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==Chronology==
*'''1879''' raised on 14th June as '''Bengal and North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles'''<ref name="IAL">''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref>*'''1892''' amalgamated with the [[Tirhoot State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]] on 17th June (GGO 573, dated 17th June 1893)<ref name="IAL" />*'''1901''' designation altered (GOCC No. 327, dated 29th April 1901)<ref name="IAL" />*'''1917''' 1st April became '''22nd Bengal and North Western Railway Battalion'''<ref name="Jack" />*'''1920''' redesignated Bengal and North Western Railway Battalion on 1st October<ref name="Jack">Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>
==Details==
*'''Headquarters''' - [[Gorakhpur]]
*'''Uniform''' - Khaki drill<ref name="IAL" />
*'''Facings''' - White
*'''Badge''' - St Andrew's Cross in a thistle wreath
===Detached companies===
In 1901:<ref name=IAL />
<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
*[[Ghazipur]]
*[[Ballia]]
*[[Nonpara]]
*[[Azamgarh]]
*[[Sanepur]]
*[[Somastipur]]
*[[Bettiah]]
*[[Sermaria Ghat]]
*[[Mozufferpore]]
*[[Gonda]]
*[[Basti]]
*[[Mankapur]]
*[[Bahraich]]
</div>
==Notes==
