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Button, East Indian Railway Volunteer Rifles, pre-1920

Silver plate button, made by J H Johnson and Company, Aligarh, United Provinces. East Indian Railway crest within garter bearing the unit title, 'E.I. Railway Volunteer Rifles'.

The East Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps was an auxiliary unit formed in July 1869 as part of the British Indian Army's Bengal Command. It drew on civilian staff of the East Indian Railway and its headquarters was at Jamalpur, the location of the East Indian Railway's locomotive workshops. The unit was amalgamated with the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion in 1926.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 2013-10-20-84-209

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2013-10-20-84-209

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