6th Gurkha Rifles

Dates Locations Higher Formation/Remarks
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. 1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles .
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1948.01.01 Transferred from Indian Army to British Army .
1948.01 Burma .
1948.01 Malaya: Sungei Patani .
. Jun 48 - Jul 50: On Ops at Malaya/Siam border and Pahang 2nd Guards Brigade
. Oct 48: On Ops at Malaya/Siam border and Pahang Northern Sub-Dist
. Dec 49: On Ops at Malaya/Siam border and Pahang 48 Gurkha Brigade
. Jul 50 - Sep 51: On Ops at Bahau area of Negri Sembilan 48 Gurkha Brigade
. Late 51 - Apr 52: On Ops at Muar on the west coast of Johore 48 Gurkha Brigade
. Apr 52: On Ops at Kuala Kangsam in Perak 48 Gurkha Brigade
1953.10 Malaya: Suvla Barracks, Ipoh 48 Gurkha Brigade
1957.04 Hong Kong: Tam-Mi Camp .
. 1 Jan 59: Renamed 1st Bn 6th Queen Elizabeth'€™s Own Gurkha Rifles .
1959.04 Malaya: Quetta Lines, Kluang .
1962.05 England: Lucknow Barracks, Tidworth 51 Infantry Brigade
1964.02 Borneo: Sarawak where it initially deployed to Sibu and then to Lundu 51 Gurkha Brigade
1964.08 Hong Kong: Gallipoli Lines 48 Gurkha Brigade
. Jan 65 - Jul 65: Borneo: Serian area .
. Jan 66 - Jun 66: Borneo: 4th and 5th Divisions in Sarawak .
. 16 Jun 69: Amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title .
1971.10 Brunei: Seria 51st Infantry Brigade
1974.01 Hong Kong: Cassino Lines 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade
. 1977: Hong Kong: Cassino Lines Gurkha Field Force
1977.04 England: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham 6 Field Force
. Aug 77: London Public Duties
. Late 77: Manned Green Goddess fire engines to provide cover for three counties during the national strike of Firemen .
. Jul 78 - Feb 79: Belize First Gurkha Unit
1979.05 Hong Kong: Burma Lines, Fanling Gurkha Field Force
. 1982: Shooting Team won the Army Rifle Association Meeting at Bisley with a record score .
1982.11 Brunei: Seria .
1984.11 Hong Kong: Gurkha Field Force
. 1986: Hong Kong 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade
1987.04 England: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham 5 Airborne Brigade
. Mar - Sep 88: Belize .
1989.04 Hong Kong: 48th Gurkha Brigade
1992.05 Brunei: Seria .
1994 Hong Kong: .
. 1 July 94: Amalgamated with 1st Bn, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles, to form 1st Bn, The Royal Gurkha Rifles .
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. 2nd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles .
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1948.01.01 Transferred from Indian Army to British Army .
1948.01 India .
1948.03 Malaya: Wardieburn Camp, Kuala Lumpur .
. Jun 48: Malaya: On ops in Selangor and Negri Sembilan Central Sub-District
1949.01.01 Hong Kong: San Wai Camp 26 Gurkha Brigade
1950.04 Malaya: Kluang 26 Gurkha Brigade
1953.04 Malaya: Segamet, North Johore 26 Gurkha Brigade
1955.01.01 Malaya: Sikamet Camp, Seremban in Negri Sembilan 26 Gurkha Brigade
1957.04 Malaya: Suvla Barracks, Ipoh 26 Gurkha Brigade
. 1 Jan 59: Renamed 2nd Bn 6th Queen Elizabeth'€™s Own Gurkha Rifles .
. Apr 64: Malaya: Suvla Barracks, Ipoh 17 Gurkha Div, OCLF
1961.07 Hong Kong: New Territories with HQ at Beas Stables 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade
1962.09 Hong Kong: Gallipoli Lines, San Wai 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade
. Jun 63 - Sep 63: Borneo: 3rd division of Sarawak .
1964.09 Brunei: Medicini Camp, Seria 99 Gurkha Brigade
1966.12 Malaya: Kluang 3 Commando Brigade
. Feb - Jun 68: Hong Kong: for border and internal security duties .
1969.05 Hong Kong: Gallipoli Lines .
. 16 Jun 69: amalgamated in Hong Kong with 1st Battalion .
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