10th Gurkha Rifles: Difference between revisions

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1890 Raised by Lt Col C R Macgregor as 1st Regiment of Burma Infantry by amalgamation of 10th Madras Infantry and The Kubo Valley Military Police Battalion
1890 became the 10th (Burma) Regiment of Madras Infantry
1891 became the 10th Regiment (1st Burma Battalion) of Madras Infantry
1892 became the 10th Regiment (1st Burma Rifles) of Madras Infantry
1895 became the 10th Regiment (1st Burma Gurkha Rifles) of Madras Infantry
1901 became the 10th Gurkha Rifles
1908 2nd Battalion raised by Lt Col G H C Colomb from a wing of the 1st Battalion.
1947 allocated to Britain on Partition
1948 became the 10th Gurkha Rifles, The Gurkha Regiment
1949 became the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles
1990 united with 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), 6th Queen Elizabeth’s Own Gurkha Rifles, and 7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles, to form 3rd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles

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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Princess_Mary%27s_Own_Gurkha_Rifles 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Gurkha_Rifles Royal Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>
+[http://www.10gr.com/html/History.htm 10th (Princess Mary's Own)10th Ghurka Rifles] Comprehensive history published by the 10GR Regimental Trust <br>
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