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The '''Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles''' were an [[auxiliary regiment]] based in [[Burma]]. | The '''Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles''' were an [[auxiliary regiment]] based in [[Burma]]. The battalion was raised on 9th December 1886 as the Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles. As part of the Indian Defence Force Act of 1917, all the units of the Indian Volunteers became units of the Indian Defence Force and the battalion was retitled the 34th Upper Burma Battalion on 1st April 1917. With the formation of the Indian Auxiliary Force in 1920 the battalion was again retitled as the Upper Burma Battalion. It retained this title when transferred to the Burma Auxiliary Force in April 1937, following the transfer of units to the Burma Army with the separation of administration from India<ref>The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force from Steve Rothwell’s The Burma Campaign</ref> | ||
==Chronology== | ==Chronology== | ||
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*Myingyan | *Myingyan | ||
*Magwe | *Magwe | ||
*Shwebo | *[[Shwebo]] | ||
*Bhamo | *Bhamo | ||
*Yamethin | *Yamethin | ||
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*Pokoke | *Pokoke | ||
*Kalewa | *Kalewa | ||
*Meiktila | *[[Meiktila]] | ||
*Pyinmana | *Pyinmana | ||
*Ye-u | *Ye-u | ||
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*Monywa | *Monywa | ||
*Mogoung | *Mogoung | ||
*Kendat and Thayetmyo | *Kendat and [[Thayetmyo]] | ||
*Ruby Mines | *Ruby Mines | ||
*Myitkyina | *Myitkyina | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
In the early 1900s, Shwebo was the headquarters of a company of the Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles, drawn from the Shwebo, Katha, Bhamo, and Myitkyina Districts. <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_327.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 22, page 321]</ref> | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.rothwell.force9.co.uk/burmaweb/UpBurmaBnBAF.htm The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force] Steve Rothwell’s The Burma Campaign | |||
*[[National Army Museum]] [http://www.nam.ac.uk/inventory/objects/results.php?shortDescription=&event=&campaign=&associatedName=&unit=&placeNotes=Yenangyaung&productionNotes=&keyword= catalogue entry] for a photograph of 'D' Coy Upper Burma Battalion, Indian Defence Force, Yenangyaung Oil Field, 1921 | *[[National Army Museum]] [http://www.nam.ac.uk/inventory/objects/results.php?shortDescription=&event=&campaign=&associatedName=&unit=&placeNotes=Yenangyaung&productionNotes=&keyword= catalogue entry] for a photograph of 'D' Coy Upper Burma Battalion, Indian Defence Force, Yenangyaung Oil Field, 1921 | ||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
Revision as of 03:32, 31 May 2015
The Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles were an auxiliary regiment based in Burma. The battalion was raised on 9th December 1886 as the Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles. As part of the Indian Defence Force Act of 1917, all the units of the Indian Volunteers became units of the Indian Defence Force and the battalion was retitled the 34th Upper Burma Battalion on 1st April 1917. With the formation of the Indian Auxiliary Force in 1920 the battalion was again retitled as the Upper Burma Battalion. It retained this title when transferred to the Burma Auxiliary Force in April 1937, following the transfer of units to the Burma Army with the separation of administration from India[1]
Chronology
- 1886 raised 6th December[2]
Details
Detached companies
In 1901:[2]
In the early 1900s, Shwebo was the headquarters of a company of the Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles, drawn from the Shwebo, Katha, Bhamo, and Myitkyina Districts. [3]
Notes
External links
- The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force Steve Rothwell’s The Burma Campaign
- National Army Museum catalogue entry for a photograph of 'D' Coy Upper Burma Battalion, Indian Defence Force, Yenangyaung Oil Field, 1921
Historical books online
- "Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles" Twentieth century impressions of Burma : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources, page 267 by Arnold Wright 1910 Southeast Asia Visions