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created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated
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5th
(Royal) Gurkha Rifles
(Frontier Force)
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India
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1858.05.22 |
25th Punjab
Infantry (or, Hazara Goorkha Battalion) |
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1861.05. |
7th Infantry
(or, Hazara Goorkha Battalion), PIF |
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1861.10. |
5th Goorkha
Regiment (or, Hazara Goorkha Battalion), PIF |
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1865.09.19 |
5th Goorkha
Regiment (or, Hazara Goorkha Battalion), PFF |
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1886 |
5th Goorkha
Regiment (The Hazara Goorkha Battalion), PFF |
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1887 |
5th Goorkha
Regiment, PFF |
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1891 |
5th Gurkha
(Rifle) Regiment, PFF |
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1901 |
5th Gurkha
Rifles |
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1903 |
5th Gurkha
Rifles (Frontier Force) |
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1921.02.15 |
5th Royal
Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) |
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1947 |
allocated
to India at independence and partition, receiving 5th Bn from 6th
Gurkha Rifles [its 3rd Bn], and 6th Bn from 7th
Gurkha Rifles [its 3rd Bn] |
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1949 |
5th Royal
Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) |
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1950 |
5th Gorkha
Rifles (Frontier Force) |
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5th
Gorkha Rifles (Bharat Rakshak) |
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Depot & HQ: |
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Home Station: Abbottabad
[1923-1948] |
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58th Gorkha Rifles Regimental
Centre (shared with 8th Gorkha
Rifles), Shillong, Meghalaya [1948-present] |
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Regulars: |
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1st
Battalion [1858-present] |
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2nd
Battalion [1886-present] |
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3rd
Battalion [1916-1921, 1940-present] |
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4th Battalion [1941-1946,
1963-present] |
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5th Battalion (Chindits)
[1948-present] |
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6th Battalion [1948-present] |
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Peiwar Kotal,
Charasiah, Kabul 1879, Kandahar 1880, Afghanistan 1878-80,
Punjab Frontier
The Great War: Suez
Canal, Egypt 1915-16, Khan
Baghdadi, Mesopotamia 1916-18, Helles,
Krithia, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, N.W.
Frontier India 1917
Afghanistan 1919,
North-West Frontier
1930, North-West Frontier 1936-39
The Second World War: The
Sangro, Caldari, Cassino II, San Angelo in Teodice, Rocca d'Arce,
Ripa Ridge, Femmina Morta, Monte San Bartolo, The Senio,
Italy 1943-45, Sittang
1942, Yenangyaung 1942, Buthidaung, Stockades, North Arakan, Chindits
1944, Mogaung, Imphal, Sakawng, Shenam Pass, Bishenpur, The Irrawaddy,
Sittang 1945, Burma
1942-45
Zoji La, Kargil,
Jammu and Kashmir 1947-48, Charwa,
Punjab 1965, Sylhet,
East Pakistan 1971, Jammu and Kashmir 1971, Shehjra, Punjab
1971
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Uniform: |
rifle green;
lanyard: red (granted 1921)
tartan: Government
(pipers' plaids, pipe bags & ribbons - 2nd Bn only?) |
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Victoria
Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference). |
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Havildar
Gaje Ghale, VC, 1943, by Ed Haynes. |
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Naik
Agam Singh Rai, VC, 1944, by Ed Haynes. |
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Subadar
Netra Bahadur Thapa, VC, 1944, by Ed Haynes. |
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Rifleman
Thaman Gurung, VC, 1944, by Ed Haynes. |
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Miscellaneous
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Regimental
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Full Histories:
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