3rd Gurkha Rifles

Chronology

• 1815 raised as Kumaon Battalion
• 1826 became Kumaon Local Battalion
• 1860 became Kumaon Battalion
• 1861 became 18th Bengal Native Infantry
• 1864 became 3rd (Kumaon) Gurkha Regiment
• 1901 became 3rd Gurkha Rifles
• 1907 became 3rd Queen's Own Gurkha Rifles
• 1908 became 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
• 1947 allocated to India on Partition

External Links

3rd Gurkha Rifles British Empire website