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The Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) is a rifle regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Unlike other regiments in the British army, soldiers are recruited from Nepal, which is neither a dependent territory of the United Kingdom nor a member of the Commonwealth. Their motto is: Better to die than live a coward.

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  • The Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) is a rifle regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Unlike other regiments in the British army, soldiers are recruited from Nepal, which is neither a dependent territory of the United Kingdom nor a member of the Commonwealth. Their motto is: Better to die than live a coward.
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  • The Royal Gurkha Rifles
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  • The Gurkhas / The Bravest of the Brave
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  • External Image
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  • 75px
  • (From 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles)
  • Douglas (pipers trews and plaids)
  • RGR
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  • Two battalions
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  • "Better to die than to be a coward"
  • "Kaatar Hunnu Bhanda Marnu Ramro(Nepali)
  • कांथर हुनु भन्दा मर्नु राम्रो
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  • 1st Battalion: Light Infantry
  • 2nd Battalion: Air Assault Infantry
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