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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 | *This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-11/1289094120 post] includes the names of Officers and NCOs of the Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers, 1905 (scroll to near the bottom of the page) | ||
*[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)]] | ||
Revision as of 09:05, 7 November 2010
The Kolar Gold Fields Battalion were an auxiliary regiment.
Chronology
- 1903 formed as the Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers (name tbc) 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
Notes
External links
- This India List post includes the names of Officers and NCOs of the Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers, 1905 (scroll to near the bottom of the page)
- “The Kolar Gold-Fields” Indian pictures and problems p182, Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm (1907) Archive.org, briefly mentions the corps of Volunteers