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Royal Gurkha Rifles

January 01, 1970

The Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) is a rifle regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Unlike other regiments in the British Army, RGR soldiers are recruited from Nepal, which is neither a dependent territory of the United Kingdom nor a member of the Commonwealth.

The Royal Gurkha Rifles
Cap badge
Active1 July 1994 – present
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeRifles
Role
SizeTwo battalions
Five companies
Part ofBrigade of Gurkhas
Light Division
Garrison/HQRHQ – Camberley[1]
1st Battalion – Shorncliffe
2nd Battalion – Seria, Brunei
Coriano Company – Aldershot Garrison
Falklands Company – Aldershot Garrison
Sittang Company – Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Mandalay Company – Infantry Battle School
Tavoleto Company – Land Warfare Centre
Nickname(s)The Gurkhas
MarchQuick – "Bravest of the Brave"
Double Past – "Keel Row"
Slow (band) – "God Bless the Prince of Wales"
Slow (pipes and drums) – "The Garb of Auld Gaul"
AnniversariesMeiktila (1 March)
Medicina (16 April)
Regimental Birthday (1 July)
Gallipoli (7 August)
Delhi Day (14 September)
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefKing Charles III
Colonel of
the Regiment		Major General Gerald Strickland
Insignia
Tactical recognition flash
Tartan
Douglas (pipers' trews and plaids), from 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles
AbbreviationRGR

History edit

See also: British Indian Army, Gorkha regiments history, Brigade of Gurkhas history, and Gurkhas

The regiment was formed as the sole Gurkha infantry regiment of the British Army following the consolidation of the four separate Gurkha regiments in 1994:[2]

The amalgamations took place as follows:

  • 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles; formed by the consolidation of the 1st Bn, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles and 1st Bn, 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles.
  • 2nd Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles; formed by renaming the 1st Bn, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles.
  • 3rd Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles; formed by renaming the 1st Bn, 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles.

The 3rd Battalion was consolidated with the 2nd Battalion in 1996 as part of run down of British forces in Hong Kong.[3]

The Gurkhas in general and the direct predecessors of the Royal Gurkha Rifles in particular are considered to be among the finest infantrymen in the world, as is evidenced by the high regard they are held in for both their fighting skill, and their smartness of turnout on parade.[4]

In December 1995, Lieutenant-Colonel Bijaykumar Rawat became the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, the first Nepalese to become a battalion commander in the RGR. He oversaw the departure of the battalion from Hong Kong just before that city's transfer to Chinese control, and the battalion's relocation to Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham in 1996.[5]

Twice during its most recent Brunei posting the 2nd Battalion was deployed as the Afghanistan Roulement Infantry Battalion, while the 1st Battalion deployed as part of 52 Infantry Brigade in late 2007. During this tour, Cornet Harry Wales (Prince Harry) was attached for a period to the 1st Battalion as a Forward Air Controller.[6]

Under Army 2020, the regiment was intended to provide two light role battalions, rotating between Brunei and the UK, with their higher unit as 11th Infantry Brigade.[7] However, in June 2015, the 2nd Battalion, then based in the UK, was reassigned to form part of 16 Air Assault Brigade, in the air assault infantry role.[8]

In 2018, the UK Government announced that it intended to recruit more than 800 new posts to the Brigade of Gurkhas.[9] Approximately 300 of these are planned for the Royal Gurkha Rifles, which was to see the formation of a new battalion planned for the specialist infantry role.[10] On 11 March 2019, the Minister for the Armed Forces confirmed that the 3rd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles would be reestablished, with recruitment starting in 2019.[11] The battalion was reformed on 31 January 2020, to be based initially at Shorncliffe before moving to Aldershot.[12] However, following the revised Future Soldier (British Army) reorganisation, the formation of the 3rd Battalion was cancelled, with instead a number of independent companies established to reinforce units across the British Army. The first formed unit, Coriano Company, was subsequently followed by a second, Falklands Company, which was attached to 2nd Battalion, The Rangers.[13]

Organisation edit

The first battalion (1 RGR) is based at the British garrison in Brunei as part of Britain's commitment to maintaining a military presence in Southeast Asia.[14]

The second battalion (2 RGR) is based at Sir John Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe, near Folkestone in Kent as part of 16 Air Assault Brigade, and is available for deployment to most areas in Europe and Africa.[14]

1 RGR and 2 RGR rotate between Brunei and Folkestone.[15]

Coriano Company and Falklands Company operate as part of the Army Special Operations Brigade providing training, mentoring and operational support for indigenous forces in partner nations, and is based in Aldershot Garrison.[16]

Training companies edit

In addition to the operational battalions, three further units are cap badged as Royal Gurkha Rifles:

  • Gurkha Company (Sittang)[17]
  • Gurkha Wing (Mandalay)[18]
  • Gurkha Company (Tavoleto)[19]

These three are formed as operational training units at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the Infantry Battle School and the Land Warfare Centre, to provide opposing forces for realistic battle simulation.

Gurkha clerks edit

Prior to 2011, administrative support for the entire Brigade of Gurkhas was provided by specially trained personnel called Gurkha clerks, who wore the cap badge of the Royal Gurkha Rifles. In June 2011, the Gurkha clerks were amalgamated into a single company sized unit called the Gurkha Staff and Personnel Support Company (GSPS), which was incorporated as part of the Adjutant General's Corps. As with the other Gurkha support units (Queen's Gurkha Engineers, Queen's Gurkha Signals, Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment), the GSPS received its own cap badge based on the badge of its parent corps.[20]

Ranks edit

Upon joining the British Army the RGR's predecessor regiments adopted British rank titles (e.g. sergeant and corporal) instead of the Indian Army names used before (e.g. havildar and naik). Similarly, the regiments' Viceroy Commissioned Officers, who were neither commissioned officers nor non-commissioned officers but filled most of the junior officer positions in a battalion, had their titles changed to (King's) Queen's Gurkha Officer (QGO), e.g. lieutenant (QGO), captain (QGO), major (QGO) instead of the Indian Army ranks of jemadar, subedar, and subedar-major.[21] At the same time, some RGR Gurkha officers had a Queen's Commission; they often had a (GCO) suffix after their rank.[22]

Subsequently, on 17 June 2008, the London Gazette published a Supplement that effectively abolished the QGO system by listing every serving QGO officer with their new commissioned rank (e.g. captain (QGO) became captain); the (QGO) and (GCO) suffixes disappeared.[23] Thus, serving Gurkhas, who previously would have become QGO, are now given a British commission and described as "Late Entry." Direct entry officers can be either British or Nepali (occasionally); they follow the normal British Army training for all direct entry infantry officers. A significant addition to the normal direct entry training for British RGR officers is that they will carry out Nepali language training in Nepal, which culminates in a month-long hike through the Nepalese countryside both to practise their language skills and learn about the country from which their soldiers are recruited.[24]

Notable soldiers edit

Corporal Dip Prasad Pun of the 1st battalion (1 RGR) was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for an act of bravery during the War in Afghanistan in 2010. He alone defended his outpost against a force of up to 12 Taliban fighters. He fired more than 400 rounds, 17 grenades, and one mine. He resorted to fighting with his machine gun tripod after his ammunition had run out.[25][26]

Battle honours edit

The battle honours of the Royal Gurkha Rifles are as follows:[27]

Lineage edit

Alliances edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 1 Feb 2005". Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Serving Brigade of Gurkhas". 13 February 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  3. ^ . Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  4. ^ The Gurkhas, Byron Farwell, W.W. Norton, 1984
  5. ^ . Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  6. ^ "9 times The Royal Family showed their appreciation for The Gurkhas". The Gurkha Welfare Trust. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Gurkhas from 2 Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles based at Sir John Moore Barracks in Folkestone join army's 16 Air Assault Brigade based in Colchester". Kent Online. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Did you transfer out of the Brigade of Gurkhas?". Gurkha Brigade. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  10. ^ Ripley, Tim (18 July 2018). . Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  11. ^ "New Gurkha battalion to be established as brigade grows". British Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  12. ^ "The Third Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles reformation parade". Gurkha Brigade Association. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  13. ^ "F (Falklands) Company, Formation Parade 18th November 2021". Gurkha Brigade Association. Brigade of Gurkhas. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  14. ^ a b "His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei says farewell to 2 RGR". The Gurkha Brigade Association. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  15. ^ "The Royal Gurkha Rifles". gurkhabde.com. Gurkha Brigade Association. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  16. ^ "New specialist Gurkha battalion established". Ministry of Defence. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Sittang". Gurkha Brigade Association. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  18. ^ "Mandalay". Gurkha Brigade Association. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  19. ^ "Gurkha Company (Tavoleto) Warminster Parade". Gurkha Brigade Association. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  20. ^ "Gurkha Staff and Personnel Support". Brigade of Gurkhas Association. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  21. ^ Mike Chappell, "The Gurkhas," Osprey Publishing, 1994, pp 32, 42, 44, 56, and 61.
  22. ^ Major General (Ret'd) JC Lawrence, "Gurkha - 25 years of The Royal Gurkha Rifles," Unicorn Publishing Group, 2019, pp 206 and 214.
  23. ^ Lawrence, pp 208, 209, and 279
  24. ^ Lawrence, pp 13, 103, and 105.
  25. ^ . London. States News Service. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  26. ^ . Kathmandu. The Kathmandu Post. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  27. ^ . Archived from the original on 18 June 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  28. ^ . 10gr.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2009.

External links edit

  • The Royal Gurkha Rifles
  • The Royal Gurkha Rifles Gurkha Brigade Association

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The Royal Gurkha Rifles RGR is a rifle regiment of the British Army forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas Unlike other regiments in the British Army RGR soldiers are recruited from Nepal which is neither a dependent territory of the United Kingdom nor a member of the Commonwealth The Royal Gurkha RiflesCap badgeActive1 July 1994 presentAllegiance United KingdomBranch British ArmyTypeRiflesRole1st Battalion Light Infantry 2nd Battalion Air Assault Infantry Coriano Company Specialist Infantry Falklands Company Specialist Infantry Sittang Company Mandalay Company Tavoleto Company OPFORSizeTwo battalionsFive companiesPart ofBrigade of GurkhasLight DivisionGarrison HQRHQ Camberley 1 1st Battalion Shorncliffe2nd Battalion Seria BruneiCoriano Company Aldershot GarrisonFalklands Company Aldershot GarrisonSittang Company Royal Military Academy SandhurstMandalay Company Infantry Battle SchoolTavoleto Company Land Warfare CentreNickname s The GurkhasMarchQuick Bravest of the Brave Double Past Keel Row Slow band God Bless the Prince of Wales Slow pipes and drums The Garb of Auld Gaul AnniversariesMeiktila 1 March Medicina 16 April Regimental Birthday 1 July Gallipoli 7 August Delhi Day 14 September CommandersColonel in ChiefKing Charles IIIColonel ofthe RegimentMajor General Gerald StricklandInsigniaTactical recognition flashTartanDouglas pipers trews and plaids from 7th Duke of Edinburgh s Own Gurkha RiflesAbbreviationRGR Contents 1 History 2 Organisation 2 1 Training companies 2 2 Gurkha clerks 3 Ranks 4 Notable soldiers 5 Battle honours 6 Lineage 7 Alliances 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory editSee also British Indian Army Gorkha regiments history Brigade of Gurkhas history and Gurkhas The regiment was formed as the sole Gurkha infantry regiment of the British Army following the consolidation of the four separate Gurkha regiments in 1994 2 2nd King Edward VII s Own Gurkha Rifles The Sirmoor Rifles 6th Queen Elizabeth s Own Gurkha Rifles 7th Duke of Edinburgh s Own Gurkha Rifles 10th Princess Mary s Own Gurkha Rifles The amalgamations took place as follows 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles formed by the consolidation of the 1st Bn 2nd King Edward VII s Own Gurkha Rifles and 1st Bn 6th Queen Elizabeth s Own Gurkha Rifles 2nd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles formed by renaming the 1st Bn 7th Duke of Edinburgh s Own Gurkha Rifles 3rd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles formed by renaming the 1st Bn 10th Princess Mary s Own Gurkha Rifles The 3rd Battalion was consolidated with the 2nd Battalion in 1996 as part of run down of British forces in Hong Kong 3 The Gurkhas in general and the direct predecessors of the Royal Gurkha Rifles in particular are considered to be among the finest infantrymen in the world as is evidenced by the high regard they are held in for both their fighting skill and their smartness of turnout on parade 4 In December 1995 Lieutenant Colonel Bijaykumar Rawat became the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion the first Nepalese to become a battalion commander in the RGR He oversaw the departure of the battalion from Hong Kong just before that city s transfer to Chinese control and the battalion s relocation to Queen Elizabeth Barracks Church Crookham in 1996 5 Twice during its most recent Brunei posting the 2nd Battalion was deployed as the Afghanistan Roulement Infantry Battalion while the 1st Battalion deployed as part of 52 Infantry Brigade in late 2007 During this tour Cornet Harry Wales Prince Harry was attached for a period to the 1st Battalion as a Forward Air Controller 6 Under Army 2020 the regiment was intended to provide two light role battalions rotating between Brunei and the UK with their higher unit as 11th Infantry Brigade 7 However in June 2015 the 2nd Battalion then based in the UK was reassigned to form part of 16 Air Assault Brigade in the air assault infantry role 8 In 2018 the UK Government announced that it intended to recruit more than 800 new posts to the Brigade of Gurkhas 9 Approximately 300 of these are planned for the Royal Gurkha Rifles which was to see the formation of a new battalion planned for the specialist infantry role 10 On 11 March 2019 the Minister for the Armed Forces confirmed that the 3rd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles would be reestablished with recruitment starting in 2019 11 The battalion was reformed on 31 January 2020 to be based initially at Shorncliffe before moving to Aldershot 12 However following the revised Future Soldier British Army reorganisation the formation of the 3rd Battalion was cancelled with instead a number of independent companies established to reinforce units across the British Army The first formed unit Coriano Company was subsequently followed by a second Falklands Company which was attached to 2nd Battalion The Rangers 13 Organisation editThe first battalion 1 RGR is based at the British garrison in Brunei as part of Britain s commitment to maintaining a military presence in Southeast Asia 14 The second battalion 2 RGR is based at Sir John Moore Barracks Shorncliffe near Folkestone in Kent as part of 16 Air Assault Brigade and is available for deployment to most areas in Europe and Africa 14 1 RGR and 2 RGR rotate between Brunei and Folkestone 15 Coriano Company and Falklands Company operate as part of the Army Special Operations Brigade providing training mentoring and operational support for indigenous forces in partner nations and is based in Aldershot Garrison 16 Training companies edit In addition to the operational battalions three further units are cap badged as Royal Gurkha Rifles Gurkha Company Sittang 17 Gurkha Wing Mandalay 18 Gurkha Company Tavoleto 19 These three are formed as operational training units at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst the Infantry Battle School and the Land Warfare Centre to provide opposing forces for realistic battle simulation Gurkha clerks edit Prior to 2011 administrative support for the entire Brigade of Gurkhas was provided by specially trained personnel called Gurkha clerks who wore the cap badge of the Royal Gurkha Rifles In June 2011 the Gurkha clerks were amalgamated into a single company sized unit called the Gurkha Staff and Personnel Support Company GSPS which was incorporated as part of the Adjutant General s Corps As with the other Gurkha support units Queen s Gurkha Engineers Queen s Gurkha Signals Queen s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment the GSPS received its own cap badge based on the badge of its parent corps 20 Ranks editUpon joining the British Army the RGR s predecessor regiments adopted British rank titles e g sergeant and corporal instead of the Indian Army names used before e g havildar and naik Similarly the regiments Viceroy Commissioned Officers who were neither commissioned officers nor non commissioned officers but filled most of the junior officer positions in a battalion had their titles changed to King s Queen s Gurkha Officer QGO e g lieutenant QGO captain QGO major QGO instead of the Indian Army ranks of jemadar subedar and subedar major 21 At the same time some RGR Gurkha officers had a Queen s Commission they often had a GCO suffix after their rank 22 Subsequently on 17 June 2008 the London Gazette published a Supplement that effectively abolished the QGO system by listing every serving QGO officer with their new commissioned rank e g captain QGO became captain the QGO and GCO suffixes disappeared 23 Thus serving Gurkhas who previously would have become QGO are now given a British commission and described as Late Entry Direct entry officers can be either British or Nepali occasionally they follow the normal British Army training for all direct entry infantry officers A significant addition to the normal direct entry training for British RGR officers is that they will carry out Nepali language training in Nepal which culminates in a month long hike through the Nepalese countryside both to practise their language skills and learn about the country from which their soldiers are recruited 24 Notable soldiers editCorporal Dip Prasad Pun of the 1st battalion 1 RGR was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for an act of bravery during the War in Afghanistan in 2010 He alone defended his outpost against a force of up to 12 Taliban fighters He fired more than 400 rounds 17 grenades and one mine He resorted to fighting with his machine gun tripod after his ammunition had run out 25 26 Battle honours editThe battle honours of the Royal Gurkha Rifles are as follows 27 Amboor Carnatic Mysore 1792 Assaye 1803 Ava 1852 Burma 1885 87 Bhurtpore Aliwal Sobraon Delhi 1857 Kabul 1879 Afghanistan 1878 80 Kandahar 1880 Tirah Punjab Frontier Afghanistan 1919 First World War La Bassee 1914 Festubert 1914 15 Givenchy 1914 Neuve Chapelle Aubers Loos France and Flanders 1914 15 Egypt 1915 Tigris 1916 Kut al Amara 1917 Baghdad Mesopotamia 1916 18 Persia 1918 Baluchistan 1918 Helles Krithia Suvla Sari Bair Gallipoli 1915 Suez Canal Egypt 1915 16 Khan Baghdadi Mesopotamia 1916 18 Persia 1916 1918 North West Frontier India 1915 17 Egypt 1915 Megiddo Sharon Palestine 1918 Shaiba Kut al Amara 1915 17 Ctesiphon Defence of Kut al Amara Baghdad Sharqat Mesopotamia 1915 18 The Second World War Tobruk 1942 El Alamein Akarit Tunis Cassino 1 Poggio Del Grillo Gothic Line Tavoleto Coriano Santacangelo Monte Chicco Bologna Medicina Italy 1944 45 Jitra Slim River Sittang 1942 1945 Kyaukse 1942 1945 North Arakan Imphal Tuitum Bishenpur Tengnoupal Shwebo Kyaukmyaung Bridgehead Mandalay Myinmu Bridgehead Fort Dufferin Meiktila Irrawaddy Rangoon Road Chindits 1943 44 amp 45 Tamandu Maymyo Falklands WarLineage editLineage The Royal Gurkha Rifles The 2nd King Edward VII s Own Gurkha Rifles The Sirmoor Rifles The Sirmoor Battalion The 6th Queen Elizabeth s Own Gurkha Rifles The Cuttack Legion The 7th Duke of Edinburgh s Own Gurkha Rifles Assam Sebundy Corps The 10th Princess Mary s Own Gurkha Rifles 14th Battalion of Coast Sepoys 28 Alliances edit nbsp India Para Indian Special Forces Special Frontier Force nbsp Canada The Queen s Own Rifles of Canada nbsp New Zealand Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment nbsp Malaysia Royal Malay Regiment Elite Parachute Division nbsp Brunei Gurkha Reserve Unit nbsp Singapore Gurkha ContingentSee also editHistory and origin of Gurkha regiments Gorkha regiments India 39 Gorkha battalions serving in 7 Gorkha regiments Gurkha Contingent Singapore a line department of Singapore police Gurkha Reserve Unit Brunei special guard force Kukri Military Forces Based in Brunei Queen s TruncheonReferences edit House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 1 Feb 2005 Retrieved 24 February 2021 Serving Brigade of Gurkhas 13 February 2013 Retrieved 26 April 2014 Regimental History Archived from the original on 10 May 2016 Retrieved 26 April 2014 The Gurkhas Byron Farwell W W Norton 1984 New Ideas Gurkha Signals Engineers amp British Officers Archived from the original on 26 April 2014 Retrieved 26 April 2014 9 times The Royal Family showed their appreciation for The Gurkhas The Gurkha Welfare Trust 28 August 2018 Retrieved 28 July 2020 Army 2020 Report PDF Archived from the original PDF on 10 June 2014 Retrieved 26 April 2014 Gurkhas from 2 Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles based at Sir John Moore Barracks in Folkestone join army s 16 Air Assault Brigade based in Colchester Kent Online 5 June 2015 Retrieved 19 November 2015 Did you transfer out of the Brigade of Gurkhas Gurkha Brigade 2 August 2016 Retrieved 22 December 2016 Ripley Tim 18 July 2018 UK to recruit more Gurkha soldiers Jane s 360 Archived from the original on 18 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 New Gurkha battalion to be established as brigade grows British Ministry of Defence Retrieved 11 March 2019 The Third Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles reformation parade Gurkha Brigade Association 3 February 2020 Retrieved 9 April 2020 F Falklands Company Formation Parade 18th November 2021 Gurkha Brigade Association Brigade of Gurkhas 30 November 2021 Retrieved 3 December 2021 a b His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei says farewell to 2 RGR The Gurkha Brigade Association 14 June 2022 Retrieved 25 February 2023 The Royal Gurkha Rifles gurkhabde com Gurkha Brigade Association 22 February 2020 Retrieved 22 February 2020 New specialist Gurkha battalion established Ministry of Defence 14 March 2019 Retrieved 31 March 2019 Sittang Gurkha Brigade Association Retrieved 29 August 2018 Mandalay Gurkha Brigade Association Retrieved 29 August 2018 Gurkha Company Tavoleto Warminster Parade Gurkha Brigade Association 31 August 2018 Retrieved 8 January 2019 Gurkha Staff and Personnel Support Brigade of Gurkhas Association 4 December 2014 Retrieved 25 July 2018 Mike Chappell The Gurkhas Osprey Publishing 1994 pp 32 42 44 56 and 61 Major General Ret d JC Lawrence Gurkha 25 years of The Royal Gurkha Rifles Unicorn Publishing Group 2019 pp 206 and 214 Lawrence pp 208 209 and 279 Lawrence pp 13 103 and 105 The Outstanding Examples Of A Generation The OP Honours Recipients London States News Service 25 March 2011 Retrieved 5 March 2013 The land of the brave Kathmandu The Kathmandu Post 1 April 2011 Retrieved 5 March 2013 Battle Honours Archived from the original on 18 June 2016 Retrieved 26 April 2014 A short history of the 10th Princess Mary s own Gurkha Rifles 10gr com Archived from the original on 7 October 2010 Retrieved 1 June 2009 External links editThe Royal Gurkha Rifles The Royal Gurkha Rifles Gurkha Brigade Association Preceded byThe Parachute Regiment Infantry Order of Precedence Succeeded byThe Rifles Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Royal Gurkha Rifles amp oldid 1215618196, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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