Nepal Sirmooree 2025

21 On Monday 28th April 1997 the Queen’s Truncheon was taken back into service by The Royal Gurkha Rifles at a ceremony at RMA Sandhurst in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales. Although the rank of Jemadar is no longer in use in the British Army, the establishment of an extra officer to carry the Queen’s Truncheon is still on the strength of the new regiment and the title ‘Truncheon Jemadar’ has been retained. Although the Queen’s Truncheon is now the property of the Royal Gurkha Rifles it is on condition that it is not disposed of without the approval of the 2nd Gurkha Rifles Trust. His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Gurkha Rifles and formerly Colonel-in-Chief of the 2nd Goorkhas, inspects the Truncheon. Subedar Major Inderbeer Lamah with the Queen’s Truncheon. The exact date is not known but it must have been between 1868, when he was appointed Subedar Major, and his retirement in 1877.