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Originally raised as the [[Madras Volunteer Guards]] on the 2nd July 1857 , and became sometimes referred to as the Madras Volunteers. Became the [[1st Madras Guards]] on the 1st Madras Guards on the 1st April 1917. Became and then the Madras Guards on the 1st October 1920.
*'''Uniform''' - Blue
*'''Badge''' - Royal arms within a garter with a crown over it and motto underneath
*'''Motto''' - "Ready aye Ready"
==Regimental histories==
*''A Short History of the Madras Volunteer Guards, from 1857, the Date of Formation, to 1883'' by Robert Coombes 1883. This book should become freely available online c 2024 on [https://books.google.com.au/books/about/A_Short_History_of_the_Madras_Volunteer.html?id=5gYZAAAAYAAJ Google Books].
*''A Short History of the Madras Volunteer Guards: From 1857, the Date of Formation, to 1907, the Jubilee Year of the Corps'' by James Robert Coombes 1907. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01000775906 . Also available HathiTrust Digital Library for those in North America.
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131127094526/http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/article2057209.ece Madras Miscellany - "Madras and the 1857 Revolt"] by S. Muthiah ''The Hindu'' 29 May 2011, now archived. Details the raising of the Madras Volunteer Guards.
*[https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll29/item/18 Photograph of the Headquarters of the Madras Volunteer Guards] University of Houston Library.
[[Category:Auxiliary Regiments]]
