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*[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/1245_Garhwal_Rifles.htm Garhwal Rifles] indiapicks.com
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*''John Eric Colenso: British Officer in the Gurkha Rifles'' by Ann Collins 24th August 2014 [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colensostudy.id.au%2FJohn%20Eric%20Colenso%20-%20a%20british%20gurkha%2002.pdf html version], [http://www.colensostudy.id.au/John%20Eric%20Colenso%20-%20a%20british%20gurkha%2002.pdf pdf]. colensostudy.id.au. He was appointed to the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in 1907 and seconded to the Burma Military Police (BMP) in1909. During WW1 was with the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in Egypt and then on the Western Front with the 2/39th Garhwal Rifles, and then with the 2nd/2nd Gurkhas. Back in India, he took part in the 3rd Afghan War with the 2/7th Gurkhas and was then with the BMP 1919- c 1922, when he was transferred to the 3rd Gurkha Rifles and took part in the actions in Waziristan 1922-1923. He retired in 1932.
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