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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 some Volunteer regiments were formed during 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 South East African Protectorate units in its records. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-01/0948180245 post] indicates that the North Western Railway Volunteers served in Mesopotamia
After the War the IDF as an official organization was disbanded.
