Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles: Difference between revisions

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The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles were an auxiliary regiment under the Madras command.

1910 on 4th June the Madras Railway Volunteers and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifle Corps amalgamated to become Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles,^[1]
1917 renamed 32nd Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles, 1st April^[1]
1920 redesignated the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles on 1st October^[1]

Uniform - Khaki
Facings - White
Badge - Eight pointed star surmounted by a crown with a bugle encircled by a garter in the centre
Motto - "One and all"

The Madras Railway Volunteers became 1st Battalion and the Southern Mahratta Railway Rifle Corps became 2nd Battalion.

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