Button, Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Volunteer Rifles, 1903-1926

Medium silver button with an armoured railway wagon and telegraph lines, within circlet inscribed with the unit title, 'The Oudh & Rohilkhand Railway Volunteers'.

The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Volunteer Rifles was formed in 1903 by the amalgamation of the Oudh Rifle Volunteer Corps and the Rohilkhand Volunteer Rifle Corps. The unit was redesignated the 25th Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion in 1917. In 1920 the unit was redesignated again as the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion within the new Auxiliary Force India. In 1926 the unit was amalgamated with the East Indian Railway Regiment.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.