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==External links==
*India-British-Raj [ post by Chris Woods <ref>Original URL was <nowiki>http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ/2013-11/1385284442 post</nowiki> indicating it was dated November 2013, however it cannot be now located in the current [https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?searchemails=Chris+Woods&listname=india-british-raj&searchsender=on&page=1 Rootsweb Archives for the India British Raj Mailing List] by searching for sender Chris Wood Woods.</ref> about the Calcutta Volunteer Rifles.
**2nd. Batt. Calcutta V.R. Motor Cycle Machine Gun Detachment (1913):
::35 Europeans with (15) motor cycles including 'Triumph' 3½h.p, 'Indian' 1912 V-Twin and an American 'Rambler', plus 4 motor cars, with .303 Maxim machine guns, personal arms being the Mk III Short Rifle. Designed as a mobile detachment. "Details from the Journal of the Institute of Military Historical Research", ([probably the article available online, below)].
:*23rd July 1925 consisting of 4 Infantry companies, 1 Armoured Car Section, 2 Light Motor Patrols, 1 Motor Cyclist Platoon
*Photograph<ref>[https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/vintage-cars-classics-india/162572-pre-war-military-vehicles-india-9.html#post4759048 Post 127, page 9 "Pre-War Military Vehicles in India"] Team-BHP.com.</ref> of Rolls Royce Silver Ghost armoured cars of the Calcutta Presidency Battalion Auxiliary Force that assisted the Calcutta Police in 1919 for over 2 months in curbing the disturbances that occurred then. Seen outside the battalion garage.
