7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles

7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles
7th DEO Gurkha Rifles cap badge
Active1902–1994
Country   Nepal
 United Kingdom
 India
Branch British Army
TypeRifles
RoleLight Infantry
ColoursRifle Green; Facings Black
MarchOld Monmouthshire (Military Band)
All the Blue Bonnets are over the Border (Pipes and Drums)
EngagementsWorld War I
Mesopotamia, The Middle East
Third Afghan War
World War II
North Africa, Italy, Greece, Burma
Malayan Emergency
Indonesian Confrontation
Falkland Islands (1982)
Insignia
Shoulder Flash
Abbreviation7 GR

The 7th Gurkha Rifles was a rifle regiment of the British Indian Army, before being transferred to the British Army, following India's independence in 1947 and after 1959 designated as the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles.


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