Railway units in the First World War

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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
  • 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)
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