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Auxiliary Regiments

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The IDF corps performed local security duties during the war and were not sent to the front. Some officers were transferred to regular [[Indian Army]] units.
However, a few units were formed comprising volunteers who wanted to fight the war. [http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-on-land/75-other-war-theatres/1072-indian-volunteers-in-the-great-war-east-african-campaign.html Indian Volunteers in the Great War East African Campaign] gives details of The North-Western Railway Volunteers, the Calcutta Volunteer Battery and the Indian Volunteer Maxim Gun Company in East Africa, although the Commonwealth War Graves Commission classifies them as East African Protectorate units in its records. This India List The North Western Railway Volunteers also served in Mesopotamia<ref>Wilton-Davies, Colin [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-01/0948180245 post Railway Regiments] indicates that ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 17 January 2000. Retrieved 28 October 2014</ref>  The [[Volunteer Artillery Battery]] in which the majority of the men came from Burma, served in Mesopotamia, and was captured at the North Western Railway Volunteers fall of Kut.  The Anglo Indian Force, including the Anglo Indian Battery, was raised by the Anglo-Indian Association and served in Mesopotamia. Refer [[First World War#Anglo-Indians|First World War - Anglo-Indians]].
After the War the IDF as an official organization was disbanded.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regiments_of_the_Indian_Army_(1922) List of regiments of the Indian Army (1922)] includes Auxiliary Force
*[http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=6700&page=1 The Auxiliary Force, India (AFI) on 3 September 1939] from Patriotfiles.com
 
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