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*[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>
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*'''1970''' became the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles
*'''1994''' amalgamated with the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles, 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles and 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles to become 2nd Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles
==Regimental histories==
*''Extracts from the history of the Seventh Gurkha Rifles''
:Cover title: ''The Seventh Gurkha Rifles : extracts from the history''
:Aldershot : Gale and Polden, 1954
: Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01012499495
*''History of 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles''. Produced under the direction of a regimental committee from the story compiled by Colonel J. N. Mackay, etc.
:Edinburgh ; London : William Blackwood & Sons, 1962.
:Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001096474
== External Links ==
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/7thgurkhas.htm 7th Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Gurkha_Rifles 7th Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia
*WW1 National Archives (Kew) War Diary catalogue references, collaborativecollections.org:
:[http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/1st_Battalion,_7th_Gurkha_Rifles,_Indian 1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles, Indian]. Theatres of war: Mesopotamia and North Persia.
:[http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/2nd_Battalion,_7th_Gurkha_Rifles,_Indian 2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles, Indian]. Theatres of war: Egypt, Palestine and Syria; Mesopotamia and North Persia; India and East Persia.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151103071507/http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/stories/pahalsing-karki-mesopotamia.php Pahalsing Karki [Seventh Gurkha Rifles<nowiki>]</nowiki> and Mesopotamia] 1915 cwgc.org, now an archived webpage. One of the links quoted in the article is now also archived: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120819164259/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/River_Warfare_in_Mesopotamia/River_Warfare_01.htm 'Flood Warfare in Mesopotamia'].(greatwardifferent.com)
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/527922.html "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919"] by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10380829/Major-Rex-Carr.html Obituary: Major Rex Carr] (1922-2013) 15 October 2013 ''The Telegraph''. In 1944 he joined the 4th Battalion [[1st Gurkha Rifles|1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles]] (4/1 GR) and took part in the Battle of Kohima as a company commander. After Indian Independence he joined the 2nd Battalion 7th Gurkha Rifles (2/7 GR) and accompanied the battalion to Malaya. He was subsequently awarded two Military Crosses for operations in the Malayan jungle.
*[https://thegurkhamuseum.co.uk The Gurkha Museum] Peninsula Barracks, Winchester, Hampshire, England. Covers the [[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd]], [[6th Gurkha Rifles|6th]], 7th and [[10th Gurkha Rifles]], those Gurkha Regiments which became part of the British Army.
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72740 ''The Gurkhas''] 1928 Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title: ''The Gurkhas: their Manners, Customs and Country'' by Major W Brook Northey, late 1st KGO Gurkha Rifles and Captain C J Morris 3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles. Also available as a download from [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1928-the-gurkhas-their-manners-customs-and-country-by-northey-s-pdf/ PAHAR] Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
