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*'''1903''' formed as the '''Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers''' (name tbc) on 23rd January from a detachment of the [[Bangalore Rifle Volunteers]]<ref name=Jack /> | *'''1903''' formed as the '''Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers''' (name tbc) on 23rd January from a detachment of the [[Bangalore Rifle Volunteers]]<ref name=Jack /> | ||
*'''1917''' became '''43rd Kolar Gold Fields Battalion''' on 1st April<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref> | *'''1917''' became '''43rd Kolar Gold Fields Battalion''' on 1st April<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref> | ||
*'''1920''' redesignated on 1st October as the Kolar Gold Fields | *'''1920''' redesignated on 1st October as the Kolar Gold Fields Battalion<ref name=Jack /> | ||
==Details== | ==Details== | ||
Revision as of 22:09, 6 April 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
“The Kolar Gold-Fields” Indian pictures and problems p182, Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm (1907) Archive.org, briefly mentions the corps of Volunteers