7th Gurkha Rifles

Dates Locations Higher Formation/Remarks
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. 1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles .
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1948.01.01 Transferred from Indian Army to British Army .
1948.01 Burma .
1948 Malaya: Sikamet Camp, Seremban .
. May 48: Began conversion to 101st Field Regiment, RA (7th Gurkha Rifles) .
. Jun 48: Malaya: On ops in Selangor and Negri Sembilan Southern Sub-District
. June 49: Converted back to infantry 1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles .
. Dec 49: Malaya: Southern Sub-District
. Dec 50: Malaya: 48 Gurkha Brigade
. 1952: Malaya: 63 Gurkha Brigade
1955.01 Malaya: Kluang 63 Gurkha Brigade
. 1 Jan 59: Renamed 1st Bn 7th Duke of Edinburgh'€™s Own Gurkha Rifles .
1959.04 Hong Kong: Tam Mei Camp 48 Gurkha Brigade
1961.07 Malaya: Suvla Lines, Ipoh North Malaya Sub-Dist
. Feb 63 - May 63: Brunei 99 Gurkha Brigade
. Nov 63 - May 64: Borneo: 3rd Div Sarawak 3 Commando Brigade
. Jan 64: Borneo: 3rd Div Sarawak 99 Gurkha Brigade
1964.10 Malaya: Quetta Lines, Kluang .
. Oct 64 - Mar 65: Borneo: Bau & Kuching area, 1st Div Sarawak 99 Gurkha Brigade
. Sep 65 - Jan 66: Borneo: 1st Div Sarawak .
. Jun 66 - Oct 66: Borneo: 4th and 5th Divs, Sarawak .
1966.12 Hong Kong: Queen’s Hill Camp .
. 1 Aug 70: amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title .
1971.09 England: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham .
. Dec 71 - Jan 72: London first Gurkhas to perform Public Duties
1973.03 Hong Kong: Queen'€™s Hill Camp 48th Gurkha Brigade
1977.03 Brunei: Seria .
1981.05 England: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham 5 Infantry Brigade
. Apr - Jun 82: Falklands Islands 5 Infantry Brigade
1983.05 Hong Kong: Cassino Lines, New Territories Gurkha Field Force.
1987 Brunei: Seria .
1989.04 Hong Kong 48 Gurkha Brigade
1991.04 England: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham 5 AB Brigade
. 1991 - 1992: Belize .
1993.04 Brunei: Seria .
1994.04 England: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham 5 AB Brigade
. 1 July 94: Renamed 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles .
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. 2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles .
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1948.01.01 Transferred from Indian Army to British Army .
1948.01 India .
1948.03 Malaya: Circular Road Camp, Kuala Lumpur .
. May 48: Began conversion to 102nd Field Regiment, RA (7th Gurkha Rifles) .
1948 Malaya: Wardieburn Camp, Kuala Lumpur .
. Jun 48: Malaya: On ops in Selangor and Negri Sembilan Central Sub-Dist
. Jun 49: Converted back to infantry 2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles .
. Dec 49: Malaya 48 Gurkha Brigade
. Dec 50: Malaya 63 Gurkha Brigade
1954.11 Hong Kong: Tam Mei Camp 48 Gurkha Brigade
1957.02 Malaya: Mersing Raod Camp, Kluang 99 Gurkha Brigade
. 1 Jan 59: Renamed 2nd Bn 7th Duke of Edinburgh'€™s Own Gurkha Rifles .
1959.02 Singapore: Blakang Mati 99 Gurkha Brigade
1962.10 Hong Kong: Beas Stable Camp 48 Gurkha Brigade
. Mar - Jun 63: Borneo 99 Gurkha Brigade
. Feb - Jul 64: Borneo: Sarawak-Sabah border and 5th Div Sarawak 51 Gurkha Brigade
1964.06 Hong Kong: Cassino Lines 48 Gurkha Brigade
. Jan - Jul 65: Borneo .
1965.08 Malaya: Sungei Udang Camp, near Malacca .
. Jan - Jul 66: Borneo: 1st Div Sarawak .
. Jun - Nov 67: Hong Kong for IS duties .
1968.08 Hong Kong: Cassino Lines 48 Gurkha Brigade
. 1 Aug 70: amalgamated with 1st Battalion .
1982.04.01 Re-formed in Hong Kong .
1982.04 Hong Kong: Gurkha Field Force
. 1987: disbanded .
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