42nd Gurkha Rifles: Difference between revisions

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Refer to general article Gurkha Rifles

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.[

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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/2012/09/07/26th-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]
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