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*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
==FIBIS resources==
*"The Walsh Family and the Cawnpore Massacre" by Paddy Walsh ''FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014)'' pages 3-15. For access, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
::William Walsh was Acting Quarter Master Sergeant of the Sylhet Light Infantry in 1844.
== External Links ==
*[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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Gurkha_Rifles 8 Gorkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>
*''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.
*WW2Talk Forum thread discusses aspects of the Regiment during [[ Second World War|WW2]]<ref>WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/26614-8th-ghurka-rifles/ 8th Gurkha Rifles]</ref> == References ==<references />
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