1 Gorkha Rifles - Battle Honours

Battle Honours

  • Bharatpur, Aliwal, Sobraon, Afghanistan 1878–80, Tirah, Punjab Frontier;
  • First World War: Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres 1915, St. Julien, Festubert 1915, Loos, France and Flanders 1914–15, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1918, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1916–18;
  • N.W. Frontier India 1915–17, Afghanistan 1919;
  • Second World War: Jitra, Kampar, Malaya 1941–42, Shenam Pass, Bishenpur, Ukhrul, Myinmu Bridgehead, Kyaukse 1945, Burma 1942–45;
  • Post Independence: Kalidhar, Jammu and Kashmir 1965, Darsana, Jammu and Kashmir 1971, East Pakistan 1971.

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