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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 161

General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Malaya, Borneo (21131971 Sigmn. Karnabahdur Thapa. R. Sigs. (Gur)), very fine

Gurkha Signals were not formally incorporated into The Brigade of Gurkhas until 1955. Prior to this, the Regiment had several titles each one a combination of the title Royal Signals and the designation Gurkha. Not one of these names was official and the Gurkha Signals did not appear in the Army List. They were, in effect, Gurkha Signallers of the Royal Corps of Signals. Gurkha officers were commissioned into one of the four Gurkha [Rifle] regiments and other ranks belonged, on paper, to the Gurkha battalions. On becoming an integral part of The Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkha officers were commissioned into the Gurkha Signals and other ranks enlisted into the Regiment. From 1951, Gurkha Signals served in the Malay Emergency and elements of a Gurkha Signal Squadron were deployed following the outbreak of the Brunei Rebellion in December 1962.

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