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| rdfs:comment | - The Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) is a rifle regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Unlike other regiments in the British army, soldiers are recruited from Nepal, which is a nation independent of the United Kingdom and not a member of the Commonwealth. The regiment is now the sole Gurkha regiment of the British Army since the amalgamation of the four separate Gurkha regiments in 1994:
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| Nickname | - The Gurkhas / The Bravest of the Brave
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| identification symbol label | - Tactical Recognition Flash
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| Caption | - Cap badge of the Royal Gurkha Rifles
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| colonel of the regiment | - Brigadier J C Lawrence, CBE
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| March | - Double Past: Keel Row
- Quick: Bravest of the Brave
- Slow : God Bless the Prince of Wales
- Slow : The Garb of Auld Gaul
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| Motto | - "Better to die than to be a coward"
- "Kaatar Hunnu Bhanda Marnu Ramro
- कांथर हुनु भन्दा मर्नु राम्रो
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| abstract | - The Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) is a rifle regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Unlike other regiments in the British army, soldiers are recruited from Nepal, which is a nation independent of the United Kingdom and not a member of the Commonwealth. The regiment is now the sole Gurkha regiment of the British Army since the amalgamation of the four separate Gurkha regiments in 1994:
* 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 The Gurkhas in general and the direct predecessors of the Royal Gurkha Rifles in particular are considered by some to be among the finest infantrymen in the world, as is evidenced by the high regard they are held in for both their fighting skill, and their smartness of turnout on parade. Their standard of drill is considered to be on a par with that of the Foot Guards and in July 1997 the regiment mounted the guard at Buckingham Palace. In December 1995, Lieutenant-Colonel Bijaykumar Rawat became the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, the first Nepalese to become a battalion commander in the RGR. He oversaw the departure of the battalion from Hong Kong just before that city's transfer to Chinese control, and the battalion's relocation to Church Crookham, Hampshire in 1996. Their motto is: Better to die than live a coward.
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