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'ÃÂÃÂs 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'ÃÂÃÂs 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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