43rd Gurkha Rifles

Refer to general article Gurkha Rifles

Chronology

• 1835 raised as the Assam Sebundy Corps
• 1844 renamed 2nd (Assam) Light Infantry
• 1861 became the 43rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1864 renamed the 43rd (Assam) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1885 became the 43rd (Assam) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
• 1886 became the 43rd Regiment, Gurkha Light Infantry
• 1891 became the 43rd Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
• 1901 became the 43rd Gurkha Rifles
• 1903 became the 7th Gurkha Rifles
• 1947 allocated to Britain on Partition
• 1970 became the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles
• 1994 amalgamated with the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles, 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles and 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles to become 2nd Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles

External Links

• The Gurkha Rifles from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe
  
• 7th Gurkha Rifles British Empire Website
  
• 7th Gurkha Rifles Wikipedia
• Pahalsing Karki [Seventh Gurkha Rifles] and Mesopotamia 1915 cwgc.org
• "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919" by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com
• Obituary: Major Rex Carr (1922-2013) 15 October 2013 The Telegraph. In 1944 he joined the 4th Battalion 1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles (4/1 GR) and took part in the Battle of Kohima as a company commander. After Indian Independence he joined the 2nd Battalion 7th Gurkha Rifles (2/7 GR) and accompanied the battalion to Malaya. He was subsequently awarded two Military Crosses for operations in the Malayan jungle.

Historical books online

• The Gurkhas Pdf download, 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.