2nd Gurkha Rifles
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation/Remarks |
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. | 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Goorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) | . |
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1948.01.01 | Transferred from Indian Army to British Army | . |
1948.01 | Singapore | . |
1948.08 | Malaya: | Johore Sub-District |
. | Dec 49: Malaya | Southern Sub District |
. | Dec 50: Malaya | 26 Gurkha Brigade |
. | Apr 53: Malaya | 99 Gurkha Brigade |
1960.04 | Hong Kong | 48 Gurkha Brigade |
1962.07 | Malaya: | . |
. | Dec 62 - Feb 63: Brunei | . |
. | Aug 63 - Oct 63: Borneo | 99 Gurkha Brigade |
. | Dec 63 - ?? 64: Borneo | 99 Gurkha Brigade |
1964? | Hong Kong: Queen'ÂÂs Hill Camp | . |
. | Aug 65 - ?? 65: Borneo | 51 Gurkha Brigade |
1966.12 | Malaysia | . |
1971 | Hong Kong | 51 Infantry Bde |
1975 | Brunei | . |
1977 | Hong Kong | Gurkha Field Force |
1979 | England: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham | . |
1981 | Hong Kong | Gurkha Field Force |
1985 | Brunei | . |
1987 | Hong Kong | 48 Gurkha Brigade |
1989.04 | England: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham | 5 Airborne Brigade |
1991.04 | Hong Kong: Cassino Lines | 48 Gurkha Brigade |
. | 14 Sep 92: amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title | . |
. | 1 Jul 94: Amalgamated with 1st Bn, 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles, to form 1st Bn, The Royal Gurkha Rifles | . |
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. | 2nd Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) | . |
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1948.01.01 | Transferred from Indian Army to British Army | . |
1948.01 | India | . |
1948.03 | Singapore | . |
1948.08 | Malaya | Northern Sub-Dist |
. | Dec 50: Malaya | 26 Gurkha Brigade |
. | Apr 53: Malaya | 48 Gurkha Brigade |
1954.03 | Hong Kong: Norwegian Farm Camp | . |
1956.03 | Singapore: Slim Barracks | . |
. | Mar 56: On ops in Malaya | 26 Gurkha Brigade |
. | 1958: On ops in Malaya | 99 Gurkha Brigade |
c1962.07 | Hong Kong: | . |
. | Apr 64 - ?? 64: Borneo | . |
. | June 65 - ?? 65: Borneo: coastal sector of 1st Div, Sarawak | . |
1968 | Malaysia or Brunei | . |
. | 1970: Reduced to a Company | . |
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1972 | Battalion reformed at Hong Kong | 48th Gurkha Brigade |
1975 | England: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham | . |
. | Nov 75: London | Public Duties |
1977 | Hong Kong | Gurkha Field Force |
1981 | Brunei | . |
1983 | Hong Kong | Gurkha Field Force. |
1985 | England: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham | 5 Airborne Brigade |
1987.04 | Hong Kong | 48 Gurkha BrigadeÃÂ |
1991 | Brunei: | . |
. | 14 Sep 92: amalgamated in Hong Kong with 1st Battalion | . |
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