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The 1st Battalion was formed as the [[Madras Railway Volunteers]] on the 21st August 1885 and the 2nd Battalion as the [[Southern Mahratta Railway Rifle Corps]] on the 20th October 1886. Amalgamated with the [[Bellary Volunteer Rifle Corp]], which was raised on the 24th July 1885, on the 28th January 1898. Reconstituted as the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles on the 4th June 1910 and then the [[32nd Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles]] on the 1st April 1917 before becoming the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles again on the 1st October 1920.
The '''Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles''' were an [[auxiliary regiment]] associated with the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]].. 


==Chronology==
*'''1910''' on 4th June the [[Madras Railway Volunteers]] and [[Southern Mahratta Railway Rifle Corps]] amalgamated to become '''Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles''',<ref name="Jack">Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>
*'''1917''' renamed '''32nd Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles''', 1st April<ref name="Jack" />
*'''1920''' redesignated the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles on 1st October<ref name="Jack" />
==Details==
*'''Uniform''' - Khaki
*'''Uniform''' - Khaki
*'''Facings''' - White
*'''Facings''' - White
*'''Badge''' - Eight pointed star surmounted by a crown with a bugle encircled by a garter in the centre
*'''Badge''' - Eight pointed star surmounted by a crown with a bugle encircled by a garter in the centre
*'''Motto''' - "One and all"
*'''Motto''' - "One and all"
[[Category:Auxiliary Regiments]]
 
===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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120103153846/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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131114020145/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]]

Latest revision as of 05:11, 17 November 2013

The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles were an auxiliary regiment associated with the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway..

Chronology

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.

Personal recollections

An oral history taken from MSM Railway's Percy Morris includes references to the Rifles.[2] 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.”[3] He also explained that during World War 2 they were so busy running the railway there was no time for military matters.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
  2. ↑ Grandpa’s Story, an oral history taken in 1986 and subsequently blogged by Morris's grandaughter.
  3. ↑ Grandpa’s Story, Part V

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