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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://www.6thgurkhas.org/website/the-regiment The Regiment: 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles] (retrieved 3 May 2014) | |||
*[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://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://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/6thgurkhas.htm 6th Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website<br> | ||
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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/2012/09/01/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 | *[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] | *WW2Talk thread<ref>WW2Talk thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/44972-6th-gurkha-rifles/ 6th Gurkha Rifles] (retrieved 3 May 2014)</ref> about the 6th Gurkha Rifles in Burma during [[Second World War|WW2]] | ||
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Revision as of 02:52, 3 May 2014
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
- 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
- WW2Talk thread[1] about the 6th Gurkha Rifles in Burma during WW2
References
- ↑ WW2Talk thread 6th Gurkha Rifles (retrieved 3 May 2014)