The 2nd Goorkhas Regimental Lineage
DATE | YEAR |
TITLE | AUTHORITY |
24-Apr | 1815 | SIRMOOR BATTALION | GCO of 24 April 1815 |
06-May | 1823 | 8th SIRMOOR (GOORKHA) BATTALION | GOCC unnumbered of 6 May 1823 covering GOGG No 8 of 2 May 1823 |
March | 1824 | 8th SIRMOOR BATTALION | Bengal Army List of 31 March 1823 |
01-Dec | 1826 | 6th SIRMOOR BATTALION | GGO No 231 of 5 October 1826 |
1845 | 6th SIRMOOR (RIFLE) BATTALION | ||
01-Mar | 1850 | SIRMOOR (RIFLE) BATTALION | GGO No 173 of 22 March 1850 |
April | 1852 | SIRMOOR BATTALION | Bengal Army List of April 1852 |
04-Sep | 1858 | SIRMOOR RIFLE REGIMENT | GOCC No 379 of 4 September 1858 |
03-May | 1861 | 17th REGIMENT, NATIVE INFANTRY | GGO No 400 of 3 May 1861 |
29-Oct | 1861 | 2nd GOORKHA (THE SIRMOOR RIFLES) REGIMENT | GGO No 990 of 29 October 1861 |
14-Mar | 1876 | 2nd (PRINCE OF WALES’ OWN) GOORKHA REGIMENT (THE SIRMOOR RIFLES) | GGO No 266 of 1876 |
12-Apr | 1886 | 2nd (PRINCE OF WALES’S OWN) GOORKHA REGIMENT (THE SIRMOOR RIFLES) | GO No 25 of 12 April 1886 |
20-Feb | 1891 | 2nd (PRINCE OF WALES’ OWN) GURKHA (RIFLE) REGIMENT (THE SIRMOOR RIFLES) | GO No 175 of 20 February 1891 |
13-Sep | 1901 | 2nd (PRINCE OF WALES’ OWN) GURKHA (RIFLE) REGIMENT (THE SIRMOOR RIFLES) | GGO No 937 of 13 September 1901 |
1901 | 2nd GURKHA RIFLES (PRINCE OF WALES’ OWN) (THE SIRMOOR RIFLES) | ||
02-Oct | 1903 | 2nd PRINCE OF WALES’ OWN GURKHA RIFLES (THE SIRMOOR RIFLES) | IAO No 181 of 2 October 1903 |
01-Jan | 1906 | 2nd KING EDWARD’S OWN GURKHA RIFLES (THE SIRMOOR RIFLES) | G of I of 1 January 1906; IAO No 56 OF 29 January 1906 |
27-Jun | 1936 | 2nd KING EDWARD VII’S OWN GURKHA RIFLES (THE SIRMOOR RIFLES) | G of I of 27 June 1936 |
01-Jan | 1948 | 2nd KING EDWARD VII’S OWN GURKHA RIFLES (THE SIRMOOR RIFLES) THE GURKHA REGIMENT | AO No 147 of 30 December 1947 |
23-Sep | 1948 | 2nd KING EDWARD VII’S OWN GURKHA RIFLES (THE SIRMOOR RIFLES) THE GURKHA REGIMENT | AO No 79 of 23 September 1948 |
01-Jan | 1950 | 2nd KING EDWARD VII’S OWN GURKHA RIFLES (THE SIRMOOR RIFLES) | AO No 135 of November 1949 |
01-Jul | 1994 | Amalgamated to form part of THE ROYAL GURKHA RIFLES | Royal Warrant of 24 March 1994; D/PS(A) 1104/10/1/PS 12(A) dated 15 Sep 1992 |
BATTALIONS
14-Sep | 1992 | 1st BATTALION | Title first used in 1886 when 2nd Battalion was raised. Amalgamated with 2nd Battalion in Hong Kong | D/DASD/8/4/28/5 ASD 1 dated 18 Oct 1991 |
1886 | 2nd BATTALION | Raised from 1st Battalion at Dehra Dun. | GO of 6 Feb 1886 | |
15-Feb | 1942 | Into captivity in Singapore. | ||
14/15 May | 1946 | Reconstituted from 3rd Battalion | IAO No 1255 of 1946 | |
14-Sep | 1992 | Amalgamated with 1st Battalion in Hong Kong | D/DASD/8/4/28/5 ASD 1 dated 18 Oct 1991 | |
12-Jun | 1917 | 3rd BATTALION | Raised at Dehra Dun | AD letter 8668 of 12 Jun 1917 & AD letter 15157 |
03-Oct | 1920 | Disbanded | ||
Oct | 1940 | Re-raised at Dehra Dun | ||
14/15 May | 1946 | Disbanded and reconstituted with 2nd Battalion at Santa Cruz Bombay at Midnight. | IAO No 1255 of 1946 | |
03-Mar | 1941 | 4th BATTALION | Raised at Dehra Dun | |
01-Jan | 1948 | Became 5th Battalion, 8th GURKHA RIFLES | ||
18-Mar | 1942 | 5th BATTALION | Raised at Dehra Dun | |
Jan | 1947 | Disbanded in Dehra Dun |