Madras Guards

Originally raised as the Madras Volunteer Guards on the 2nd July 1857 and became the 1st Madras Guards on the 1st Madras Guards on the 1st April 1917. Became the Madras Guards on the 1st October 1920.

• Uniform - Blue
• Facings - Scarlet
• Badge - Royal arms within a garter with a crown over it and motto underneath
• Motto - "Ready aye Ready"

British Library holdings

• A Short History of the Madras Volunteer Guards: From 1857, the Date of Formation, to 1907, the Jubilee Year of the Corps by James Robert Coombes 1907. There is restricted online availablity, refer below.

External links

• Victorian Wars Forum thread, including images, about the Madras Volunteers, which is confirmed to be the Madras Volunteer Guards. There was a Mounted Infantry Company. It is also suggested that the uniform shown in this VWF thread might well be from the Madras Volunteer Guards

Historical books online

Restricted availability only. Appear to be available in North America

• A Short History of the Madras Volunteer Guards, from 1857, the Date of Formation, to 1883 by Robert Coombes 1883 Google Books
• A Short History of the Madras Volunteer Guards: From 1857, the Date of Formation, to 1907, the Jubilee Year of the Corps by James Robert Coombes 1907 Google Books