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==External links==
==External links==
* Victorian Wars Forum  [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6994  thread], including images, about the Madras Volunteers, which is confirmed to be the Madras Volunteer Guards. There was a Mounted Infantry Company. It is also suggested that the uniform shown in this VWF [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5655 thread] might well be from the Madras Volunteer Guards
*[http://www.victorianwars.com/ Victorian Wars Forum], including images, about the Madras Volunteers, which is confirmed to be the Madras Volunteer Guards. There was a Mounted Infantry Company.  
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131127094526/http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/article2057209.ece  Madras Miscellany - Madras and the 1857 Revolt] by S. Muthiah The Hindu 29 May 2011. Details the raising of the Madras Volunteer Guards
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131127094526/http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/article2057209.ece  Madras Miscellany - Madras and the 1857 Revolt] by S. Muthiah The Hindu 29 May 2011. Details the raising of the Madras Volunteer Guards
*[http://digital.lib.uh.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p15195coll29&CISOPTR=18 Photograph of the Headquarters of the Madras Volunteer Guards] University of Houston Library
*[http://digital.lib.uh.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p15195coll29&CISOPTR=18 Photograph of the Headquarters of the Madras Volunteer Guards] University of Houston Library

Revision as of 19:32, 31 March 2014

Originally raised as the Madras Volunteer Guards on the 2nd July 1857 and became the 1st Madras Guards on the 1st April 1917. Became the Madras Guards on the 1st October 1920.

  • Uniform - Blue
  • Facings - Scarlet
  • Badge - Royal arms within a garter with a crown over it and motto underneath
  • Motto - "Ready aye Ready"

British Library holdings

  • A Short History of the Madras Volunteer Guards: From 1857, the Date of Formation, to 1907, the Jubilee Year of the Corps by James Robert Coombes 1907. There is restricted online availablity, refer below.

External links


Historical books online

Restricted availability only. Appear to be available in North America