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==External links==
[http://dustymuffin.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/grandpas-story-part-v/ Grandpa’s Story, Part V].  Percy Morris said “It was part of our contract that you had to join the Territorials. We had two battalions on the Railway.  The 1st and 2nd Madras and Southern Maharatta Railways”. he explains the during the World War 2 they were so busy running the railway there was no time for military matters.




[[Category:Auxiliary Force (India)]]
[[Category:Auxiliary Force (India)]]
[[Category:Railway Regiments]]
[[Category:Railway Regiments]]

Revision as of 11:17, 7 April 2010

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

Chronology

Details

  • 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"

Battalions

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

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)

External links

Grandpa’s Story, Part V. Percy Morris said “It was part of our contract that you had to join the Territorials. We had two battalions on the Railway. The 1st and 2nd Madras and Southern Maharatta Railways”. he explains the during the World War 2 they were so busy running the railway there was no time for military matters.