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*'''[[Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion |Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteers]]''', strength 728 <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_288.gif ''Imperial Gazetteer of India''], Volume 9, page 282</ref> | *'''[[Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion |Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteers]]''', strength 728 <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_288.gif ''Imperial Gazetteer of India''], Volume 9, page 282</ref> | ||
| − | During the [[First World War]], | + | During the [[First World War]], |
| + | *The '''[[Calcutta Scottish]]''' was established for service in Calcutta, | ||
| + | *The '''[[Calcutta Volunteer Battery]]''', consisting of men from the [[Calcutta Port Defence Volunteers]] and the [[IV. (Cossipore) Field Brigade|Cossipore Artillery Volunteers]] served overseas in East Africa and the Middle East. | ||
| + | *The [[25th Motor Machine Gun Battery (Calcutta Volunteers)]] served in Egypt. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 01:36, 15 March 2015
Circa 1909 the Volunteer Regiments in Calcutta consisted of the
- Calcutta Port Defence Volunteers in five companies, two being naval divisions, one of garrison artillery, one of submarine miners, and one of electrical engineers, with a strength in 1903-4 of 333
- Calcutta Light Horse, in five troops, strength 187 ;
- Cossipore Artillery, with four six-gun batteries, strength 428
- Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, with three battalions (of which the third was a cadet company), and a strength of 2,075, including cadets and reservists;
- Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteers, strength 728 [1]
During the First World War,
- The Calcutta Scottish was established for service in Calcutta,
- The Calcutta Volunteer Battery, consisting of men from the Calcutta Port Defence Volunteers and the Cossipore Artillery Volunteers served overseas in East Africa and the Middle East.
- The 25th Motor Machine Gun Battery (Calcutta Volunteers) served in Egypt.
References
- ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 9, page 282
