"The Brigade still maintains a battalion in Brunei and plays a full part in the British Army's operational deployments worldwide - currently, in Afghanistan.
Major units
The major units of the Brigade today are The Royal Gurkha Rifles (two battalions), The Queen's Gurkha Engineers, Queen's Gurkha Signals, and The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment. In addition there are two independent companies - Gurkha Company (Sittang) at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Gurkha Wing (Mandalay) at the Infantry Battle School, Brecon.
The Gurkha Company at the Infantry Training Centre Catterick, meanwhile, trains the recruits who pass the demanding selection procedure. This selection is organized by HQ British Gurkhas Nepal, which also works with the Gurkha Welfare Scheme, the field arm of the Gurkha Welfare Trust, in support of retired Gurkhas. Sub-units also include the Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkha Staff and Personnel Support Company and the Learning Development Wing.
Contact
HQBG is located in Camberley, Surrey. The full postal address is shown below :
Headquarters Brigade of Gurkhas
Former Army Staff College
CAMBERLEY
Surrey
GU15 4PQ
E-mail:
Gurkhasbde-Inbox@mod.uk"
"The 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles (more usually known as 7GR) was until 1994 a regular infantry regiment of the British Army. As a result of Army restructuring following the end of the Cold War and foreshadowing the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China the Regiment merged with three other Gurkha infantry regiments to form The Royal Gurkha Rifles on 1st July 1994. The spirit of 7GR, its traditions of loyalty to the British Crown and the courage to confront the nations enemies gained from more than 90 years of service live on in the new regiment."
"The 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles, (abbreviated to 10 GR), was originally a rifle regiment of the British Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Nepalese origin. The regiment was first formed in 1890, taking its lineage from a police unit and over the course of its existence it had a number of changes in designation and composition. It took part in a number of campaigns on the Indian frontiers during the 19th and early 20th centuries, before fighting in the First World War, the Third Anglo-Afghan War and the Second World War. Following India's independence in 1947, the regiment was one of four Gurkha regiments to be transferred to the British Army. In the 1960s it was active in the Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation. It was amalgamated with the other three British Gurkha regiments to form the Royal Gurkha Rifles in 1994."
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