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*'''1994''' amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) to form the 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles.[
*'''1994''' amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) to form the 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles.[
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
*[http://www.6thgurkhas.org/website/the-regiment  The Regiment: 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles] (retrieved 3 May 2014)
*[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://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/6thgurkhas.htm 6th Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/6thgurkhas.htm 6th Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website<br>
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*[http://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/gtg-on-the-north-west-frontier-1915    Capt George Theodore Gill and 2/6th Gurkha Rifles on the North West Frontier 1915] from David Gill’s gillww1
*[http://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/gtg-on-the-north-west-frontier-1915    Capt George Theodore Gill and 2/6th Gurkha Rifles on the North West Frontier 1915] from David Gill’s gillww1
*[http://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/26th-gurkha-rifles-in-mesopotamia-1916/ Capt George Theodore Gill and 2/6th Gurkha Rifles in Mesopotamia 1916] from David Gill’s gillww1
*[http://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/26th-gurkha-rifles-in-mesopotamia-1916/ Capt George Theodore Gill and 2/6th Gurkha Rifles in Mesopotamia 1916] from David Gill’s gillww1
*WW2Talk thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/44972-6th-gurkha-rifles/ 6th Gurkha Rifles]
*WW2Talk thread<ref>WW2Talk thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/44972-6th-gurkha-rifles/ 6th Gurkha Rifles] (retrieved 3 May 2014)</ref> about the 6th Gurkha Rifles in Burma during [[Second World War|WW2]]
 
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Revision as of 02:52, 3 May 2014

6th Gurkha Rifles

Refer to general article Gurkha Rifles

Chronology

  • 1817 raised as the Cuttack Legion
  • 1823 renamed Rangpur Light Infantry
  • 1826 became the 8th Local Light Infantry
  • 1844 became the 1st Assam Light Infantry
  • 1861 renamed the 42nd Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1864 renamed the 42nd (Assam) Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
  • 1885 became the 42nd (Assam) Bengal (Light) Infantry
  • 1886 became the 42nd Regiment of Goorkha Light Infantry
  • 1891 became the 42nd Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
  • 1901 became the 42nd Gurkha Rifles
  • 1903 became the 6th Gurkha Rifles
  • 1947 allocated to Britain on Partition
  • 1958 became the 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles
  • 1994 amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) to form the 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles.[

External Links

References

  1. WW2Talk thread 6th Gurkha Rifles (retrieved 3 May 2014)