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20 carried forward into the Royal Gurkha Rifles, to whom the honour of the Truncheon has devolved. The Truncheon is also put in a special centrepiece on the dining table of the Officers’ Mess dinner nights. The Truncheon was treated with the same honour and reverence as the Queen’s Colour of a regiment privileged to carry Colours. In Army Order No. 135 of 1950, some two years after the transfer of the Regiment from the old Indian Army to the British Army, it was stated that: “His Majesty The King has been graciously pleased to approve that the dignities and compliments appropriate to the King’s Colour of Infantry, which was accorded to the Truncheon carried by the 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), when that regiment was part of the Indian Army, shall continue to be accorded now the Regiment is part of the British Army.” In 1953 the Truncheon was carried at the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and two days later was, at Her Majesty’s special request, taken to Buckingham Palace, were she inspected and raised it in her hands . Her Majesty said that she would be pleased if another inscribed silver band could be affixed recording the carrying of the Truncheon at her Coronation. This was done and the band, which is placed at the head of the staff, reads: “ The Queen’s Truncheon was carried in procession at Her Majesty’s Coronation, 2nd June 1953. Inscribed by order of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.” Since then each time the Queen’s Truncheon has been presented to the Monarch the occasion has been marked with a new inscribed silver band affixed to the staff. On 24th June 1994, prior to the Regiment being amalgamated with the 6th, 7th, and 10th Gurkha Rifles to form The Royal Gurkha Rifles on 1 July 1994, after a Thanksgiving Service in the RMA Sandhurst Chapel for the 179 years of service of the Regiment, and in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales, the Queen’s Truncheon was placed into a glass case in the Indian Army Room in Old College at the RMA Sandhurst for safe keeping, pending a decision for it to be adopted by the new regiment. Recruits attesting on The Queen’s Truncheon. Her Majesty The Queen reviewing The Truncheon in 1975.