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''Main article: [[Railways in the Middle Eastern Theatre]]''
The following [[Railways]] related [[Indian Army]] units appear in the First World War [[medal]] card indexes and the “[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/help/abbreviations-unit.asp Abbreviations] (note: currently a broken link) used in the World War One Medal Cards”, from [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp The National Archives Documents Online: First World War Medal Index Cards]. They could be connected with the Railways in Mesopotamia, but other war zones are also a possibility.
'''Units mentioned in “Abbreviations”'''
*1st Battalion The Protectorate Railways Regiment Auxiliary Forces India (Possibly connected with the Aden Protectorate?)
*29th South Indian Railway Battalion (possibly East Africa)
==External links==
*India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-10/1349538198 post] about the Indian Army in Mesopotamia mentions a medal card reference for the G I P Rlwy Battn (IA), "perhaps Great India Peninsula Railway Volunteer Corp?". [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D2362135 The National Archives Medal card] for the same person gives the Corps as 91st Railway Battalion Indian Defence Force Indian Army
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