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Originally raised as the [[Madras Volunteer Guards]] on the 2nd July 1857 and | Originally raised as the [[Madras Volunteer Guards]] on the 2nd July 1857, and sometimes referred to as the Madras Volunteers. Became the [[1st Madras Guards]] on the 1st April 1917 and then the Madras Guards on the 1st October 1920. | ||
*'''Uniform''' - Blue | *'''Uniform''' - Blue | ||
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*'''Badge''' - Royal arms within a garter with a crown over it and motto underneath | *'''Badge''' - Royal arms within a garter with a crown over it and motto underneath | ||
*'''Motto''' - "Ready aye Ready" | *'''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]] | |||
Latest revision as of 02:25, 22 August 2020
Originally raised as the Madras Volunteer Guards on the 2nd July 1857, and sometimes referred to as the Madras Volunteers. Became the 1st Madras Guards on the 1st April 1917 and then the Madras Guards on the 1st October 1920.
- Uniform - Blue
- Facings - Scarlet
- 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 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
- 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.
- Photograph of the Headquarters of the Madras Volunteer Guards University of Houston Library.