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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1989
REGIMENTAL VISIT BY ROYAL COLONEL-IN-CHIEF
THE EDWARD VIL'S AND MEN OF (THURSDAY).
HE
* * *
PRINCE OF WALES, WHO IS COLONEL-IN-CHIEF OF THE 2ND OWN GURKHA RIFLES (THE STRMOOR RIFLES),
KING THE REGIMENT'S SECOND BATTALION
VISITED OFFICERS ON BORDER DUTY TODAY
NEAR
ALSO TOURED THE BATTALION'S CAMP AT GALLIPOLI LINES
KRI ΤΟ THE REGIMENT'S
SHEK KONG AND PRESENTED A OUTSTANDING SOLDIER.
CEREMONIAL
FOR HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE VISIT WAS A CHANCE TO RENEW AN OLD FRIENDSHIP BECAUSE THE BATTALION'S COMMANDANT. CHRISTOPHER LAVENDER, IS A FORMER EQUERRY TO THE PRINCE OF WALES.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
THE 2ND GURKHAS, AS THEY ARE MORE COMMONLY OLDEST GURKHA REGIMENT IN THE BRITISH ARMY, RAISED IN 1815, THE
KNOWN. ARE THE OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLO0.
YEAR
IT WAS THE FIRST NON-BRITISH UNIT TO TAKE THE DURING THE INDIAN
BRITISH MUTINY
SIDE AND ITS REGIMENTAL SEPTEMBER 14, CELEBRATES ITS HEROIC SERVICE DURING THE SIEGE OF DELHI. DAY, DELHI DAY ON
IN MORE RECENT TIMES THE REGIMENT SERVED WITH DISTINCTION THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY (1948-60), THE BRUNEI REBELLION (1962) AND BORNEO CONFRONTATION WITH INDONESIA.
IN
THE
THE PRINCE OF WALES FLEW FROM HELICOPTER OF 28 SQUADRON. ROYAL AIR FORCE, TO CREST HILL ON THE
HMS TAMAR IN A WESSEX KONG/CHINA BORDER.
HONG
HE WAS
PRESENTED MAJOR OFFICERS BORDER.
RECEIVED BY THE COMMANDANT, LT. COL. LAVENDER, (QUEEN'S GURKHA OFFICERI HARI BAHADUR BRIEFED THE PRINCE OF WALES ON THE BATTALION'S ROLE
GURUNG.
WHO
THE
ON
THE
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMANDANT. GALLIPOLI LINES WHERE THE COMMANDANT PRESENTED HIS MAJOR R.H. COLEMAN AND THE ADJUTANT, CAPTAIN I.A. RIGDEN.
FLEW To
SECOND-IN-COMMAND,
HIGHNESS PRESENTED THE
AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY, HIS ROYAL PRINCE OF WALES KUKRI TO COLOUR SERGEANT MAHENDRA THAPA.
GURKHA KNIFE.
A LAVISHLY ORNATE VERSION OF THE TRADITIONAL THE PRINCE OF WALES KUKRI HAS BEEN PRESENTED ANNUALLY SINCE THE SOLDIER OR SENIOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE FIRST OR BATTALION WHO IS JUDGED TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED MOST DURING THE YEAR.
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1979 TO SECOND
THE REGIMENT
/THIS YEAR