2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
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title:
2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
text:
The 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles was a rifle regiment of the British Indian Army before being transferred to the British Army on India's independence in 1947. The 4th Battalion joined the Indian Army as the 5th Battalion, 8th Gorkha Rifles, where it exists to this day. As part of the British Army, the regiment served in Malaya, Hong Kong and Brunei until 1994 when it was amalgamated with the other three British Army Gurkha infantry regiments to form the Royal Gurkha Rifles. It is the
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_King_Edward_VII%27s_Own_Gurkha_Rifles_(The_Sirmoor_Rifles)
date created:
2004-08-15T18:58:50Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T20:03:41Z
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