The Royal Gurkha Rifles | |
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Active | 1 July 1994 – present |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch | ![]() |
Type | Rifles |
Role |
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Size | Two battalions Five companies |
Part of | Brigade of Gurkhas Light Division |
Garrison/HQ | RHQ – Camberley[1] 1st Battalion – Shorncliffe 2nd Battalion – Seria, Brunei Coriano Company – Aldershot Garrison Falklands Company – Aldershot Garrison Sittang Company – Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Mandalay Company – Infantry Battle School Tavoleto Company – Land Warfare Centre |
Nickname(s) | The Gurkhas |
March | Quick – "Bravest of the Brave" Double Past – "Keel Row" Slow (band) – "God Bless the Prince of Wales" Slow (pipes and drums) – "The Garb of Auld Gaul" |
Anniversaries | Meiktila (1 March) Medicina (16 April) Regimental Birthday (1 July) Gallipoli (7 August) Delhi Day (14 September) |
Commanders | |
Colonel-in-Chief | The King |
Colonel of the Regiment | Major General Gerald Strickland |
Insignia | |
Tactical recognition flash | ![]() |
Tartan | ![]() Douglas (pipers' trews and plaids), from 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles |
Abbreviation | RGR |
The Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) is a rifle regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Unlike other regiments in the British Army, RGR soldiers are recruited from Nepal, which is neither a dependent territory of the United Kingdom nor a member of the Commonwealth.
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