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  1. The Rifles

    The Rifles

  2. MCKINLAY Jonathan

    MCKINLAY Jonathan

    Poppy Wreath at Garstang War Memorial Lance Corporal, 25048995 Jonathan McKINLAY, 1st Rifles Born 7th November 1977, killed in action in Afghanistan 14th September 2011. He is at rest in Tidworth Military Cemetery. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-17631541...
  3. O'VASTAR, Adalia Daniel

    O'VASTAR, Adalia Daniel

    O'VASTAR, Adalia Daniel, Private 764581, 1/28th London Regiment Artists Rifles, (OLC?) Born April 5, 1887, killed December 30th 1917. He was the son of Adam and Mary Anna and husband of Alice Mary O'Vastar, of Dunromin, Sunnyfield, Guisborough, Yorks. Educated at Normanby and Middlesbrough...
  4. soldiers

    soldiers

  5. WILSON, Rodney Lee

    WILSON, Rodney Lee

    Corporal 25030966, 4th Rifles, fatally shot in Iraq whist rescuing a wounded comrade 7th June 2007 aged 30. At rest in Tidworth Military Cemetery, Tidworth, Wiltshire. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6936826.stm This memorial plaque is at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas...
  6. CLAY, Charles Herbert

    CLAY, Charles Herbert

    Colonel, 2/8 Gurkha Rifles, husband of Violet Commemorated on a memorial in All Saints church, Sudbury, Derbyshire
  7. Cameronians Memorial

    Cameronians Memorial

    Memorial to the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), who died during both World Wars. The regiment was disbanded in 1968. This one is at Kelvingrove, Glasgow.
  8. SIG 510

    SIG 510

  9. TKB-022P Assault Rifle

    TKB-022P Assault Rifle

    The Avtomat Korobov TKB-022P 'Uzi' Gripped Rifle.
  10. 7th Gurkha Rifles

    7th Gurkha Rifles

  11. 6th Gurkha Rifles

    6th Gurkha Rifles

  12. 5th Gurkha Rifles

    5th Gurkha Rifles

    They were raised as the 25th Punjab Infantry or Hazara Gurkha Battalion in 1858. Their base was Abbottabad and remained so until 1947. This town was founded in 1853 by Major James Abbott, the first British deputy commissioner of Hazara District. It is a hill station situated northeast of...
  13. 4th Gurkha Rifles

    4th Gurkha Rifles

    The first three regiments of Gurkhas date from 1815 but the 4th was raised in July 1857 at Pithoragarh. They were to hold the Kumaon Hills during the Mutiny. They were first numbered the 19th when taken into the Bengal line and under the authority of the British Crown, but a few months later...
  14. 2nd Gurkha Rifles

    2nd Gurkha Rifles

    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...
  15. 1st Gurkha Rifles

    1st Gurkha Rifles

    The Gurkhas have been Britain's best friends for so long that it seems inconceivable that they were once our enemy. The Gurkha war of 1815/6 ended when General Ochterlony defeated their army led by Amarsing Thapa at the fort of Malaun. The two Nasiri battalions (the word means 'friendly') were...
  16. Royal Ghurka Rifles

    Royal Ghurka Rifles

    Royal Ghurka Rifles on parade,the ghurkas are employed by the British Army.United Kindom
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