Burma Railways Volunteer Corps

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The Burma Railways Volunteer Corps were an auxiliary regiment in Burma.

Chronology

  • 1879 raised 18th April (by GGO 370, 2nd May 1879)[1]
  • 1899 designation altered to Burma Railways Volunteer Corps (by GGO 730, dated 30th June 1899)[1]
  • 1906-1908 numerical statistic = c 850 men .[2]

Details

Detached companies

In 1901:[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901
  2. Wright, Arnold (Ed) ‘’Twentieth Century Impressions of Burma (1910) – Burma Railway Volunteers Website of Cornell University. Section discussing the history and activities of the Corps.