Railways Sikhs
1st Battalion The Protectorate Railways Regiment Auxiliary Forces India (Possibly connected with the Aden Protectorate?)
29th South Indian Railway Battalion (possibly East Africa)

India List post about the Indian Army in Mesopotamia mentions a medal card reference for the G I P Rlwy Battn (IA), "perhaps Great India Peninsula Railway Volunteer Corp?". The National Archives Medal card for the same person gives the Corps as 91st Railway Battalion Indian Defence Force Indian Army

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-The following [[Railways]] related [[Indian Army]] units appear in the First World War [[medal]] card indexes and the “[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/help/abbreviations-unit.asp Abbreviations] (note: currently a broken link) used in the World War One Medal Cards”, from [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp The National Archives Documents Online: First World War Medal Index Cards].   They could be connected with the Railways in Mesopotamia, but other war zones are also a possibility.
+The following [[Railways]] related [[Indian Army]] units appear in the First World War [[medal]] card indexes and the “[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100309085259/http:/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/help/abbreviations-unit.asp Abbreviations] (now an archived link) used in the World War One Medal Cards”, from [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp The National Archives Documents Online: First World War Medal Index Cards].   They could be connected with the Railways in Mesopotamia, but other war zones are also a possibility.
 '''Units mentioned in “Abbreviations”'''