THE GURKHA REGIMENTS, WITH THEIR BATTLE HONOURS The following is a complete list of the ten Gurkha Regiments (each composed of two battalions), with their Battle Honours, etc.:-- 1ST KING GEORGE'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES (The Malaun Regiment). Raised at Subathu in 1815, chiefly from Gurkha soldiers of Amar Singh, by Lieut. R. Ross. BADGES.--The Plume of the Prince of Wales and the Royal and Imperial Cypher. BATTLE HONOURS.--"Bhurtpore," "Aliwal," "Sobraon," "Afghanistan '78/80," "Punjab Frontier," "Tirah." UNIFORM.--_Dark green_, facings _scarlet_. 2ND KING EDWARD'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES (The Sirmoor Rifles). Raised at Nahau (Sirmoor) in 1815, by Lieut. F. Young, from Gurkha soldiers, who took service with the British on the termination of the first phase of the Nepal war. Granted a truncheon for distinguished service at Delhi, 1857. BADGES.--The Plume of the Prince of Wales and the Royal and Imperial Cypher of Edward VII. BATTLE HONOURS.--"Bhurtpore," "Aliwal," "Sobraon," "Delhi," "Kabul '79," "Kandahar '80," "Afghanistan '78/80," "Punjab Frontier," "Tirah." UNIFORM.--_Dark green_, facings _scarlet_. 3RD QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES. Raised at Almora in 1815, by Lieut. Sir R. Colquhoun, Bart., from Gurkha soldiers, who took service with the British after the fall of Malaun and the conquest of Kamaon; supplemented by transfers from the Gorakhpur Hill Regiment, and originally designated the Kamaon Battalion. BADGE.--The Cypher of Queen Alexandra. BATTLE HONOURS.--"Delhi," "Ahmad Khel," "Afghanistan '78/80," "Burma '85/87," "Chitral," "Punjab Frontier," "Tirah." UNIFORM.--_Dark green_, facings _black_. 4TH GURKHA RIFLES. Raised in 1857, by Lieut. D. Macintyre, as an extra Gurkha regiment. BATTLE HONOURS.--"Ali Masjid," "Kabul '79," "Kandahar '80," "Afghanistan '78/80," "Chitral," "Punjab Frontier," "Tirah," "China 1900." UNIFORM.--_Dark green_, facings _black_. 5TH GURKHA RIFLES (Frontier Force). Raised at Abbotabad in 1858, by Capt. H.M.F. Boisragon, as the 25th Punjab Infantry, or Hazara Gurkha Battalion. BATTLE HONOURS.--"Peiwar Kotal," "Charasiah," "Kabul '79," "Kandahar '80," "Afghanistan '78/80," "Punjab Frontier." UNIFORM.--_Dark green_, facings _black_. 6TH GURKHA RIFLES. Raised at Chanbiaganj (Cuttack) in 1817, by Capt. S. Fraser, as the Cuttack Legion. Subsequently the 42nd Gurkha Rifles. Present designation, 1903. BATTLE HONOUR.--"Burma '85/87." UNIFORM.--_Dark green_, facings _black_. 7TH GURKHA RIFLES. Raised at Thayetmyo in 1902, by Major E. Vansittart, as the 8th Gurkha Rifles; became 2nd Battalion of the 10th Gurkha Rifles in 1903. Present designation, 1907. _Col._--Field-Marshal H.H. Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum. UNIFORM.--_Dark green_, facings _black_. 8TH GURKHA RIFLES. Raised at Sylhet in 1824, by Capt. P. Dudgeon, as the 16th or Sylhet Local Battalion; 1st Battalion was subsequently known as the 44th, 2nd Battalion as the 43rd. Present designation, 1903.