Badges of 8th Gurkha Rifles 8 Gurkha Rifles The 8 Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha regiment of the Indian Army. It was raised in 1824 as part of the British East India Company and later transferred to the British Indian Army after the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The regiment served in the World War I […]
Badges of 7th Gurkha Rifles 7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles The 7th (Duke of Edinburgh’s Own) Gurkha Rifles started as a regiment of the British Indian Army, before being transferred to the British Army following India’s independence. Formation The original 7th Gurkhas was formed as the Assam Sebundy Corps in 1835, eventually becoming […]
Badges of 6th Gurkha Rifles 6th Queen Elizabeth’s Own Gurkha Rifles The 6th Queen Elizabeth’s Own Gurkha Rifles was a regiment of the British Indian Army, before being transferred to the British Army following India’s independence. Originally raised in 1817 as part of the army of the British East India Company, the regiment has been […]
Badges of 5th Gurkha Rifles Brief History Abbottabad They were raised as the 25th Punjab Infantry or Hazara Gurkha Battalion in 1858. Their base was Abbottabad and remained so until 1947. This town was founded in 1853 by Major James Abbott, the first British deputy commissioner of Hazara District. It is a hill station situated […]
Badges of 4th Gurkha Rifles 4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles The 4 Gorkha Rifles is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It was originally raised in 1857 as part of the British Indian Army, but after India’s independence in 1947 it was one of six Gurkha regiments transferred to the Indian Army. […]
Badges of 3rd Gurkha rifles 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles The 3 Gorkha Rifles is an Indian Army infantry regiment. It was originally a Gurkha regiment of the British Indian Army formed in 1815. They were present at a number of actions and wars including the Siege of Delhi in 1857 to the First […]
Badges of 2nd Gurkha rifles 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) The 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) was an infantry 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 […]
1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) The 1 Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It was originally formed as part of the British Indian Army in 1815, later adopting the title of the 1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment), however, in 1947, […]
Navy & Army Canteen Board The NACB (1917 to 1921) was a central organisation that managed canteen services and procured food supplies for the British armed forces at home. The origins of the NACB arose from allegations and complaints about the varying standards of regimental catering. Prior to 1914 individual regiments were responsible for their […]
RNAS The Royal Flying Corps had wings on the left breast, but the Royal Naval Air Service only had a small pair of wings on the left arm cuff to distinguish them as aircrew. Many of the RNAS personnel had wings made up in the local workshops which they wore as per RFC. These wings […]