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Old 04-07-2012, 03:58 PM
James Langham James Langham is offline
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I'm thinking of a Gurkha company being transferred en masse to one of the Bns of the Parachute Rgt due to a shortage of troops. It has been a regular occurrence in the British army among infantry units.

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According to Osprey Military Elite Series 49 The Gurkhas; there have been three Gurkha Parachute units 153 (Gurkha) Parachute Battalion; raised in 1941 from volunteers from all the Gurkha regiments; the 154 (Gurkha) Parachute Battalion, which was rasied the following year, was formed by 'converting' the 3rd/7th Gurkhas. A Gurkha Independent Parachute Company (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha_...achute_Company) was formed from Brigade of Gurkha in the early 1960's and was in existence for about 10 years.
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