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Also known as the '''North Bengal Mounted Rifles'''. | |||
Originally formed on the 6th August 1873 as the [[Northern Bengal Volunteer Rifle Corps]]. The unit absorbed the [[Darjeeling Volunteer Rifle Corps]] on 5th August 1881. Reorganised on 15th February 1889 and became The Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles. | Originally formed on the 6th August 1873 as the [[Northern Bengal Volunteer Rifle Corps]]. The unit absorbed the [[Darjeeling Volunteer Rifle Corps]] on 5th August 1881. Reorganised on 15th February 1889 and became The Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles. | ||
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*'''Badge''' - Bengal Tiger | *'''Badge''' - Bengal Tiger | ||
*'''Motto''' - "Fideliter" | *'''Motto''' - "Fideliter" | ||
"The head-quarters of the Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles are at [[Darjeeling]]; the force consists of 6 companies, stationed at [[Kurseong]], Jalpaiguri, Dam-Dim, Nagrakot, Alipur-Duars and Purnea, 3 companies of cadets, and one reserve company. Its total strength (1903-4) is 510 in all ranks".<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_186.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 180]</ref> | |||
“...all the British [[Tea Plantation|tea planters]] were members of the North Bengal Mounted Rifles....We were issued rifles and received an allowance to cover the expenses of maintaining a horse”.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=sbGMrVYl4tYC&pg=PA184 ''Shot down''], page 184 by John M Curnow 2006 Google Books</ref> | |||
==British Library holdings== | |||
*''Journal of the Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles'' for the years 1927/28-1931/32 | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http:// | *[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh/sallygow/sallygowp2.html Photograph of the 1939 Victoria School cadet corp] attached to the Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles (NBMR)(scroll down) From vsdh.org | ||
*[http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=485031 NBMR Journal 1941-47] Koi-hai.com. | |||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[https://archive.org/search?query=%22Northern+Bengal+Mounted+Rifles%22&sort=date ''Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles Annual Report'' at Archive.org] for the years 1913-1914, 1915-1916, 1927-28, 1930-31, 1931-32. | |||
*[https://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/LostScrapbook_Irvine5.htm ''Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles Journal 1926-1927''] lennonwylie.co.uk | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Auxiliary Regiments]] | [[Category:Auxiliary Regiments]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:51, 23 February 2024
Also known as the North Bengal Mounted Rifles.
Originally formed on the 6th August 1873 as the Northern Bengal Volunteer Rifle Corps. The unit absorbed the Darjeeling Volunteer Rifle Corps on 5th August 1881. Reorganised on 15th February 1889 and became The Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles.
- Uniform - Scarlet
- Facings White
- Badge - Bengal Tiger
- Motto - "Fideliter"
"The head-quarters of the Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles are at Darjeeling; the force consists of 6 companies, stationed at Kurseong, Jalpaiguri, Dam-Dim, Nagrakot, Alipur-Duars and Purnea, 3 companies of cadets, and one reserve company. Its total strength (1903-4) is 510 in all ranks".[1]
“...all the British tea planters were members of the North Bengal Mounted Rifles....We were issued rifles and received an allowance to cover the expenses of maintaining a horse”.[2]
British Library holdings
- Journal of the Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles for the years 1927/28-1931/32
External links
- Photograph of the 1939 Victoria School cadet corp attached to the Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles (NBMR)(scroll down) From vsdh.org
- NBMR Journal 1941-47 Koi-hai.com.
Historical books online
- Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles Annual Report at Archive.org for the years 1913-1914, 1915-1916, 1927-28, 1930-31, 1931-32.
- Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles Journal 1926-1927 lennonwylie.co.uk
References
- ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 180
- ↑ Shot down, page 184 by John M Curnow 2006 Google Books
