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[[Image:2nd Gurkha Rifles.jpg|right|350px|thumb|2nd Gurkha Rifles]]
Also known as '''The Sirmoor Rifles'''== Chronology ==*'''1815''' raised as Sirmoor Battalion by Lieutenant Frederick Young*'''1823''' became 8th (Sirmoor) Local Battalion*'''1826''' became 6th (Sirmoor) Battalion*'''1850''' became Sirmoor Battalion*'''1858''' became Sirmoor Rifle Regiment*'''1861''' became 17th Bengal Native Infantry*'''1864''' became 2nd Gurkha (Sirmoor Rifles) Regiment*'''1876''' became 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Gurkha Regiment (The Sirmoor Rifles)*'''1901''' became 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Regiment)*'''1936'''became King Edward VII'<br> See details under [[17th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]]s Own Gurkha Rifles*'''1947''' on Partition 2nd, 6th, 7th & 10th Battalions allocated to Britain, the rest to India
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/2ndgurkhas.htm 2nd Gurkha Rifles] British Empire website<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_King_Edward_VII's_Own_Gurkha_Rifles_(The_Sirmoor_Rifles) Sirmoor Rifles] Wikipedia
