Shoulder title, South Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps, 1895-1920

White metal badge with the unit's initials, 'SIRVR', between curved bars.

The South Indian Railway Battalion was formed as the South Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps in 1884. In 1917 it became the 29th South Indian Railway Battalion and then in 1920 it dropped the number from its name.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.