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APPENDIX A
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ORGANISATION AND DERLOYMENT OF THE BRIGADE OF GURUHAS
.1. Five Infantry Battalions
1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
Brunei
2nd Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles
Notes:
Church Crookher.
UK
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
a. Each battalion has an establishment of 950 Gurkha ranks, of whom approximately 1/6th are on leave in Nepal at any one
time.
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The battalion in UK is on an unaccompanied 2 year tour.
The Gurkha Engineers
Two field squadrons, both in Hong Kong, one of which acts in a training role.
The Gurkha Signals
Providing communications in Hong Kong and Brunei for 48
and 51 Brigades,
4. The Gurkha Transport Regiment
Providing transport support for units in Hong Kong and Brunei.
5.
The Training Centre Brigade of Gurkhas
6.
British Gurkhas Menal
in Hong Kong.
Responsible for the recruiting, resettlement training, pension paying, ex-Servicemen's welfare and leave movement of Gurkhas.
7. Headquarters Brigade of Gurkhas in Hong Kong,
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