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Sathies went on to celebrate their first Delhi Day on the nearest weekend to 14
September 2006 in Aldershot. Approximately 150 ex-2 GR Gurkha Officers/Soldiers
turned up, including a healthy number from (SCUK). The Regimental flag had very
kindly and thoughtfully been fixed and raised by Brig Vernon Beauchamp early in the
morning!
£1,000
was kindly granted by the
Trustees
of the
2GR
Trust
Fund
to
subsidise the cost.
1.5
During the SRA(SC) meeting of Thursday, 27 February 2014, the Nominal Roll
of 2 GR personnel collated by Capt Raju Gurung here in the UK had reached
some 1,485 +. As a result, the President, Chairman and other Committee
Members of (SCUK) plus the Trustees of the 2 GR Trust Fund instructed Maj
(GCO) LB Gurung to officially form up the 2
nd
Gurkha Rifles Association-UK
(Sirmoor Sathies), so that the number of voting rights could then be determined
and allocated to the (Sirmoor Sathies) based on the principle of the number of
members residing in the UK.
1.6
To elect the Committee Members, an
Extraordinary General Meeting
(EGM)
was called forward by Maj (GCO) LB Gurung on Saturday, 1 March 2014 at the
Bhetghat Restaurant in Aldershot in the presence of Capt Bharatsing Thapa
Chhetri, the Chairman of Sirmoor Club Nepal (SCN). Well over 118 + ex-2GR
personnel turned up to elect the Committee Members.
1.7
The Association shall remain in being for as long as the majority of members
wish and for as long as they are prepared to administer and top-up the insufficient
grant which gets approved by the Trustees of the 2 GR Trust Fund whilst
celebrating historical Battle Honour days such as: The
Delhi Day
,
Tamandu Day
and
Tigris Day
.
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OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION
2.1.
To promote and maintain the bonds of friendship amongst ex-Gurkha all
ranks of the Sirmoor Regiment by getting together at least
twice
a
year
through
the medium of celebrating the unique battle honours, ie
Delhi Day
,
Tamandu
and
Tigris
. The Committee should aim to celebrate them on the nearest weekends.
This is due to the fact that big school halls are usually available only on weekends.
It has also been proven that only this best practice system has enabled maximum
number of members to share fond memories of their halcyon Army days. To date,
the UK-Sathies had been celebrating only Delhi Day; but they now wish to
celebrate
Tamandu
and
Tigris
Day
battle honours to be organized by outlying
branches in turn on an alternate yearly basis, ie if
Tamandu
is celebrated
this
year
, then
next
year
will be
Tigris’s
turn and so on.