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*[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> | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Gurkha_Rifles 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Gurkha_Rifles 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1057401/Joannas-dad-British-hero-called-Pun-Why-Major-Lumley-overwhelmed-shame-British-Governments-treatment-Gurkhas.html "Joanna's dad and a very British hero called Pun: Why Major Lumley would be 'overwhelmed with shame' at the British Government's treatment of the Gurkhas"] by Geoffrey Wansell 18 September 2008 dailymail.co.uk (retrieved 3 May 2014.) Includes details of the the battle for Mogaung in northern Burma in June 1944 (3rd Battalion of the 6th Gurkha Rifles). Two Victoria Crosses were awarded as a result, to Capt. Michael Allmand, who was killed and to Rifleman Tul Bahadur Pun. | *[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1057401/Joannas-dad-British-hero-called-Pun-Why-Major-Lumley-overwhelmed-shame-British-Governments-treatment-Gurkhas.html "Joanna's dad and a very British hero called Pun: Why Major Lumley would be 'overwhelmed with shame' at the British Government's treatment of the Gurkhas"] by Geoffrey Wansell 18 September 2008 dailymail.co.uk (retrieved 3 May 2014.) Includes details of the the battle for Mogaung in northern Burma in June 1944 (3rd Battalion of the 6th Gurkha Rifles). Two Victoria Crosses were awarded as a result, to Capt. Michael Allmand, who was killed and to Rifleman Tul Bahadur Pun. | ||
Revision as of 08:30, 10 June 2015
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
- The Regiment: 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles (retrieved 3 May 2014)
- The Gurkha Rifles from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe
- 6th Gurkha Rifles British Empire Website
- 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles Wikipedia
- "Joanna's dad and a very British hero called Pun: Why Major Lumley would be 'overwhelmed with shame' at the British Government's treatment of the Gurkhas" by Geoffrey Wansell 18 September 2008 dailymail.co.uk (retrieved 3 May 2014.) Includes details of the the battle for Mogaung in northern Burma in June 1944 (3rd Battalion of the 6th Gurkha Rifles). Two Victoria Crosses were awarded as a result, to Capt. Michael Allmand, who was killed and to Rifleman Tul Bahadur Pun.