Royal Gurkha Rifles

The Royal Gurkha Rifles
The Royal Gurkha Rifles
	Cap badge
Active	1 July 1994 – present
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Rifles
Role	1st Battalion – Light Infantry; 2nd Battalion – Air Assault Infantry; Coriano Company – Specialist Infantry; Falklands Company —Specialist Infantry; Sittang Company,; Mandalay Company,; Tavoleto Company—OPFOR;
Size	Two battalions; Five companies
Part of	Brigade of Gurkhas; Light Division
Garrison/HQ	RHQ – Camberley; 1st Battalion – Shorncliffe; 2nd Battalion – Seria, Brunei; Coriano Company – Aldershot Garrison; Falklands Company – Aldershot Garrison; Sittang Company – Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; Mandalay Company – Infantry Battle School; Tavoleto Company – Land Warfare Centre
Nickname(s)	The Gurkhas
March	Quick – "Bravest of the Brave"; Double Past – "Keel Row"; Slow (band) – "God Bless the Prince of Wales"; Slow (pipes and drums) – "The Garb of Auld Gaul"
Anniversaries	Meiktila (1 March); Medicina (16 April); Regimental Birthday (1 July); Gallipoli (7 August); Delhi Day (14 September)
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	King Charles III
Colonel of; the Regiment	Brigadier David T. Pack
Insignia
Tactical recognition flash
Tartan	; Douglas (pipers' trews and plaids), from 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles
Abbreviation	RGR

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, RGR soldiers are recruited from Nepal, which is neither a dependent territory of the United Kingdom nor a member of the Commonwealth.