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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianpicturespr00malcuoft#page/182/mode/2up “The Kolar Gold-Fields”] ''Indian pictures and problems'' p182, Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm (1907) Archive.org, briefly mentions the corps of Volunteers.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianpicturespr00malcuoft#page/182/mode/2up “The Kolar Gold-Fields”] ''Indian pictures and problems'' p182, Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm (1907) Archive.org, briefly mentions the corps of Volunteers.
*[https://www.oldindianphotos.in/2014/07/officers-ncos-of-kolar-gold-fields.html "Officers & NCOs of Kolar Gold Fields Volunteers" - Karnataka, 1896 - Old Indian Photos] Photograph with handwritten names.
*[https://www.oldindianphotos.in/2014/07/officers-ncos-of-kolar-gold-fields.html "Officers & NCOs of Kolar Gold Fields Volunteers" - Karnataka, 1896 - Old Indian Photos] Photograph with handwritten names.
*"The Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers Regimental Drill Medal" by Mark T Weber ''JOMSA (Journal of the Orders & Medals Society of America)'' Volume 45, Issue No 6 (July? or Nov.-Dec.) 1994 pages 30-33. [https://web.archive.org/web/20250825022730/http://www.omsa.org/files/jomsa_arch/Splits/1994/478_JOMSA_Vol45_6_28.pdf Page 30, scroll to end], [https://web.archive.org/web/20250825022211/https://www.omsa.org/files/jomsa_arch/Splits/1994/242102_JOMSA_Vol45_6_31.pdf Pages 31-33]


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 02:44, 25 August 2025

The Kolar Gold Fields Battalion was an auxiliary regiment.

Chronology

  • 1903 formed as the Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers on 23rd January from a detachment of the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers[1]
  • 1917 became 43rd Kolar Gold Fields Battalion on 1st April[1]
  • 1920 redesignated on 1st October as the Kolar Gold Fields Battalion[1]

Details

By 1940:[1]

  • Uniform - Khaki
  • Badge - Crossed pickaxe and hammer in circle superscribed "The Kolar Gold Fields Bn", all surmounted by crown

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)