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The '''Kolar Gold Fields Battalion''' were an [[auxiliary regiment]].
The '''[[Kolar Gold Fields]] Battalion''' was an [[auxiliary regiment]].


==Chronology==
==Chronology==
*'''1903'''  formed as the '''Kolar Gold Fields Volunteer Rifles''' (possibly, tbc) on 23rd January from a detachment of the [[Bangalore Rifle Volunteers]]<ref name=Jack />  
*'''1903'''  formed as the '''Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers''' on 23rd January from a detachment of the [[Bangalore Rifle Volunteers]]<ref name=Jack />  
*'''1917''' became '''43rd Kolar Gold Fields Battalion''' on 1st April<ref  name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army''  (1940)</ref>
*'''1917''' became '''43rd Kolar Gold Fields Battalion''' on 1st April<ref  name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army''  (1940)</ref>
*'''1920'''  redesignated on 1st October as the Kolar Gold Fields Battalionref name=Jack />
*'''1920'''  redesignated on 1st October as the Kolar Gold Fields Battalion<ref name=Jack />


==Details==
==Details==
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*Badge - Crossed pickaxe and hammer in circle superscribed "The Kolar Gold Fields Bn", all surmounted by crown
*Badge - Crossed pickaxe and hammer in circle superscribed "The Kolar Gold Fields Bn", all surmounted by crown


==Notes==
==External links==
*The names of  Officers and NCOs of the Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers, 1905 are listed at the bottom of [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027124721/http://geocities.com/kolargoldfield/kgf1905.html The List of Residents of K.G.F in 1905] from the late Ronnie Johnson's archived website.
*[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.
 
==References==
<references  />
<references  />
==External links==
[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


[[Category: Auxiliary Force (India)]]
[[Category: Auxiliary Force (India)]]

Latest revision as of 04:42, 4 February 2019

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)