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Originally raised as the [[1st Punjab Volunteer Rifle Corps]] on the 1st April 1861 and on the 15th July absorbed the [[Punjab Light Horse (Volunteers)]] which was raised on the 27th March 1867. In 1908 it was known as the 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/imperialgazette05unkngoog#page/n72/mode/1up ''Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Punjab Volume II The Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan Divisions and Native States''], page 40 1908 Archive.org</ref>, with headquarters at [[Lahore]].  On the 1st April 1917 became the [[3rd Punjab Rifles]] before becoming the Punjab Rifles on the 1st October 1920.
Originally raised as the [[1st Punjab Volunteer Rifle Corps]] on the 1st April 1861 and on the 15th July absorbed the [[Punjab Light Horse (Volunteers)]] which was raised on the 27th March 1867.  
 
In 1898, the [[Punjab Light Horse]] and the Punjab Rifles together formed the Administrative Battalion, 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifle Corps<ref>''Quarterly Civil List for the Punjab 1898''</ref>
 
In 1908 it was known as the 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/imperialgazette05unkngoog#page/n72/mode/1up ''Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Punjab Volume II The Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan Divisions and Native States''], page 40 1908 Archive.org</ref>, with headquarters at [[Lahore]].  On the 1st April 1917 became the [[3rd Punjab Rifles]] before becoming the Punjab Rifles on the 1st October 1920.
 
In 1898, wih headquarters at [[Lahore]], there were detachments at
*[[Amritsar]]
*Dariwal, (Dhariwal)
*Gurdaspur
*[[Rawalpindi]]
*[[Murree]]
*[[Sialkot]]
*[[Delhi]]
*[[Karnal]]
*[[Ferozepore]]
*[[Dharmsala]]<ref>''Quarterly Civil List for the Punjab 1898''</ref>


'''D Company''', 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles  had its headquarters at [[Rawalpindi]]. It was recruited from the various Civil Departments with strength, exclusive of officers, 98 in 1907.
'''D Company''', 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles  had its headquarters at [[Rawalpindi]]. It was recruited from the various Civil Departments with strength, exclusive of officers, 98 in 1907.
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*[http://shankardubai.tripod.com/halwaters.htm The Henry (Hal) V.O. Waters Photo Collection] has  a  photograph of the  Punjab Rifles (IDF)  Armoured Train Section Moghalpura [the railway workshops three miles from Lahore] 1919. Scroll down to no 18. From  Terry Case’s [http://shankardubai.tripod.com/nwrhome.htm North Western Railway]. It seems very likely this was the same armoured train used by the [[North-Western Railway Battalion]]
*[http://shankardubai.tripod.com/halwaters.htm The Henry (Hal) V.O. Waters Photo Collection] has  a  photograph of the  Punjab Rifles (IDF)  Armoured Train Section Moghalpura [the railway workshops three miles from Lahore] 1919. Scroll down to no 18. From  Terry Case’s [http://shankardubai.tripod.com/nwrhome.htm North Western Railway]. It seems very likely this was the same armoured train used by the [[North-Western Railway Battalion]]
*[http://www.emule.com/2poetry/phorum/read.php?4,12692 "A Beleaguered City"],is a parody by Rudyard Kipling  about the proximity of the firing range of the Punjab Volunteer Rifles to the Lawrence Hall Gardens, in Lahore.
*[http://www.emule.com/2poetry/phorum/read.php?4,12692 "A Beleaguered City"],is a parody by Rudyard Kipling  about the proximity of the firing range of the Punjab Volunteer Rifles to the Lawrence Hall Gardens, in Lahore.
===Historical books online===
*[http://archive.org/stream/quarterlycivill00offigoog#page/n274/mode/1up "1st  Punjab Volunteer Rifle Corps"] page 256 ''Quarterly Civil List for the Punjab: Corrected up to 1st October 1898''


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Revision as of 12:56, 12 November 2012

Originally raised as the 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifle Corps on the 1st April 1861 and on the 15th July absorbed the Punjab Light Horse (Volunteers) which was raised on the 27th March 1867.

In 1898, the Punjab Light Horse and the Punjab Rifles together formed the Administrative Battalion, 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifle Corps[1]

In 1908 it was known as the 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles.[2], with headquarters at Lahore. On the 1st April 1917 became the 3rd Punjab Rifles before becoming the Punjab Rifles on the 1st October 1920.

In 1898, wih headquarters at Lahore, there were detachments at

D Company, 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles had its headquarters at Rawalpindi. It was recruited from the various Civil Departments with strength, exclusive of officers, 98 in 1907.

G Company, 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles, had its headquarters at Murree, and was composed of cadets belonging to the Lawrence Military Asylum at Ghora Gali, near Murree.

H Company, 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles contained civilian residents from Rawalpindi and Murree, and had its headquarter at Murree. In 1907 G and H Companies were "in strength 121 men, exclusive of officers".[4]

A small detachment of the Punjab Light Horse Volunteers and F Company of the 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles (strength about 75 in 1912) was recruited from and stationed in Delhi[5]

Punjab disturbances, April 1919; compiled from the Civil and military gazette, 1919 Archive.org, page 20 indicates that the 3rd Punjab Rifles were on the strength of the Command set up at Lahore to deal with the emergency created by the outbreak of disorder.

The Punjab Rifles had an Armoured Train Section.[6]

By 1936, they comprised Headquarters and two Companies of infantry, and two light mortar platoons and were administered as a part of the Punjab Contingent. [7]

  • Uniform - Khaki
  • Facings - Scarlet
  • Badge - Punjab Coat of Arms
  • Motto - "Crescate Fluviis"

Other Punjab Rifles regiments

Individuals

References

  1. Quarterly Civil List for the Punjab 1898
  2. Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Punjab Volume II The Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan Divisions and Native States, page 40 1908 Archive.org
  3. Quarterly Civil List for the Punjab 1898
  4. Page 228, computer page 251 Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907, published 1909, available to read online on the Digital Library of India website.
  5. Delhi District Gazetteer 1912, page 194 from Gazetteers Of Haryana, Haryana Government website
  6. “Waters from Ireland - to Bengal - to New Zealand “ by Neville Thomas FIBIS Journal No 23 (Spring 2010), page 4 indicates that Henry Vincent Osmond Waters was a member.
  7. The Henry (Hal) V.O. Waters Photo Collection
  8. Bruce and Dorothy Brown Collection, University of Victoria Library, British Columbia, Canada

External links

Historical books online