43rd Gurkha Rifles

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Chronology

1835 raised as the Assam Sebundy Corps
1844 renamed 2nd (Assam) Light Infantry
1861 became the 43rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
1864 renamed the 43rd (Assam) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
1885 became the 43rd (Assam) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
1886 became the 43rd Regiment, Gurkha Light Infantry
1891 became the 43rd Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
1901 became the 43rd Gurkha Rifles
1903 became the 7th Gurkha Rifles
1947 allocated to 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

The Gurkha Rifles from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe
7th Gurkha Rifles British Empire Website
7th Gurkha Rifles Wikipedia
Pahalsing Karki [Seventh Gurkha Rifles] and Mesopotamia 1915 cwgc.org
"Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919" by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com
Obituary: Major Rex Carr (1922-2013) 15 October 2013 The Telegraph. In 1944 he joined the 4th Battalion 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.