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== External links ==
[http://web.archive.org/web/20071025082501/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/gurkha/10GR.htm 10th Gurkha Rifles] www.regiments.org<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Princess_Mary%27s_Own_Gurkha_Rifles 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Gurkha_Rifles Royal Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.10gr.com/html/History.htm 10th (Princess Mary's Own)Ghurka Rifles] Comprehensive history published by the 10GR Regimental Trust <br>
→Historical books online
*'''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>
==Regimental histories==
*''History of the 10th Gurkha Rifles, the First Battalion, 1890- 1921'' by Brian Reginald Mullaly 1924. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01007254906
*''Bugle and Kukri : the story of the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles'' by Brian Reginald Mullaly 1957. Available online, refer below.
:The story of the regiment to the time of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
*''Bugle & Kukri : the story of 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles. Vol.2'' by R. W. L. McAlister. 1984 Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008818812
:The years 1948 to 1975.
*''Bugle and Kukri : the story of the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles. Vol.3'' by P.T.C. Pearson. 2000. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008818813
:The years 1975 to 1994.
*''Britain's Brigade of Gurkhas : the 2nd K.E.O. Goorkha Rifles, the 6th Q.E.O. Gurkha Rifles, the 7th D.E.O. Gurkha Rifles and the 10th P.M.O. Gurkha Rifles'' by E.D. Smith. Originally published 1973, and reprinted 1982. Series: ''Famous regiments''. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01007379549
==First World War==
Regimental War Diaries are available from the National Archives, Kew, England. Note that many of these are hand written, however transcribed editions are available for Gallipoli, for the 10th Gurkha Rifles and for the 29th Indian Infantry Brigade, of which the 10th Gurkha Rifles was a part, edited by Martin Gillott. publisher Great War Diaries, in Kindle editions which have a Search facility (anyone with Kindle Unlimited can read them for free). (Download of a free Kindle App is available, you don't need Kindle).
For National Archives references, and Theatres of War, refer External Links below.
== External links ==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071025082501/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/gurkha/10GR.htm 10th Gurkha Rifles] www.regiments.org<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Princess_Mary%27s_Own_Gurkha_Rifles 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Gurkha_Rifles Royal Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160229135440/http://www.10gr.com/html/History.htm "A short history of the 10th Princess Mary's own Gurkha Rifles"] 1990. Researched, written and edited by DF Harding MA FRAS, late 10 GR, incorporating material from an earlier edition by Maj (later Col) MG Allen for the period 1890-1975. Comprehensive history published by the 10GR Regimental Trust. 10gr.com, now an archived website.
*WW1 National Archives War Diary catalogue references, collaborativecollections.org:
**[http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/1st_Battalion_10th_Gurkha_Rifles,_Indian 1st Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles] Theatres of War: Mesopotamia and North Persia
**[http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/2nd_Battalion_10th_Gurkha_Rifles,_Indian 2nd Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles] Theatres of War: Egypt, Palestine and Syria; Gallipoli; Mesopotamia and North Persia; India and East Persia
***For Gallipoli, the [http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/29th_Indian_Infantry_Brigade 29th Indian Infantry Brigade] War Diary is also very relevant.
*[https://thegurkhamuseum.co.uk The Gurkha Museum] Peninsula Barracks, Winchester, Hampshire, England. Covers the [[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd]], [[6th Gurkha Rifles|6th]], [[7th Gurkha Rifles|7th]] and 10th Gurkha Rifles, those Gurkha Regiments which became part of the British Army.
===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), Catalogued as Gurkhas (1915): [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.237136 Archive.org version], mirror edition from Digital Library of India
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1957-bugle-and-kukri-story-of-the-10th-princess-marys-own-gurkha-rifles-by-mullaly-s-pdf/ ''Bugle and Kukri : the story of the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles''] by Brian Reginald Mullaly 1957. Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Dataset. If the Download button does not display, look under Books/Nepal from the toolbar at the top of the website. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3090 Archive.org mirror version].
* ''The Gurkhas'' [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126645 Archive.org version] , mirror edition from Digital Library of India. A regimental history. This appears to be a reprint edition, 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 ''The Gurkhas'' by Harold James and Denis Sheil-Small published 1965, London.
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1965-the-gurkhas-by-james-s-pdf/ ''The Gurkhas''] by James, 1965. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
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