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1st Gurkha Rifles

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*'''1950''' became 1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorkha_regiments_(India) Gorkha Regiments (India)] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Gorkha_Rifles 1st Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rZ9HeuRZvTMC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA12&dq=1st+Gorkha+Rifles&source=bl&ots=630rrEL4ia&sig=ZYUKnLUMIBm7-5OgJNgrm1aYRVM&hl=en&ei=eYbXSenlJIbSjAfU5JCXDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#PPA12,M1 1st Gorkha Rifles] from The Gurkhas by Mike Chappel & Martin Windrow<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/1stgurkhas.htm 1st Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website<br>*WW2Talk thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/47412-1st-gurkha-rifles 1st Gurkha Rifles], mainly about the 3rd Battalion.*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/1565768/Major-General-Derek-Horsford.html Obituary of Major-General Derek Horsford] (1917-2007). He was commissioned into the 8th Gurkha Rifles and joined the 1st Battalion at Quetta in 1938, and was promoted to command the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1944 at Kohima in the Burma campaign.{{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}  
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