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{{Short description|Indian Army infantry regiment}} | {{Short description|Indian Army infantry regiment}} | ||
{{More footnotes|date=July | {{More footnotes|date=July 2010}} | ||
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| unit_name = 3rd Gorkha Rifles <small>(1950 onwards)</small><br>3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles <small>(1908-1950)</small> | | unit_name = 3rd Gorkha Rifles <small>(1950 onwards)</small><br>3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles <small>(1908-1950)</small> | ||
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===Second World War=== | ===Second World War=== | ||
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The regiment was actively involved in [[Second World War]] and, as had happened during the First World War, the regiment was expanded to meet its commitments. The 3rd Battalion was re-raised in 1940, followed by the 4th Battalion in 1941. During the conflict, the regiment fought in a number of theatres, including North Africa, Italy and Burma. During the North African campaign, the 2nd Battalion fought at [[Tobruk]], where they were brought in as reinforcements at the height of the battle and suffered misfortune almost immediately, when they were partially overrun by the Germans, losing almost two hundred men as prisoners of war, although many of these managed to escape later.<ref>Parker 2005, pp. 161–163.</ref> | The regiment was actively involved in [[Second World War]] and, as had happened during the First World War, the regiment was expanded to meet its commitments. The 3rd Battalion was re-raised in 1940, followed by the 4th Battalion in 1941. During the conflict, the regiment fought in a number of theatres, including North Africa, Italy and Burma. During the North African campaign, the 2nd Battalion fought at [[Tobruk]], where they were brought in as reinforcements at the height of the battle and suffered misfortune almost immediately, when they were partially overrun by the Germans, losing almost two hundred men as prisoners of war, although many of these managed to escape later.<ref>Parker 2005, pp. 161–163.</ref> | ||
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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/3rdgurkhas.htm Britishempire.co.uk - 3rd Gurkha Rifles] | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/3rdgurkhas.htm Britishempire.co.uk - 3rd Gurkha Rifles] | ||
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/ 1914-1918.net] | *[http://www.1914-1918.net/ 1914-1918.net] | ||
*{{cite web |url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/gurkha/03GR.htm |publisher=Regiments.org |title=3rd Gurkha Rifles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112142612/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/gurkha/03GR.htm |archive-date=12 January | *{{cite web |url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/gurkha/03GR.htm |publisher=Regiments.org |title=3rd Gurkha Rifles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112142612/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/gurkha/03GR.htm |archive-date=12 January 2008}} | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100420065019/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Units/Infantry/119-3-Gorkhas.html 3GR on Bharat-Rakshak] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100420065019/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Units/Infantry/119-3-Gorkhas.html 3GR on Bharat-Rakshak] | ||