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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 ...
Bengal Staff Corps attached to 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles: 1872: Looshai Expedition: Lalgnoora, India [13] George Channer: Bengal Staff Corps attached to 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles: 1875: Perak War: Perak, Malaya [14] John Cook: Bengal Staff Corps attached to 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles: 1878: Second Anglo-Afghan War
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)
The 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) was a rifle regiment of the British Indian Army before being transferred to the British Army on India's independence in 1947. The 4th Battalion joined the Indian Army as the 5th Battalion, 8th Gorkha Rifles (Sirmoor Rifles), where it exists to this day.
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 ...
1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles; 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles; 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 8th Gurkha Rifles; 9th Gurkha Rifles; In 1949, the spelling of 'Gurkha' in the Indian Army was changed to the traditional 'Gorkha'.
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 ...
2nd (the Prince of Wales's Own) Gurkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles): Renamed 2nd King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles) in 1906. 1st Battalion: Raised 1815. 2nd Battalion: Raised 1886. 3rd Gurkha Rifles: Renamed 3rd (The Queen's Own) Gurkha Rifles in 1907; 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles in 1908. 1st Battalion: Raised 1815.