About The Royal Gurkha Rifles
This page is the official Facebook page of The Royal Gurkha Rifles. The aim is to promote the activities of all three Battalions of the Regiment to a wide audience.
Reviews
On 26 Aug 18, 1RGR families celebrated Raksha Bandhan at Shorncliffe temple. Wishing you all happy Raksha Bandhan 2018.
On 20 Aug 18, 1RGR Gurkha officers and their families had a memorable visit to the Gurkha Museum. The visit was very informative, as families were able to learn and discover the history of the Gurkhas. A huge thanks and appreciation to Mr Gavin Edgerley-Harris (Gurkha Museum Director) and his staff for giving us a wonderful tour and briefing.
On 16 August 18, 1RGR celebrated Nag Panchami at 1RGR’s temple in Shorncliffe. The day falls on the fifth day of the moon’s waning in the Lunar month of Shravan(August) month. The festival involves worshipping the serpent god to get rid of bad karma. Wish you all happy Nag Panchami 2018.
1RGR Inter Intake(Numberies)Football competition gets underway at SJMB Sports field. Intakes are here from across the UK to support their Numberies.
On 21 July, A(Delhi) Company families travelled to London for an educational visit.
They visited Buckingham Palace, The Gurkha Statue, Parliament House and many more places. Everyone had a great time.
1RGR inter company Cross Fit competition, part of Afghan Trophy!!
Inter Coy ladies rounders & tug of war competition was held on Friday 27th July 2018. The event was a huge success with great competitive spirit. Despite the hot weather, we hope that everyone had a lot of fun and thoroughly enjoyed the day. Many congratulations to all the winners! Thank to all DD and bhaiharu who came to support their team. A Speical thanks to event organiser, Capt Buddhi (UWO) and his team.
On 21 July, HQ (Burma) Company families travelled to London for an educational visit.� The families visited Southall and then Buckingham Palace where they enjoyed seeing The Royal Mews, The Queens Gallery and The States Rooms.
Rfn Sujan Limbu competed in the Inter-service lead climbing championship 2018, held in Cardiff, Wales on July 18th. He represented the Army Climbing Team, where he successfully secured the 2nd place in the under 25s category. A huge congratulations to him on the behalf of the CO Saheb and 1RGR pariwar.