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The '''Kolar Gold Fields Battalion''' were an [[auxiliary regiment]].
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The '''[[Kolar Gold Fields]] Battalion''' was an [[auxiliary regiment]].
  
 
==Chronology==
 
==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 />  
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*'''1903'''  formed as the '''Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers''' 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>
 
*'''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 />
 
*'''1920'''  redesignated on 1st October as the Kolar Gold Fields Battalion<ref name=Jack />
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*Badge - Crossed pickaxe and hammer in circle superscribed "The Kolar Gold Fields Bn", all surmounted by crown
 
*Badge - Crossed pickaxe and hammer in circle superscribed "The Kolar Gold Fields Bn", all surmounted by crown
  
==Notes==
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==External links==
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*The names of  Officers and NCOs of the Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers, 1905 are listed at the bottom of [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027124721/http://geocities.com/kolargoldfield/kgf1905.html The List of Residents of K.G.F in 1905] from the late Ronnie Johnson's archived website.
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*[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.
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*[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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==References==
 
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==External links==
 
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-11/1289094120 post] includes the names of  Officers and NCOs of the Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers, 1905 (scroll to near the bottom of the page)
 
*[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 nhandwritten names
 
  
 
[[Category: Auxiliary Force (India)]]
 
[[Category: Auxiliary Force (India)]]

Latest revision as of 04:42, 4 February 2019

The Kolar Gold Fields Battalion was an auxiliary regiment.

Contents

Chronology

  • 1903 formed as the Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers on 23rd January from a detachment of the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers[1]
  • 1917 became 43rd Kolar Gold Fields Battalion on 1st April[1]
  • 1920 redesignated on 1st October as the Kolar Gold Fields Battalion[1]

Details

By 1940:[1]

  • Uniform - Khaki
  • Badge - Crossed pickaxe and hammer in circle superscribed "The Kolar Gold Fields Bn", all surmounted by crown

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)