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See [[The Bengal Artillery]]
The '''Cossipore Field Brigade''' were an [[auxiliary regiment]].
[[Category:Auxiliary Regiments]]
 
==Chronology==
*'''1884''' raised 1st February<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref>
*'''1888''' redesignated as '''Cossipore Artillery Volunteers''' on the 7th September<ref name=IAL />
*'''1917''' became '''I. (Cossipore) Mobile Brigade Artillery''', 1st April<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>
*'''1920''' redesignated IV. (Cossipore) Field Brigade, 1st October<ref name=Jack />
*'''1925''' amalgamated with the [[I. (Calcutta Port Defence) Field Brigade]] on the 18th December to form the [[Bengal Artillery (AFI)]]
 
==Details==
*'''Headquarters''' - [[Calcutta]]
*'''Uniform'''
:*Full dress - Blue serge or cloth
:*Working dress - Khaki drill<ref name=IAL />
 
===Detached companies===
In 1901:<ref name=IAL />
<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
*[[Cossipore]]
*Baliaghatta
*Barnagore
*Kamarhatty
*Tittaghur
*[[Barrackpore]]
*Samnagar
*S--pore?
*Garden Reach
*Kanknarah
*Teleiniepara
*Rishra
*Goosery
*Budge-Budge
*[[Howrah]]
*Champdany
*Hastings
*Gourepore
*[[Dum-Dum]]
*Budderollah
*[[Fort Gloster]]
*[[Gondalpara]]
*Bally
*Juggerdal
*Khardah
*Isharpore
*Rajgunge
</div>
 
==Miscellaneous==
Dave White says "My wife's ancestor, Sergeant Thomas Lomas was their Rifle-Shooting champion for 1912-1913."<ref>[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Cossipore_Artillery_Volunteers&oldid=870 FIBIwiki, 19 June 2007]</ref>
 
==Notes==
<references />
 
 
[[Category:Auxiliary Artillery Regiments]]

Revision as of 14:35, 23 February 2010

The Cossipore Field Brigade were an auxiliary regiment.

Chronology

Details

  • Full dress - Blue serge or cloth
  • Working dress - Khaki drill[1]

Detached companies

In 1901:[1]

Miscellaneous

Dave White says "My wife's ancestor, Sergeant Thomas Lomas was their Rifle-Shooting champion for 1912-1913."[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
  3. ↑ FIBIwiki, 19 June 2007
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