Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment

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The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment were an auxiliary regiment under the Bombay command. They comprised staff of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.

Chronology

  • 1877 raised as the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps on the 3rd August[1]
  • 1886 amalgamated with the Ghadeshi Volunteer Rifle Corps[1]
  • 1887 amalgamated with the Rajputana-Malwa Volunteer Rifle Corps, who became the 2nd Battalion
  • 1917 1st April, became the 17th Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Battalion
  • 1920 1st October, redesignated Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment

Details

  • Uniform - Khaki drill[2]
  • Facings - White
  • Badge - Crossed bayonets and flags and crown. Railway crest superimposed.
  • 1st Battalion
B, B & CIR Vol Rifle Corps
Headquarters - Bombay
  • 2nd Battalion
Rajputana-Malwa Volunteer Rifle Corps
Headquarters - Ajmere

Detached companies

In 1901:[2]

  • 1st Battalion
  • 2nd Battalion

Notes

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