History of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles: 1858 to 1928Andrews UK Limited, 19 дек. 2011 г. - Всего страниц: 620 A superb unit history. The project, originally privately printed, was initiated by Col. H. E. Weeks, but the final compilation and editing was carried through by several different officers of the Regiment.They made an excellent job of it.They cover the early days at Abbottabad, the Second Afghan War (when Capt John Cook won the Regiment's first VC at Peiwar Kotal), the Black Mountain expedition, the Hunza affair (when two more VCs were gained), and the services of the three battalions in the Great War (1st Bn at Gallipoli, 2nd Bn in Mesopotamia, and 3rd Bn in India and Mesopotamia). The text is accompanied by an Index, Apps: Roll of Honour (British officers ony), H & A, & list of former officers. |
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1st Battalion 2/Lieutenant 2nd Battalion 42nd Brigade 5th Gurkhas Abbottabad advance Afghan Akazais appointed April Army arrived attack August Baghdad bank Black Mountain Boisragon Brevet Brigadier-General British officers camp campaign Captain capture casualties Cavalry Colonel column command Darband December despatch detachment Division Double Company enemy expedition February fighting fire flank Frederick Roberts Frontier Force Gallipoli garrison ground guns Gurkha officers Gurkha Rifles Gurung Hassanzais Havildar Hazara headquarters Hill India Jemadar Kabul Kandahar Khan Khel killed Kohat Kotal Kurram Lewis guns Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Mahsuds Major March Mentioned in Despatches Mesopotamia miles Molloy Mountain Battery moved Naik Nasiriya night November nullah October Oghi operations orders party Pass Peshawar piquet position Punjab Punjab Infantry Ramadi ranks Rawalpindi reached Regiment remained retirement ridge Rifleman river Samana sangars Second-Lieutenant Sepoy Sikhs spur Subadar Subadar-Major Thapa trenches tribesmen troops Turkish Turks Valley village Waziristan withdrawal wounded yards