Burma Rifles

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Chronology

  • 1916 Two companies of Burma Pioneers raised in Mandalay
  • 1917 Burma Pioneers became the 70th Burma Rifles
  • 1917 85th Burma Rifles raised from the Burma Military Police
  • 1922 70th & 85th merged to form the 20th Burma Rifles
  • 1937 renamed Burma Rifles on separation of Burma from India

External Links

Historical books online

  • Kachin military terms by C M Enriquez, Major, 85th Burma Rifles 1919 Archive.org
    • The Dedication indicates that D Company, 85th Burma Rifles, served in Mesopotamia 1917-1919

References