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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://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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Gurkha_Rifles 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia | *[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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Gurkha_Rifles 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia | |||
*[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 | |||
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Revision as of 00:43, 25 October 2012
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 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
- Capt George Theodore Gill and 2/6th Gurkha Rifles on the North West Frontier 1915 from David Gill’s gillww1
- Capt George Theodore Gill and 2/6th Gurkha Rifles in Mesopotamia 1916 from David Gill’s gillww1