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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TCvyed3WstwC&pg=PA6&dq=Early+Years&as_brr=3&ei=yITXSbzaEp3CMrS2zfwC#PPA7,M1 The Gurkha Rifles] from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/7thgurkhas.htm 7th Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website
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Refer to general article''' [[Gurkha Rifles]]'''<br />
== Chronology ==
*'''1835''' raised as the Assam Sebundy Corps
*'''1901''' became the '''43rd Gurkha Rifles'''
*'''1903''' became the 7th Gurkha Rifles
*'''1947''' allocated to Britiain Britain on Partition*'''1970''' became the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles*'''1994''' amalgamated with the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles, 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles and 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles to become 2nd Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles==Regimental histories==*''Extracts from the history of the Seventh Gurkha Rifles''. Cover title: ''The Seventh Gurkha Rifles : extracts from the history''. Aldershot : Gale and Polden, 1954.: Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01012499495 *''History of 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles''. Produced under the direction of a regimental committee from the story compiled by Colonel J. N. Mackay, etc. Edinburgh ; London : William Blackwood & Sons, 1962. :Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001096474*''East of Katmandu : the Story of the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles'' by E.D. Smith. Vol.2, 1948-1973 published 1976:Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01006737845 *''Britain's Brigade of Gurkhas : the 2nd K.E.O. Goorkha Rifles, the 6th Q.E.O. Gurkha Rifles, the 7th D.E.O. Gurkha Rifles and the 10th P.M.O. Gurkha Rifles'' by E.D. Smith. Originally published 1973, and reprinted 1982. Series: ''Famous regiments''. :Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01007379549== External links ==*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/7thgurkhas.htm 7th Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Gurkha_Rifles 7th Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia*WW1 National Archives (Kew) War Diary catalogue references, collaborativecollections.org::[http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/1st_Battalion,_7th_Gurkha_Rifles,_Indian 1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles, Indian]. Theatres of war: Mesopotamia and North Persia.:[http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/2nd_Battalion,_7th_Gurkha_Rifles,_Indian 2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles, Indian]. Theatres of war: Egypt, Palestine and Syria; Mesopotamia and North Persia; India and East Persia.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151103071507/http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/stories/pahalsing-karki-mesopotamia.php Pahalsing Karki [Seventh Gurkha Rifles<nowiki>]</nowiki> and Mesopotamia] 1915 cwgc.org, now an archived webpage. One of the links quoted in the article is now also archived: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120819164259/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/River_Warfare_in_Mesopotamia/River_Warfare_01.htm 'Flood Warfare in Mesopotamia'].(greatwardifferent.com)*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/527922.html "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919"] by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10380829/Major-Rex-Carr.html Obituary: Major Rex Carr] (1922-2013) 15 October 2013 ''The Telegraph''. In 1944 he joined the 4th Battalion [[1st Gurkha Rifles|1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles]] (4/1 GR) and took part in the Battle of Kohima as a company commander. After Indian Independence he joined the 2nd Battalion 7th Gurkha Rifles (2/7 GR) and accompanied the battalion to Malaya. He was subsequently awarded two Military Crosses for operations in the Malayan jungle.*[https://thegurkhamuseum.co.uk The Gurkha Museum] Peninsula Barracks, Winchester, Hampshire, England. Covers the [[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd]], [[6th Gurkha Rifles|6th]], 7th and [[10th Gurkha Rifles]], those Gurkha Regiments which became part of the British Army.===Historical books online===*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72740 ''The Gurkhas''] 1928 Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title: ''The Gurkhas: their Manners, Customs and Country'' by Major W Brook Northey, late 1st KGO Gurkha Rifles and Captain C J Morris 3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles. Also available as a download from [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1928-the-gurkhas-their-manners-customs-and-country-by-northey-s-pdf/ PAHAR] Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22833 ''The Land Of The Gurkhas Or The Himalayan Kingdom Of Nepal''] by Major W Brook Northey, late 1st KGO Gurkha Rifles. Reprint edition, first published 1937. Archive.org. The author held the post of Recruiting Officer for five years, during which he was permitted to visit the interiors of Nepal that were out of bounds to other Europeans. Also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1935-land-of-the-gurkhas-or-himalayan-kingdom-of-nepal-by-northey-s-pdf/ download as a pdf] from PAHAR-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. * ''The Gurkhas'' [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126645 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. A regimental history. This appears to be a reprint edition, for which no author is given, and which advises first published 1960. However the final chapter refers to events in 1964. The most likely publication appears to be ''The Gurkhas'' by Harold James and Denis Sheil-Small published 1965, London.:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1965-the-gurkhas-by-james-s-pdf/ ''The Gurkhas''] by James, 1965. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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