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[[Image:Eirvol1874.png|thumb|350px|East Indian Railway Volunteers 1874]]
The '''East Indian Railway Regiment''' were was an [[auxiliary regiment]] under the Bengal command. They It included staff of the [[East Indian Railway]].
Rudyard Kipling wrote in 1888, in respect of [[Jamalpur]],:"On Tuesdays and Fridays the volunteers parade. A and B Companies, 150 strong in all, of the E.I.R. Volunteers, are stationed here with the band. Their uniform, grey with red facings, is not lovely, but they know how to shoot and drill. They have to. The ‘Company’ makes it a condition of service that a man must be a volunteer; and volunteer in something more than name he must be, or some one someone will ask the reason why. Seeing that there are no regulars between Howrah and Dinapore, the ‘Company’ does well in exacting this toll."<ref>[http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/k/kipling/rudyard/railway/index.html Among the Railway Folk] by Rudyard Kipling 1888. Web edition published by eBooks@Adelaide</ref>
By 1906, the Corps was 2,300 strong, with the Armoury and Head Quarters staff located at Jamalpur.<ref> [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyeastindi00huddgoog#page/n297/mode/1up/ ''History of the East Indian Railway''], page 243 by George Huddleston 1906 Archive.org</ref>
*'''1892''' the [[Sibpore College Volunteer Rifle Corps]] amalgamated with the regiment on 20th May 1892 by GGO No.505<ref name=IAL /><ref>Jackson (1940) gives the year as 1890.</ref>
*'''1917''' 1st April became '''7th East Indian Railway Battalion''' and amalgamated with [[St Michael's School Cadet Corps]]<ref name=Jack />
*'''1918''' redesignated the '''7th East Indian Railway CorpCorps''' on 8th November<ref name=Jack />
*'''1920''' redesignated East Indian Railway Regiment on 1st October<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>
*'''1926''' the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion]] were amalgamated<ref name=Jack />
==Details==
'''In 1901:'''<ref name=IAL />
*Headquarters - [[Jamalpur|Jamalpore]]
*Uniform - Khaki drill
*Motto - "Strong without Rage."
*Badge - Crest of the East India Railway Company surmounted by a crown which is encircled by a laurel wreath with the words "East Indian Railway Regiment Auxillary Force" and the motto.
*2 battalions
==External links==
*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/id30.html EIR Volunteers Photographs] from British India Family History (valmayukuk.tripod.com)
==Notes==
