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*Lt. Col. Rev. William Thomas Wright CIE, VD was a Commandant of the Punjab Rifles. He was Principal of [[Lawrence Military Asylum#Lawrence College, Ghora Gali| Laurence Royal Military School, Ghora Gali]] and Honorary Canon of Lahore. In 1925 he was made a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Indian_Empire Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire] . He was also awarded the Volunteer Officers Decoration (Indian Volunteer Forces),a breast medal, established by Royal Warrant July 25, 1892 by Queen Victoria, for 18 years long and meritorious service.<ref>[http://library.uvic.ca/site/spcoll/brown/medals.html Bruce and Dorothy Brown Collection, University of Victoria Library], British Columbia, Canada </ref>
*Tom Salkield , who spent his entire career in India in Delhi, as Engineer to the Municipality of Delhi 1905-1922, was in the Punjab Volunteer Rifles for 16 years, rising to Captain, refer [[Public Works Department]]
*[http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/searchcataloguearchive/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=66044 Medals awarded to W. P. Appleford, 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles], Assistant-Engineer of the road making contractors Spedding & Co, who volunteered his services to Durand’s force on the march to Nilt on the [[Hunza Nagar Campaign]] in 1891 . Charles Spedding was appointed Chief Engineer to the Force, with the local rank of Captain, and Appleford was Assistant-Engineer. There are details of them and the Campaign in [http://www.archive.org/stream/wherethreeempir02kniggoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''Where Three Empires Meet: A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the Adjoining Countries''] by Edward Frederick Knight 1893 Archive.org
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