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See [[The Bengal Artillery]]
The '''Cossipore Field Brigade''' was an [[auxiliary regiment]].
[[Category:Auxiliary Regiments]]
 
==Chronology==
*'''1884''' raised 1st February<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref>
*'''1888''' redesignated as '''Cossipore Artillery Volunteers''' on the 7th September<ref name=IAL />
*'''1917''' became '''I. (Cossipore) Mobile Brigade Artillery''', 1st April<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>
*'''1920''' redesignated IV. (Cossipore) Field Brigade, 1st October<ref name=Jack />
*'''1925''' amalgamated with the [[I. (Calcutta Port Defence) Field Brigade]] on the 18th December to form the [[Bengal Artillery (AFI)]]
 
==Regimental History==
*''Cossipore Artillery Volunteers: A Brief History. Compiled from the records by Lieut.-Col. D. A. Tyrie''. Published in  Calcutta : Thacker, Spink & Co., 1912.  Available at the [[British Library]].
 
==First World War==
Some members of the Cossipore Artillery Volunteers, along with members of the Calcutta Port Defence Volunteers,  joined the '''[[Calcutta Volunteer Battery]]'''. Different detachments saw service in East Africa, Mesopotamia and Egypt.
 
==Details==
*'''Headquarters''' - [[Calcutta]]
*'''Uniform'''
:*Full dress - Blue serge or cloth
:*Working dress - Khaki drill<ref name=IAL />
 
===Detached companies===
In 1901:<ref name=IAL />
<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
*[[Cossipore]]
*Baliaghatta
*Barnagore
*Kamarhatty
*Tittaghur
*[[Barrackpore]]
*Samnagar
*S--pore?
*Garden Reach
*Kanknarah
*Teleiniepara
*Rishra
*Goosery
*Budge-Budge
*[[Howrah]]
*Champdany
*Hastings
*Gourepore
*[[Dum Dum|Dum-Dum]]
*Budderollah
*[[Fort Gloster]]
*[[Gondalpara]]
*Bally
*Juggerdal
*Khardah
*Isharpore
*Rajgunge
</div>
 
==Miscellaneous==
Dave White says "My wife's ancestor, Sergeant Thomas Lomas was their Rifle-Shooting champion for 1912-1913."<ref>[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Cossipore_Artillery_Volunteers&oldid=870 FIBIwiki, 19 June 2007]</ref>
 
==Notes==
<references />
 
 
[[Category:Auxiliary Force (India)]]
[[Category:Auxiliary Artillery Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 16:24, 22 May 2016

The Cossipore Field Brigade was an auxiliary regiment.

Chronology

Regimental History

  • Cossipore Artillery Volunteers: A Brief History. Compiled from the records by Lieut.-Col. D. A. Tyrie. Published in Calcutta : Thacker, Spink & Co., 1912. Available at the British Library.

First World War

Some members of the Cossipore Artillery Volunteers, along with members of the Calcutta Port Defence Volunteers, joined the Calcutta Volunteer Battery. Different detachments saw service in East Africa, Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Details

  • Full dress - Blue serge or cloth
  • Working dress - Khaki drill[1]

Detached companies

In 1901:[1]

Miscellaneous

Dave White says "My wife's ancestor, Sergeant Thomas Lomas was their Rifle-Shooting champion for 1912-1913."[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
  3. ↑ FIBIwiki, 19 June 2007
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