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10th Gurkha Rifles

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*'''1949''' became the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles
*'''1990''' united with 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), 6th Queen Elizabeth’s Own Gurkha Rifles, and 7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles, to form 3rd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles
 
==Details==
* '''Regt Centres'''- 1st Battn = Maymyo. 2nd Battn = Almora <ref> Indian Army List, January 1920 </ref>
* '''Uniform''' - Dark Green with Black Facings. <ref> [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mando_gal/4102722878/ Likeness of uniform] flickr.com – 10th Gurkha Rifles </ref>
== External links ==
===Historical books online===
*''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Gurkhas''. Compiled under the orders of the Government by Lieut- Colonel Eden Vansittart 2nd Bn 10th Gurkha Rifles. revised by Major B U Nicolay 1st Bn, 4th Gurkha Rifles 1915 (Reprint 1918), is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Catalogued as Gurkhas (1915): [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/237136 Pdf download].
 ==Details==* [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/126645 ''The Gurkhas'Regt Centres'''- 1st Battn = Maymyo] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. A regimental history. 2nd Battn = Almora <ref> Indian Army ListThis appears to be a reprint edition, January 1920 </ref>* 'for which no author is given, and which advises first published 1960. However the text refers to events in 1964.The most likely publication appears to be ''Uniform'The Gurkhas'' by Harold James and Denis Sheil- Dark Green with Black Facings. <ref> [http://wwwSmall published 1965, London.flickr.com/photos/mando_gal/4102722878/ Likeness of uniform] flickr.com – 10th Gurkha Rifles </ref>
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