Calcutta Volunteer Regiments

Circa 1909 the Volunteer Regiments in Calcutta consisted of the

• Calcutta Port Defence Volunteers in five companies, two being naval divisions, one of garrison artillery, one of submarine miners, and one of electrical engineers, with a strength in 1903-4 of 333
• Calcutta Light Horse, in five troops, strength 187 ;
• Cossipore Artillery, with four six-gun batteries, strength 428
• Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, with three battalions (of which the third was a cadet company), and a strength of 2,075, including cadets and reservists;
• Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteers, strength 728

During the First World War,

• The Calcutta Scottish‎ was established for service in Calcutta,
• The Calcutta Volunteer Battery, consisting of men from the Calcutta Port Defence Volunteers and the Cossipore Artillery Volunteers served overseas in East Africa and the Middle East.
• The 25th Motor Machine Gun Battery (Calcutta Volunteers) served in Egypt.