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*Badge - Arms of Calcutta surmounted on crossed rifles | *Badge - Arms of Calcutta surmounted on crossed rifles | ||
*Motto - ''Per Ardua Stabilis Esto'' | *Motto - ''Per Ardua Stabilis Esto'' | ||
==External links== | |||
*India-British-Raj [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ/2013-11/1385284442 post] by Chris Wood about the Calcutta Volunteer Rifles. | |||
**2nd. Batt. Calcutta V.R. Motor Cycle Machine Gun Detachment (1913): | |||
::35 Europeans with (15) motor cycles including 'Triumph' 3½h.p, 'Indian' 1912 V-Twin and an American 'Rambler', plus 4 motor cars, with .303 Maxim machine guns, personal arms being the Mk III Short Rifle. Designed as a mobile detachment. "Details from the Journal of the Institute of Military Historical Research" | |||
:*23rd July 1925 consisting of 4 Infantry companies, 1 Armoured Car Section, 2 Light Motor Patrols, 1 Motor Cyclist Platoon | |||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090806235242/http://geocities.com/cdferree/history/longido.html Battle By Accident: The Battle For Longido Mountain, 3 - 4 November 1914] [East Africa] by Dennis L. Bishop and Holger Dobold. Contains a brief reference to “a section of the Calcutta Volunteer Maxim Battery (2 machineguns)” | |||
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Revision as of 04:29, 30 November 2013
The Calcutta and Presidency Battalion were an auxiliary regiment formerly known as the Calcutta Volunteer Rifles.
Chronology
Calcutta Battalion
- 1863 raised as the Calcutta Volunteer Rifle Corps on the 3rd February[1]
- 1898 reconstituted 1st Battalion, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, 24th March[2]
- 1917 became 5th Calcutta Battalion, 1st April[2]
- 1920 became the Calcutta Battalion, 1st October[2]
- 1926 amalgamated with the Presidency Battalion to become the Calcutta and Presidency Battalion, 23rd July[2]
Presidency Battalion
- 1888 raised as the Presidency Volunteer Reserve Battalion, 30th March[2]
- 1891 became the Presidency Volunteer Rifle Battalion
- 1898 became Presidency Battalion, Calcutta Rifle Volunteers, 24th March[2][1]
- 1901 redesignated 2nd (Presidency) Battalion, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles by GGO No.868 of 1901[1]
- 1917 became 37th Calcutta Presidency Battalion[2]
- 1920 became the Calcutta Presidency Battalion, 1st October
- 1926 amalgamated with the Calcutta Battalion to become the Calcutta and Presidency Battalion, 23rd July
Cadet Battalion
- 1863 raised as the cadet battalion of the Calcutta Volunteer Rifle Corps on the 3rd February[1]
- 1901 redesignated 3rd (Cadet) Battalion, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles by GGO No.868 of 1901[1]
Details
Headquarters - Calcutta, for all three battalions
Uniform
In 1901:[1]
- 1st Battalion - Khaki
- 2nd and 3rd Battalions - Khaki drill
By 1940:[2]
- Uniform - Khaki
- Facings - White
- Badge - Arms of Calcutta surmounted on crossed rifles
- Motto - Per Ardua Stabilis Esto
External links
- India-British-Raj post by Chris Wood about the Calcutta Volunteer Rifles.
- 2nd. Batt. Calcutta V.R. Motor Cycle Machine Gun Detachment (1913):
- 35 Europeans with (15) motor cycles including 'Triumph' 3½h.p, 'Indian' 1912 V-Twin and an American 'Rambler', plus 4 motor cars, with .303 Maxim machine guns, personal arms being the Mk III Short Rifle. Designed as a mobile detachment. "Details from the Journal of the Institute of Military Historical Research"
- 23rd July 1925 consisting of 4 Infantry companies, 1 Armoured Car Section, 2 Light Motor Patrols, 1 Motor Cyclist Platoon
- Battle By Accident: The Battle For Longido Mountain, 3 - 4 November 1914 [East Africa] by Dennis L. Bishop and Holger Dobold. Contains a brief reference to “a section of the Calcutta Volunteer Maxim Battery (2 machineguns)”
Notes