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*'''1950''' became 1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) | *'''1950''' became 1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorkha_regiments_(India) Gorkha Regiments (India)] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Gorkha_Rifles 1st Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rZ9HeuRZvTMC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA12&dq=1st+Gorkha+Rifles&source=bl&ots=630rrEL4ia&sig=ZYUKnLUMIBm7-5OgJNgrm1aYRVM&hl=en&ei=eYbXSenlJIbSjAfU5JCXDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#PPA12,M1 1st Gorkha Rifles] from The Gurkhas by Mike Chappel & Martin Windrow<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TCvyed3WstwC&pg=PA6&dq=Early+Years&as_brr=3&ei=yITXSbzaEp3CMrS2zfwC#PPA7,M1 The Gurkha Rifles] from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/1stgurkhas.htm 1st Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorkha_regiments_(India) Gorkha Regiments (India)] Wikipedia<br> | ||
''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/1565768/Major-General-Derek-Horsford.html 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. | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Gorkha_Rifles 1st Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br> | ||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rZ9HeuRZvTMC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA12&dq=1st+Gorkha+Rifles&source=bl&ots=630rrEL4ia&sig=ZYUKnLUMIBm7-5OgJNgrm1aYRVM&hl=en&ei=eYbXSenlJIbSjAfU5JCXDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#PPA12,M1 1st Gorkha Rifles] from The Gurkhas by Mike Chappel & Martin Windrow<br> | |||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TCvyed3WstwC&pg=PA6&dq=Early+Years&as_brr=3&ei=yITXSbzaEp3CMrS2zfwC#PPA7,M1 The Gurkha Rifles] from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe<br> | |||
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/1stgurkhas.htm 1st Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website<br> | |||
*WW2Talk thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/47412-1st-gurkha-rifles 1st Gurkha Rifles], mainly about the 3rd Battalion. | |||
*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/1565768/Major-General-Derek-Horsford.html 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. | |||
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Revision as of 06:04, 15 July 2013
Refer to general article Gurkha Rifles
Also known as The Malaun Regiment
Chronology
- 1815 raised as 1st Nasiri Battalion
- 1824 renamed 5th Local Battalion
- 1826 merged with 6th Local Battalion to become 4th Local Battalion
- 1849 66th Bengal Native Infantry mutinied and was disbanded
- 1850 took the title 66th (Goorkha Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry
- 1861 renamed the 1st Goorkha Regiment
- 1886 became the 1st Goorkha Light Infantry
- 1891 became the 1st Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment
- 1901 became the 1st Gurkha Rifles
- 1903 renamed the 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 1906 renamed the 1st Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 1910 renamed the 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 1937 became the 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
- 1950 became 1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
External Links
- Gorkha Regiments (India) Wikipedia
- 1st Gurkha Rifles Wikipedia
- 1st Gorkha Rifles from The Gurkhas by Mike Chappel & Martin Windrow
- The Gurkha Rifles from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe
- 1st Gurkha Rifles British Empire Website
- WW2Talk thread 1st Gurkha Rifles, mainly about the 3rd Battalion.
- 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.