3rd Gurkha Rifles
Refer to general article 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
John Morris
John Morris served as a commissioned officer in the Indian Army with the 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles from 1918 until 1934 in Palestine, Afghanistan (the Third Afghan War in 1919), Waziristan and the North West Frontier of India.[1] His autobiography Hired to Kill, Some Chapters of Autobiography was published in 1960. (London, Rupert Hart-Davis ). "Chapter Fifteen, in which he describes how he and his company were ambushed by Mahsud tribesmen on the frontier is a little masterpiece. In a quiet way, Mr Morris is one of the living masters of English prose style." [2] Available at the British Library
External Links
- 3rd Gurkha Rifles British Empire website
- 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles Regiments.org, an archived website
References
- ↑ "John Morris at Keio University 1938-1942" by William Snell, page 2 of the pdf
- ↑ "Times and Lives" by Stephen Spender in Encounter, January 1961, page 71 unz.org