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Refer to general article''' [[Gurkha Rifles]]'''<br /> | Refer to general article''' [[Gurkha Rifles]]'''<br /> | ||
| − | Also known as '''The Sirmoor Rifles''' | + | Also known as '''The Sirmoor Rifles''' or '''Sirmur Rifles''' |
== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1815''' raised as Sirmoor Battalion by Lieutenant Frederick Young | *'''1815''' raised as Sirmoor Battalion by Lieutenant Frederick Young | ||
Revision as of 03:16, 15 August 2015
Refer to general article Gurkha Rifles
Also known as The Sirmoor Rifles or Sirmur Rifles
Chronology
- 1815 raised as Sirmoor Battalion by Lieutenant Frederick Young
- 1823 became 8th (Sirmoor) Local Battalion
- 1826 became 6th (Sirmoor) Battalion
- 1850 became Sirmoor Battalion
- 1858 became Sirmoor Rifle Regiment
- 1861 became 17th Bengal Native Infantry
- 1864 became 2nd Gurkha (Sirmoor Rifles) Regiment
- 1876 became 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Gurkha Regiment (The Sirmoor Rifles)
- 1901 became 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Regiment)
- 1936 became King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles
- 1947 on Partition allocated to India
External Links
- 2nd Gurkha Rifles British Empire website
- Sirmoor Rifles Wikipedia
- 2nd Gurkhas, Delhi, 1857[1]
- WW2Talk thread 3/2 Gurkhas in the Arakan[2]
- Listen to the 1992 interview with Harold Douglas James British officer served with 3/2nd Bn Gurkha Rifles with 3 Column 77 Bde during First Chindit Expedition in Burma, 1943 Imperial War Museums
References
- ↑ 2nd Gurkhas, Delhi, 1857 Tora Blades Forum
- ↑ WW2Talk thread 3/2 Gurkhas in the Arakan
