Sibsagar Mounted Rifles
The Sibsagar Mounted Rifles were a volunteer corps based in Assam.
Chronology
- 1884 raised as Sibsagar Mounted Rifles on 29th February [1]
- 1886 renamed the Sibsagar Mounted Infantry on 30th April[1]
- 1889 resumed original designation of Sibsagar Mounted Rifles on 15th February[1]
- 1891 amalgamated with several other corps to become the Assam Valley Mounted Rifles[2]
External links
- Photographs, catalogued "Subaltern J Black-Stevenson, Mounted Rifles, Indian Army", made 1880s. Australian War Memorial website. He was employed with Assam Tea Company c 1876-1890, and there is a reference in Thacker's Bengal Directory 1881 , page 1136 to Stevenson J B asst, Assam Co tea estate Deopane?y Naz?? Seebsaugor [Sibsagar], so it appears most likely he was with the Sibsagar Mounted Rifles.