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1st Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles
1st Bn 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles 
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1948.01.01Transferred from Indian Army to British Army  
1948.01Burma  
1948.01Malaya: 64 Reception Camp at Kuala Lumpur  
1948.02Malaya: Kluang  
1948.04Malaya: Majedee Barracks, JohoreJohore Sub-Dist
Jun - Oct 48: Malaya: on ops in South JohoreJohore Sub-Dist
Oct 48: Renamed 1st Bn 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles
Oct 48 - Jan 49: Singapore on IS Duties
Jan - Oct 49: Malaya: Kluang area48 Gurkha Brigade
Oct 49: Malaya: On Ops in Pahang2 Guards Brigade
 Apr 53: Malaya:Malaya Command 
1957.04Hong Kong: Norwegian Farm Camp48 Gurkha Brigade 
1958.03Malaya: Shillong Lines, Majedee Barracks, Johore
Apr 60: Malaya:63 Gurkha Brigade
 Jan 62: Malaya:99 Gurkha Brigade 
1963.04Malaya: Sungei Udang Camp, near Malacca
May - Jun 63: Borneo: 3rd Division Sarawak
Jun - Nov 63: Borneo: 2nd Division Sarawak
Jan - Aug 64: Borneo: Sabah/Kalabakan area5 Federal Brigade
 Jan - Jul 65: Borneo: 2nd Division Sarawak  
1965.08Hong Kong: Cassino Lines
 Dec 65 - Jul 66: Borneo: Bau and Serian areas of Sarawak  
1968.05Malaya: Minden Barracks, Penang
 19 Sep 68: Amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title  
1970.11Hong Kong: Queen’s Hill Camp 48th Gurkha Brigade 
1973.03England: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham 
Oct 73: LondonPublic Duties
 Aug 74 - Feb 75: Cyprus  
1975.04Hong Kong: Gallipoli Lines48 Gurkha Brigade
 Dec 1976: Hong Kong:Gurkha Field Force 
1979Brunei: Seria  
1981Hong Kong Gurkha Field Force 
1983.04England: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham 5 AB Brigade 
1985.04Hong Kong: Gurkha Field Force
 1987: Hong Kong48 Gurkha Brigade 
1989Brunei: Seria  
1991Hong Kong 48 Gurkha Brigade 
1993England: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham 5 Airborne Brigade
1 Jul 94: Renamed 3rd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles
 
2nd Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles
2nd Bn 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles 
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1948.01.01Transferred from Indian Army to British Army  
1948.01India  
1948.03Hong Kong: San Wai Camp26 Gurkha Brigade
Dec 48: Hong Kong: Whitfield Barracks, Kowloon26 Gurkha Brigade
May 49: Hong Kong: Jockey (Beas) Club Stables, near Fanling Golf Course
July 49: Hong Kong: Queens Hill Camp
 Oct 49: Renamed 2nd Bn 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles  
1950.04Malaya: Majedee Barracks, Johore Bahru 26 Gurkha Brigade
 Apr 57: Malaya1 Federal Brigade 
1960.07Hong Kong: Norwegian Farm Camp 48 Gurkha Brigade 
1961.10Hong Kong: Gallipoli Barracks48 Gurkha Brigade 
1962.07Singapore: Blakang Mati99th Gurkha Brigade
Apr - Oct 63: Borneo3 Commando Brigade
Nov 63 - May 64: Borneo99 Gurkha Brigade
Aug 64 - Feb 65: Borneo:
Jul 65 - Feb 66: Borneo99 Gurkha Brigade
 Jul - Sep 66: Borneo: Sarawak  
1967.06Malaya: Minden Barracks, Penang
Sep 67: Hong Kong for IS duties
19 Sep 68: amalgamated with 1st Battalion

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