Button, Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifles, 1901-1917

White metal button made by S K Dey and Company of Calcutta, with a King's Crown over the unit monogram, 'EBSRV'.

The Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifles was an auxiliary regiment raised on 1 March 1873. In 1882 the regiment became the Eastern Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps when it was amalgamated with the Northern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps. In 1884 the regiment resumed its original designation, and on 1 April 1917 it became 12th Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion. On 1 October 1920, the regiment was redesignated Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.