The 2nd Gurkha Regiment or Goorkhas, as the 2nd liked to spell it, sprang from one of the battalions raised from prisoners after the Nepal War in 1815/16. Lieutenant F Young raised the Sirmoor battalion, so called because they were originally based at Nahan in Sirmoor but it was an unhealthy place so they moved to Dehra Dun where they remained until they were transferred to the British army in 1947. They survived as a seperate unit with their distinctive red and black diced cap-band until 1st July 1994 when the 4 British Gurkha regiments were amalgamated to form The Royal Gurkha Rifles.
