Difference between revisions of "Kolar Gold Fields Battalion"

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The Kolar Gold Fields Battalion were an auxiliary regiment.

1903 formed as the Kolar Gold Fields Volunteer Rifles (possibly, tbc) 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 Battalionref name=Jack />

By 1940:^[1]

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

“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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-[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianpicturespr00malcuoft#page/182/mode/2up “The Kolar Gold-Fields”, page 182]  from ''Indian pictures and problems'' by Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm 1907 Archive.org briefly mentions the corps of Volunteers
+The '''Kolar Gold Fields Battalion''' were an [[auxiliary regiment]].
-[[Category: Auxiliary Regiments]]
+==Chronology==
+*'''1903'''  formed as the '''Kolar Gold Fields Volunteer Rifles''' (possibly, 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 Battalionref name=Jack />
+==Details==
+'''By 1940:'''<ref  name=Jack />
+*Uniform - Khaki
+*Badge - Crossed pickaxe and hammer in circle superscribed "The Kolar Gold Fields Bn", all surmounted by crown
+==Notes==
+<references  />
+==External links==
+[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
+[[Category: Auxiliary Force (India)]]