Railway units in the First World War

This page is an attachment to First World War-Mesopotamia-Railways

The following Railways related Indian Army units appear in the First World War medal card indexes and the “ Abbreviations used in the World War One Medal Cards”.(Refer Online Records in First World War) They could be connected with the Railways in Mesopotamia , but other war zones are also a possibility.

Units mentioned in “Abbreviations”

• Bombay & Central Indian Railway Battalion Indian Defence Force B & C.I. RY BN. I.D.F
• Mesopotamian Railways MESO. R.; MESO. RYS.; MESPOT. RLYS.
• North West Railway Maxim Gun Company N.W. RLY. M.G. COY.
• Railway Construction Company RLY. C.C.
• Railway Defence Force RLY. D.F.
• Railway Regiment RLY. REGT.
• Railway Battalion Sappers & Miners RY. BN. S & M.

Additional units mentioned in the medal card indexes. This list does not exhaustive, there may well be others.

• Burma Railways Battalion Auxiliary Forces India
• Bushire Light Railway
• Indian Army Reserve Railways
• Indian Army Railways
• Indian State Railways
• India Railways
• Iraq Railways
• Military Railways Indian Army
• Military Railways
• 2nd Battalion North West Railways Volunteer Rifles
• Railways Advisory Section Operating Section
• Railways Baghdad
• 6th Railways Jat Light Infantry
• Railways Sappers and Miners
• 45th Railways Sikhs
• 1st Battalion The Protectorate Railways Regiment Auxiliary Forces India (Possibly connected with the Aden Protectorate?)
• 29th South Indian Railway Battalion (possibly East Africa)