File:4th Battalion 2 Gurkhas (The Sirmoor Rifles) - History.pdf
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Size of this JPG preview of this PDF file: 424 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 170 × 240 pixels | 339 × 480 pixels | 543 × 768 pixels | 1,239 × 1,752 pixels.
Original file (1,239 × 1,752 pixels, file size: 2.01 MB, MIME type: application/pdf, 21 pages)
Captions
Captions
This is the Early History Part of the only continuously existing SIRMOOR RIFLES Battalion (5/8 GR) in the world!
Summary
[edit]| Description |
English: The most famous Gorkha Regiment in the British Indian Army were the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gorkha Rifles. They had even been presented the Queen's Truncheon by Queen Victoria. After grant of Independence to India, the famed 1st & 2nd Battalions of 2 GR were retained in the Royal Brigade of Gurkhas of the British Army, and were stationed abroad including at Hong Kong, Malaya, Borneo and Falkland Islands. Over a period of time all individual Regiments of the British Gurkha Brigade got amalgamated into the Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) and therefore lost their original identity. The RGR has been reduced to only three Battalions strength at present. However one Battalion of the 2 Gurkha Rifles escaped this fate and has continued as a SIRMOOR RIFLES Battalion, retaining the proud Two Centuries old identity of this great Regiment which has won over 50 Battle Honours! It was the 4/2 Gorkha Rifles, which is now part of the Indian Army's Gorkha Brigade, re-designated as 5/8 GR (THE SIRMOOR RIFLES). It is now a crack Unit, which has a great reputation. |
| Date | |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | Col JK Achuthan (Retd), Indian Army |
| Camera location |   | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap |  |
|---|
There is the 2 GR Association in the UK, consisting of officers who have served in this elite Regiment, which has won the maximum number of Victoria Crosses. There is also the SIRMOOR RIFLES Association in Nepal whose members are those who have served in this proud Regiment.
Licensing
[edit]I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 08:04, 8 June 2021 |  | 1,239 × 1,752, 21 pages (2.01 MB) | Col JK Achuthan (Retd), Indian Army (talk | contribs) | Uploaded own work with UploadWizard |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.