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*WW2Talk Forum topics discuss aspects of the Regiment during [[Second World War|WW2]].<ref>Zahonado. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/8th-ghurka-rifles.26614/ 8th Ghurka Rifles] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 22 December 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2018. </ref><ref> dryan67. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/1st-battalion-8th-gurkha-rifles.60259/#post-696547 1st Battalion 8th Gurkha Rifles] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 21 January 2016. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the ''WW2Talk Forum'' post [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/indian-army-an-organisational-history.52920/ Indian Army: An Organisational History]. Retrieved 6 October 2018.</ref> | *WW2Talk Forum topics discuss aspects of the Regiment during [[Second World War|WW2]].<ref>Zahonado. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/8th-ghurka-rifles.26614/ 8th Ghurka Rifles] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 22 December 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2018. </ref><ref> dryan67. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/1st-battalion-8th-gurkha-rifles.60259/#post-696547 1st Battalion 8th Gurkha Rifles] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 21 January 2016. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the ''WW2Talk Forum'' post [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/indian-army-an-organisational-history.52920/ Indian Army: An Organisational History]. Retrieved 6 October 2018.</ref> | ||
==Historical books online== | ==Historical books online== | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/memoriesofsevenc00thorrich/page/104 Page 104]''Memories of Seven Campaigns: a record of thirty-five years' service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt, and the Sudan'' by James Howard Thornton, Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Service, late Principal Medical Officer Punjab Frontier Force. 1895 Archive.org. (The author was in the Bengal Medical Service 1856-1891). The author was appointed as Medical officer of the 44th Regiment of Native Infantry in March 1862, which took part in operations around Jowai. He was subsequently based at Cherra Poonjee in the Khasi Hills, Assam, took part in the [[Duar War|Bhutan War]], and was then based at [[Shillong]], until October 1868, when he took leave and left the regiment (page 154). | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023224490 ''With Mounted Infantry In Tibet''] by Brevet Major W J Ottley, 34th Sikh Pioneers 1906 Archive.org. The dedication mentions members of the 8th Gurkha Rifles. | *[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023224490 ''With Mounted Infantry In Tibet''] by Brevet Major W J Ottley, 34th Sikh Pioneers 1906 Archive.org. The dedication mentions members of the 8th Gurkha Rifles. | ||
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1952-history-of-8th-gurkha-rifles-1824-1949-by-huxford-s-pdf/ ''History of the 8th Gurkha Rifles, 1824-1949''] by H. J. Huxford. 1952. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. | *[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1952-history-of-8th-gurkha-rifles-1824-1949-by-huxford-s-pdf/ ''History of the 8th Gurkha Rifles, 1824-1949''] by H. J. Huxford. 1952. Link to a pdf download, 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 text 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. | :[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. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 14:02, 1 June 2019
Refer to general article Gurkha Rifles
Chronology
- 1824 raised as the 16th Sylhet Local Battalion
- 1826 became the 11th Sylhet Local (Light) Infantry
- 1861 became the 44th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1864 renamed the 44th (Sylhet) Regiment of Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
- 1885 became the 44th (Sylhet) Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry
- 1886 became the 44th Regiment, Gurkha (Light) Infantry
- 1891 became the 44th Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
- 1901 became the 44th Gurkha Rifles
- 1903 became the 8th Gurkha Rifles
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
FIBIS resources
- "The Walsh Family and the Cawnpore Massacre" by Paddy Walsh FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014) pages 3-15. For access, see FIBIS Journals
- William Walsh was Acting Quarter Master Sergeant of the Sylhet Light Infantry in 1844.
External Links
- The Gurkha Rifles from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe
- 8th Gurkha Rifles British Empire Website
- 8 Gorkha Rifles Wikipedia
- The Telegraph Obituary of Major-General Derek Horsford (1917-2007). He was commissioned into the 8th Gurkha Rifles and joined the 1st Battalion at Quetta in 1938, and was promoted to command the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1944 at Kohima in the Burma campaign.
- WW2Talk Forum topics discuss aspects of the Regiment during WW2.[1][2]
Historical books online
- Page 104Memories of Seven Campaigns: a record of thirty-five years' service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt, and the Sudan by James Howard Thornton, Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Service, late Principal Medical Officer Punjab Frontier Force. 1895 Archive.org. (The author was in the Bengal Medical Service 1856-1891). The author was appointed as Medical officer of the 44th Regiment of Native Infantry in March 1862, which took part in operations around Jowai. He was subsequently based at Cherra Poonjee in the Khasi Hills, Assam, took part in the Bhutan War, and was then based at Shillong, until October 1868, when he took leave and left the regiment (page 154).
- With Mounted Infantry In Tibet by Brevet Major W J Ottley, 34th Sikh Pioneers 1906 Archive.org. The dedication mentions members of the 8th Gurkha Rifles.
- History of the 8th Gurkha Rifles, 1824-1949 by H. J. Huxford. 1952. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
- The Gurkhas 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 text refers to events in 1964.The most likely publication appears to be The Gurkhas by Harold James and Denis Sheil-Small published 1965, London.
- The Gurkhas by James, 1965. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
References
- ↑ Zahonado. 8th Ghurka Rifles WW2Talk Forum 22 December 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ↑ dryan67. 1st Battalion 8th Gurkha Rifles WW2Talk Forum 21 January 2016. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the WW2Talk Forum post Indian Army: An Organisational History. Retrieved 6 October 2018.