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It was originally formed as part of the East India Company's Bengal Army in 1815, later adopting the title of the 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment), however, in 1947, following the partition of India, it was transferred to the Indian Army and in 1950 when India became a Republic, it was redesignated as 1st Gorkha ...
3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles: 1915: First World War: Fauquissart, France [22] George Wheeler: 9th Gurkha Rifles: 1917: First World War: Shumran, Mesopotamia [23] Karanbahadur Rana: 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
1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) (raised 1815, allocated to Indian Army at independence in 1947) 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (raised 1815, allocated to British Army in 1948) 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles (raised 1815, allocated to Indian Army at independence in 1947)
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. George was born during the reign of his paternal grandmother, Queen Victoria , as the second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King ...
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 .
2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) 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 ...
Brigade of Gurkhas is the collective name which refers to all the units in the British Army that are composed of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers. [3] The brigade draws its heritage from Gurkha units that originally served in the British Indian Army prior to Indian independence, and prior to that served for the East India Company. [4]
On 1 October 1987, the 4/5 Gorkha Rifles from Indian Army were deployed as peacekeepers to Sri Lanka. However, there they had to fight against the rebels. The Gurkha army first rescued the 13 Sikh Light Infantry and a team of 10 Para-commando. After the rescue operation, LTTE attacked the Gurkha army and the long battle started. The operation ...