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*'''1879''' raised 18th April (by GGO 370, 2nd May 1879)<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref>
 
*'''1879''' raised 18th April (by GGO 370, 2nd May 1879)<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref>
 
*'''1899''' designation altered to Burma Railways Volunteer Corps (by GGO 730, dated 30th June 1899)<ref name=IAL />
 
*'''1899''' designation altered to Burma Railways Volunteer Corps (by GGO 730, dated 30th June 1899)<ref name=IAL />
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*'''1906-1908''' numerical statistic = c 850 men .<ref name=Southeast>Wright, Arnold (Ed) [http://digital.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=sea;cc=sea;q1=burma%20railway%20volunteers;rgn=full%20text;idno=sea362;didno=sea362;view=image;seq=267  ‘’Twentieth Century Impressions of Burma (1910) – Burma Railway Volunteers] Website of Cornell University. Section discussing the history and activities of the Corps.</ref>
  
 
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==Details==

Revision as of 08:32, 10 March 2010

The Burma Railways Volunteer Corps were an auxiliary regiment in Burma.

Chronology

  • 1879 raised 18th April (by GGO 370, 2nd May 1879)[1]
  • 1899 designation altered to Burma Railways Volunteer Corps (by GGO 730, dated 30th June 1899)[1]
  • 1906-1908 numerical statistic = c 850 men .[2]

Details

Detached companies

In 1901:[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901
  2. Wright, Arnold (Ed) ‘’Twentieth Century Impressions of Burma (1910) – Burma Railway Volunteers Website of Cornell University. Section discussing the history and activities of the Corps.