The Volunteer and Part Time Units of the British Indian Army

The Volunteer Corps


The Indian Defence Force Units 1917-1920

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Contents
- Cavalry -
- Artillery -
- Infantry -
 

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

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

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

The Auxiliary Force (India) Units in 1939