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The '''[[Kolar Gold Fields ]] Battalion''' were was an [[auxiliary regiment]].
==Chronology==
*'''1903''' formed as the '''Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers''' (name tbc) on 23rd January from a detachment of the [[Bangalore Rifle Volunteers]]<ref name=Jack />
*'''1917''' became '''43rd Kolar Gold Fields Battalion''' on 1st April<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>
*'''1920''' redesignated on 1st October as the Kolar Gold Fields Battalion<ref name=Jack />
==External links==
*The names of Officers and NCOs of the Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers, 1905 are listed in an India List post.<ref>Johnson, Ronnie. at the bottom of [https://listsweb.rootswebarchive.comorg/web/20091027124721/hyperkittyhttp:/list/india.rootswebgeocities.com/threadkolargoldfield/1663508/ Surnames - Kolar Gold Fields and Bangalore] ''Rootsweb India Mailing kgf1905.html The List'' 7 November 2010. Scroll to near the bottom of the pageResidents of K. Retrieved 17 November 2018G.</ref> (scroll to near F in 1905] from the bottom of the page)late Ronnie Johnson's archived website.*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianpicturespr00malcuoft#page/182/mode/2up “The Kolar Gold-Fields”] ''Indian pictures and problems'' p182, Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm (1907) Archive.org, briefly mentions the corps of Volunteers.*[https://www.oldindianphotos.in/2014/07/officers-ncos-of-kolar-gold-fields.html "Officers & NCOs of Kolar Gold Fields Volunteers" - Karnataka, 1896 - Old Indian Photos] Photograph with handwritten names.
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