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created 1 July 2002. Corrected and updated
29.10.2005
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Note:This
is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental
page for full lineage and other information.
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Colour Key
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| 1824.02.19 | 16th
(or Sylhet) Local Battalion raised |
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| 1826 | 11th (or Sylhet) Local Battalion | ||
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| 1827 | 11th (or Sylhet) Local Infantry | ||
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| 1861.10 | 44th (Sylhet) Light Infantry, Bengal Native Infantry | ||
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| 1886 | 44th Regiment of Goorkha (Light) Infantry | ||
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| 1891 | 44th Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry | ||
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| 1901 | 44th Gurkha Rifles | ||
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| 1903 | 8th Gurkha Rifles | ||
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| 1907 | 1st
Battalion, 8th
Gurkha Rifles redesignated on formation of 2nd Battalion |
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| 1914 | India | ||
| Mesopotamia | |||
| Egypt | |||
| 1969 | mechanised | ||
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| 1979 | 1st Battalion, The Mechanised Regiment | ||
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