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The '''Sibsagar Mounted Rifles''' were a [[volunteer corps]] based in [[Assam]]. | |||
==Chronology== | |||
*'''1884''' raised as '''Sibsagar Mounted Rifles''' on 29th February <ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref> | |||
*'''1886''' renamed the '''Sibsagar Mounted Infantry''' on 30th April<ref name=Jack /> | |||
*'''1889''' resumed original designation of '''Sibsagar Mounted Rifles''' on 15th February<ref name=Jack /> | |||
*'''1891''' amalgamated with several other corps to become the '''[[Assam Valley Mounted Rifles]]'''<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref> | |||
==External links== | |||
*Photographs, catalogued "Subaltern J Black-Stevenson, Mounted Rifles, Indian Army", made 1880s. Australian War Memorial website. He was employed with Assam Tea Company c 1876-1890, and there is a reference in Thacker's Bengal Directory 1881 , [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.68580/2015.68580.The-Bengal-Directory1881#page/n1148/mode/1up page 1136] to Stevenson J B asst, Assam Co tea estate Deopane?y Naz?? Seebsaugor [Sibsagar], so it appears most likely he was with the Sibsagar Mounted Rifles. | |||
**[https://www.awm.gov.au/index.php/collection/C351237 Scarlet mess jacket with yellow facings] | |||
**[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C351238 Scarlet mess waistcoat] | |||
**[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C351239 Mess dress overalls] | |||
**[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C351240 Black crepe cummerbund] | |||
**[https://www.awm.gov.au/index.php/collection/C351241 Black forage cap] | |||
==Notes== | |||
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[[Category:Volunteer Corps]] | |||
Latest revision as of 02:21, 31 December 2017
The Sibsagar Mounted Rifles were a volunteer corps based in Assam.
Chronology
- 1884 raised as Sibsagar Mounted Rifles on 29th February [1]
- 1886 renamed the Sibsagar Mounted Infantry on 30th April[1]
- 1889 resumed original designation of Sibsagar Mounted Rifles on 15th February[1]
- 1891 amalgamated with several other corps to become the Assam Valley Mounted Rifles[2]
External links
- Photographs, catalogued "Subaltern J Black-Stevenson, Mounted Rifles, Indian Army", made 1880s. Australian War Memorial website. He was employed with Assam Tea Company c 1876-1890, and there is a reference in Thacker's Bengal Directory 1881 , page 1136 to Stevenson J B asst, Assam Co tea estate Deopane?y Naz?? Seebsaugor [Sibsagar], so it appears most likely he was with the Sibsagar Mounted Rifles.