In 1994 the Royal Gurkha Rifles was formed from the 2nd, 6th, 7th and 10th Gurkha Rifles, with the new regiment absorbing the battle honours and traditions of its forebearers. Each company of the Royal Gurkha Rifles is the custodian of one of these battle honours, and the Gallipoli campaign is the responsibility of B Company of the 2nd Battalion. This year the commemoration was held in Sir John Moore Lines, Shorncliffe on 11 July. At 0900 B Company fell in opposite the guardroom and a brief description of the campaign was read out. This was followed by wreath laying by the Company Commander, the Gurkha Major and the Company Second in Command, and by Major Gordon Corrigan on behalf of the 6th Gurkha Rifles Regimental Association. After a prayer by the battalion’s Pandit and Lama the sounding of the last post indicated the start of a two minutes silence, followed by reveille. All then moved to the company lines where tipan tapan was served and a comprehensive brief on the campaign delivered to the assembled soldiers and wives.
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