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The 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles was a rifle regiment of the British Indian Army, before being transferred to the British Army following India's independence. . Originally raised in 1817 as part of the army of the British East India Company, the regiment has been known by a number of names throughout its hi
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 .
3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles: 1918: First World War: El Kefr, Egypt [24] Lalbahadur Thapa: 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles: 1943: Second World War: Rass-es-Zouai, Tunisia [25] Gaje Ghale: 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles: 1943: Second World War: Chin Hills, Burma [26] Michael Allmand: Indian Armoured Corps attached to 6th Gurkha ...
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles on patrol in Helmand Province in Afghanistan in 2010. Four Gurkha regiments were transferred to the British Army on 1 January 1948: 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
Pun was 21 years old, and a Rifleman in the 3rd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles, in the Indian Army during World War II when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross: On 23 June 1944 at Mogaung , Burma , during an attack on the railway bridge, a section of one of the platoons was wiped out with the exception of ...
Transferred to 6th Gurkha Rifles, British Indian Army (1917) Attended Command and Staff College, Quetta (1927–1928) Assistant Military Secretary, India (1930–1932) Chief Instructor at Indian Military Academy (1932–1934) General Staff Officer 2, India, Waziristan (1936–1938) Commanding Officer 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles (1939–1940)
3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles; 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles; 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles; 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles; 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles; 11th Gurkha Rifles; 14th Gurkha Rifles; 25th Gurkha Rifles; 26th Gurkha Rifles; 29th Gurkha Rifles; 38th ...
4th Gorkha Rifles; 4th Hazara Pioneers; 4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs; 4th Punjab Infantry Regiment; 5th Bengal European Regiment; 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 5th Light Infantry; 5th Mahratta Light Infantry; 6th Bengal European Regiment; 6th Jat Light Infantry; 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles; 6th Rajputana Rifles; 7th (Duke ...