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created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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1817.05.17 |
The Cuttack
Legion |
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1823.01 |
The Rungpore
Local Battalion |
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1823.03 |
The Rungpoor
Light Infantry |
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1823.05.06 |
10th Rungpoor
Light Infantry |
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1826.12.01 |
8th (or Rungpur)
Local Light Infantry |
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1828 |
8th (or Assam)
Local Light Infantry |
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1844.08.09 |
8th (1st
Assam) Light Infantry |
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1850.03.01 |
1st Assam
Light Infantry Battalion |
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1861.05.03 |
46th (1st
Assam) Regiment of Light Infantry Bengal Native Infantry |
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1861.10.29 |
42nd (Assam)
Regiment of Light Infantry Bengal Native Infantry |
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1864 |
42nd (Assam)
Regiment of Bengal Native (Light) Infantry |
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1885.01 |
42nd (Assam)
Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry |
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1886.06 |
42nd Regiment
of Goorkha (Light) Infantry |
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1889 |
42nd (Goorkha)
Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry |
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1891.03 |
42nd Gurkha
(Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry |
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1901 |
42nd Gurkha
Rifles |
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1903.10.02 |
6th Gurkha
Rifles |
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1948.01.01 |
6th Gurkha
Rifles, The Gurkha Regiment
allocated to United Kingdom at independence of India,
less 3rd Bn transferred to 5th Gurkha
Rifles in Indian Army (as its 5th Bn) |
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1948.09.23 |
6th Gurkha
Rifles |
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1959.01.01 |
6th Queen
Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles
(named for Queen
Elizabeth II) |
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1994.07.01 |
amalgamated
with 2nd
King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles, 7th
Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles, and 10th
Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles, to form The
Royal Gurkha Rifles |
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Depot
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Home Station: Abbottabad
[1923-1948?] |
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Brigade
of Gurkhas [1948-present] |
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Regulars: |
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1st
Battalion [1817-1994] |
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2nd
Battalion [1904-1969] |
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3rd Battalion [1917-1921,
1940-1948]  |
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4th Battalion [1941-1947]
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Burma
1885-87
The Great War: Helles,
Krithia, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Suez
Canal, Egypt 1915-16,
Khan Baghdadi, Mesopotamia
1916-18, Persia 1918,
North West Frontier India
1915
Afghanistan
1919
The Second World War: Coriano,
Santarcangelo, Monte Chicco, Lamone Crossing, Senio Flood-bank,
Medicina, Gaiana Crossing, Italy 1944-45, Shwebo,
Kyaukmyaung Bridgehead, Mandalay, Fort Dufferin, Maymyo,
Rangoon Road, Toungoo, Sittang 1945, Chindits 1944, Burma
1944-45
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Badges: |
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Uniform: |
1953-1994: rifle green; facings: black; piping:
black
headdress:
tartan: Rifle
Green (pipers' plaids), Government
(pipe bags & ribbons) |
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1926.03.12 |
F.M.
Sir William Riddell (Birdwood), 1st Lord Birdwood, GCB, GCSI, GCMG,
GCVO, CIE, DSO |
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1951.05.18 |
Gen. Sir John Harding, GCB, CBE, DSO,
MC, ADC |
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1961.08.01 |
Maj-Gen. James Alexander Rowland Robertson,
GB, CBE, DSO |
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1969.04.30 |
Maj-Gen. Arthur Gordon Patterson, CB,
DSO, OBE, MC |
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1974.03.01 |
Brig. David Leonard Powell-Jones, DSO, OBE |
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1978.09.22 |
Col. (Hon. Brig.) Sir Noel Edward Vivian
Short, Kt, MBE, MC |
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1983.04.30 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Derek Boorman, KCB [also
Staffs Regt] |
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1988.05.01 |
Maj-Gen. Raymond Austin Pett, MBE
[to 1994] |
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Motto: |
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
quick (band):
Young May moon
quick (pipes): Queen Elizabeth's Own |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
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Regimental
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Full Histories:
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Gibbs, H.R.K. Historical record of
the 6th Gurkha Rifles. Aldershot : Gale & Polden, 1955.
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Short Histories:
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by A. Melville-Brown 
