Bengal and North Western Railway Battalion

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The Bengal and North Western Railway Battalion were an auxiliary regiment under the Bengal command. They comprised staff of the Bengal and North-Western Railway.

Chronology

  • 1879 raised on 14th June as Bengal and North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles[1]
  • 1892 amalgamated with the Tirhoot State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps on 17th June (GGO 573, dated 17th June 1893)[1]
  • 1901 designation altered (GOCC No. 327, dated 29th April 1901)[1]
  • 1917 1st April became 22nd Bengal and North Western Railway Battalion[2]
  • 1920 redesignated Bengal and North Western Railway Battalion on 1st October[2]

Details

  • Headquarters - Gorakhpur
  • Uniform - Khaki drill[1]
  • Facings - White
  • Badge - St Andrew's Cross in a thistle wreath

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
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