The Volunteer and Part Time Units of the British Indian Army

The Indian Defence Force Units 1917-1920

Contents


- Cavalry -

1^st Bihar Light Horse
2^nd Surma Valley Light Horse
3^rd Calcutta Light Horse
4^th Bombay Light Horse
5^th Punjab Light Horse
6^th Assam Valley Light Horse
7^th (Southern Regiment) United Provinces Horse
8^th (Northern Regiment) United Provinces Horse
9^th Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles
10^th Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles


- Artillery -

1^st (Calcutta Port Defence) Group, Garrisson Artillery
2^nd (Madras) Group, Garrisson Artillery, “The Duke’s Own”
3^rd (Rangoon Port Defence) Group, Garrisson Artillery
4^th (Bombay) Group, Garrisson Artillery
5^th (Lucknow) Group, Garrisson Artillery
"F" Kirkee Battery, Mobile Artillery
1^st (Cossipore) Brigade, Mobile Artillery
2^nd (Karachi) Brigade, Mobile Artillery


- Infantry -

1^st Madras Guards
2^nd Nagpur Rifles
3^rd Punjab Rifles
4^th Simla Rifles
5^th Calcutta Battalion
6^th Bangalore, Coorg and Mysore Battalion
7^th East Indian Railway Battalion
8^th Allahabad Rifles
9^th Mussoorie Battalion
10^th (Naini Tal) Company
11^th Lucknow Rifles
12^th Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion
1^st Battalion, 2^nd Battalion,	13^th Great India Peninsula Railway Battalion
14^th Tennaserim Battalion
15^th Bombay Battalion
16^th Cawnpore Battalion
1^st Battalion, 2^nd Battalion,	17^th Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Battalion
18^th Rangoon Battalion
19^th Agra Company
20^th Nilgiri Malabar Battalion
21^st Burma Railways Battalion
22^nd Bengal and North Western Railway Battalion
23^rd Sind Battalion
1^st Battalion, 2^nd Battalion,	24^th North-Western Railway Battalion
25^th Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion
26^th Hyderabad Rifles
27^th Baluchistan Company
28^th South Andaman Company
29^th South Indian Railway Battalion
1^st Battalion, 2^nd Battalion,	32^rd Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles
34^th Upper Birma Battalion
35^rd Poona Battalion
1^st Battalion, 2^nd Battalion,	36^th Bengal Nagpur Railway Regiment
37^th Calcutta Presidency Battalion
38^th East Coast Battalion
39^th Chota Nagpur Regiment
41^st Eastern Bengal Company
42^nd Assam Bengal Railway Battalion
43^rd Kolar Gold Fields Battalion
44^th Calcutta Scottish
45^th Aden Rifles

The Auxiliary Force (India) Units in 1939