To: -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
About 1962 there was unrest in Brunei just as Britain was beginning the process of granting them Independence. The British Governor General, the Sultan, and the General Staff decided it would take a Brigade of British troops to keep the unrest down or one Battalion of the Royal Gurkha Rifles. They went with the Gurkha's.
I also believe the Gurkha's are the only Regiment other than the Household Guards to guard Buckingham Palace in modern times. However I was told this last item by a former British officer 20 years ago and have no personal knowledge of it.
39 posted on
02/15/2005 7:13:23 PM PST by
HoustonCurmudgeon
(Redneck from a red city, in a red county, in a red state, and a former Red Leg EM.)
To: HoustonCurmudgeon
<<< I also believe the Gurkha's are the only Regiment other than the Household Guards to guard Buckingham Palace in modern times. >>>
You are quite correct.
61 posted on
02/15/2005 9:28:02 PM PST by
Never2baCrat
(I used to be modest, now I'm perfect!)
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