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The '''Kolar Gold Fields Battalion''' were an [[auxiliary regiment]]. ==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”, page 182] from ''Indian pictures and problems'' by p182, Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm (1907 ) Archive.org , briefly mentions the corps of Volunteers [[Category: Auxiliary RegimentsForce (India)]]