Upper Burma Volunteer Rifle Corps

The Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles were an auxiliary regiment based in Burma. The battalion was raised on 9th December 1886 as the Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles. As part of the Indian Defence Force Act of 1917, all the units of the Indian Volunteers became units of the Indian Defence Force and the battalion was retitled the 34th Upper Burma Battalion on 1st April 1917. With the formation of the Indian Auxiliary Force in 1920 the battalion was again retitled as the Upper Burma Battalion. It retained this title when transferred to the Burma Auxiliary Force in April 1937, following the transfer of units to the Burma Army with the separation of administration from India

Chronology

• 1886 raised 6th December

Details

• Headquarters - Mandalay
• Uniform - Khaki drill

Detached companies

In 1901:

• Bhamo
• Kalewa
• Katha
• Kendat
• Kyaukse
• Magwe
• Meiktila
• Minbu
• Mogoung
• Monywa
• Myingyan
• Myitkyina
• Pagan
• Pokoke
• Pyinmana
• Ruby Mines
• Sagaing
• Shwebo
• Thayetmyo
• Yamethin
• Ye-u

In the early 1900s, Shwebo was the headquarters of a company of the Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles, drawn from the Shwebo, Katha, Bhamo, and Myitkyina Districts.

External links

• The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force Steve Rothwell’s The Burma Campaign
• National Army Museum catalogue entry for a photograph of 'D' Coy Upper Burma Battalion, Indian Defence Force, Yenangyaung Oil Field, 1921

Historical books online

• "Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles" Twentieth century impressions of Burma : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources, page 267 by Arnold Wright 1910 Southeast Asia Visions