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The '''Burma Railways Volunteer Corps''' were an [[auxiliary regiment]] in [[Burma]].
"In the case of an outbreak of hostilities, the special work of the Burma Railway Volunteers would be to ensure that the railway communications were undisturbed, and to hold the stations....one of the regulations of the Burma Railway Company is that all their European and Eurasian employees shall undergo the necessary military training to make themselves efficient members of it." <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>
==Chronology==
*'''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 />
*'''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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