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4th Gurkha Rifles

Refer to general article Gurkha Rifles

1857 raised as the Extra Goorkha Regiment before being numbered as 19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
1861 renamed the 4th Goorkha Regiment
1891 became the 4th Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment
1901 became the 4th Gurkha Rifles
1924 became the 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles
1947 allocated to India on Partition
1950 became 4 Gorkha Rifles

Gorkha Regiments (India) Wikipedia
4 Gorkha Rifles Wikipedia
4th (Prince of Wales's Own) Gurkha Rifles Regiments.org, an archived website. Includes a bibliography.
"Gurkha Connections" by Jim Foulds, page 3 of Pdf "Autumn 2012 Newsletter of The War Graves Photographic Project". Article about the grave in Germany of Rifleman Kale Pun, of the 4th Gurkha Regiment During the conflict in North Africa in 1942, the 4GR were in the front line opposing superior German forces, taking grievous casualties. Rifleman Pun was one of the survivors who were rounded up and transferred to a POW camp in Germany. He died in Germany. There is mention of the book Bugles and A Tiger by John Masters recording his time as a young Officer of the 4th Gurkha Regiment and also on the North West Frontier in the 1930s. Available at the British Library and online, see below

Bugles And A Tiger 1965 edition, may be read online on the Digital Library of India website.
Bugles and a Tiger, a Volume of Autobiography 1956 may be borrowed from the Internet Archive Lending Library. Only one person at a time is able to borrow, so you may need to wait for the book to be returned, First you must sign up with the Open Library
Handbooks for the Indian Army: Gurkhas. Compiled under the orders of the Government by Lieut- Colonel Eden Vansittart 2nd Bn 10th Gurkha Rifles. revised by Major B U Nicolay 1st Bn, 4th Gurkha Rifles 1915 (Reprint 1918), is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Catalogued as Gurkhas (1915), barcode 99999990134142,
‪A History of the 4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles 1857-1937 Volume II by Ronald Macdonell and Marcus Macaulay may be read online on the Digital Library of India website. Covers the history from 1919 This appears to be a reprint edition published in 1960- the first author's first name is elsewhere stated to be Ranald. (Second of three volumes, first published 1940-1952. The third volume by J.N. Mackay covers the period to 1938-1948)). The first and third volumes are available at the British Library

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 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Gorkha_Rifles 4 Gorkha Rifles] Wikipedia
 *[http://web.archive.org/web/20071110140505/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/gurkha/04GR.htm 4th (Prince of Wales's Own) Gurkha Rifles] Regiments.org, an archived website. Includes a bibliography.
-*Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7578 thread] about the eligibility of the 1/4th and 2/4th Gurkhas for the China Medal 1900 following their service in the [[3rd China War|Boxer Uprising]]
 *[http://www.twgpp.org/downloads/news/TWGPP_Newsletter_Autumn_2012.pdf  "Gurkha Connections"] by Jim Foulds, page 3 of Pdf "Autumn 2012 Newsletter of The War Graves Photographic Project". Article about the grave in Germany of Rifleman Kale Pun, of the 4th Gurkha Regiment   During the conflict in North Africa in 1942, the 4GR were in the front line opposing superior German forces, taking grievous casualties. Rifleman Pun was one of the survivors who were rounded up and transferred to a POW camp in Germany. He died in Germany. There is mention of the book ''Bugles and A Tiger'' by [[John Masters]] recording his time as a young Officer of the 4th Gurkha Regiment and also on the North West Frontier in the 1930s. Available at the [[British Library]] and online, see below