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| '''Also known as The Sirmoor Rifles'''
| | #REDIRECT [[2nd Gurkha Rifles]] |
| == Chronology ==
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| *'''1815''' raised as Sirmoor Battalion by Lieutenant Frederick Young
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| *'''1823''' became 8th (Sirmoor) Local Battalion
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| *'''1826''' became 6th (Sirmoor) Battalion
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| *'''1850''' became Sirmoor Battalion
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| *'''1858''' became Sirmoor Rifle Regiment
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| *'''1861''' became 17th Bengal Native Infantry
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| *'''1864''' became 2nd Gurkha (Sirmoor Rifles) Regiment
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| *'''1876''' became 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Gurkha Regiment (The Sirmoor Rifles)
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| *'''1901''' became 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Regiment)
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| *'''1936''' became King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles
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| *'''1947''' on Partition 2nd, 6th, 7th & 10th Battalions allocated to Britain, the rest to India
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| == External Links ==
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| [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/2ndgurkhas.htm 2nd Gurkha Rifles] British Empire website<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_King_Edward_VII's_Own_Gurkha_Rifles_(The_Sirmoor_Rifles) Sirmoor Rifles] Wikipedia | |
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| [[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]] | | [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] |