Editing Gurkha (section)

===British Army Gurkhas===
{{Main|Brigade of Gurkhas}}
[[File:Gurkhas on Patrol in Helmand MOD 45151723.jpg|thumb|Soldiers from 1st Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles on patrol in [[Helmand Province]] in [[Afghanistan]] in 2010.]]
Four Gurkha regiments were transferred to the British Army on 1 January 1948:
* [[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]]
* [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles]]
* [[7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles]]
* [[10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles]]

They formed the '''Brigade of Gurkhas''' and were initially stationed in [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]]. There were also a number of additional Gurkha units including the 69th and 70th Gurkha Field Squadrons, both included in the 36th Engineer Regiment. Since then, British Gurkhas have served in [[Borneo]] during the [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation|confrontation]] with Indonesia, in the [[Falklands War]] and on various peacekeeping missions in [[Sierra Leone]], [[East Timor]], [[Bosnia]] and [[Kosovo]].{{sfn|Parker|2005|p=360}}

Major Gurkha Formations:
* [[43rd Independent Gurkha Infantry Brigade]] (Italy, circa 1943)
* 26th Gurkha Brigade (Hong Kong, 1948–1950)
* [[17th Gurkha Division]] (Malaya, 1952–1970)
* 51st Infantry Brigade (Hong Kong disbanded 1976)
* 48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade (Hong Kong, 1957–1976; renamed Gurkha Field Force 1976–1997; returned to old title {{nowrap|1987 – c. 1992)}}

As of August 2021, the ''Brigade of Gurkhas'' in the British Army has the following units:
* 1st Battalion, [[The Royal Gurkha Rifles]] (1RGR)
* 2nd Battalion, [[The Royal Gurkha Rifles]] (2RGR)
* 3rd Battalion, [[The Royal Gurkha Rifles]] (3RGR)
*[[Gurkha Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Support Battalion]]{{efn|In August 2021, the battalion added the subtitle 'Gurkha'. Though the battalion has had Gurkhas for many years, it is now officially been subsumed into the Brigade of Gurkhas.}}<ref>British Army, ''[https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=0377652b-c123-4bff-8806-61b9af842025 August 2021 Soldier Magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802104915/https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=0377652b-c123-4bff-8806-61b9af842025 |date=2 August 2021 }}''. Retrieved 13 August 2021.</ref>
* [[Queen's Gurkha Signals]] which includes:
** 250 Gurkha Signal Squadron, 30 Signal Regiment
** 246 Gurkha Signal Squadron, [[2 Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)|2 Signal Regiment]]
** 247 Gurkha Signal Squadron, 16 Signal Regiment
** 248 Gurkha Signal Squadron, 22 Signal Regiment
** 249 Gurkha Signal Squadron, [[3rd (UK) Division Signal Regiment]]
* [[10 Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment RLC]]
* Queen's Gurkha Engineers, which includes:
** 69th Gurkha Field Squadron, [[36 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|36 Engineer Regiment]]
** 70th Gurkha Field Squadron, [[36 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|36 Engineer Regiment]]
*[[Gurkha Staff and Personnel Support Company]]
*[[Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas]]
*Gurkha Company (Sittang), [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]
*Gurkha Wing (Mandalay), [[Infantry Battle School]]
*Gurkha Company (Tavoleto), [[Waterloo Lines|Land Warfare Centre]]

The Brigade of Gurkhas also has its own chefs posted among the above-mentioned units. Gurkhas were among the troops who retook the [[Falklands]] in 1982 and have served a number of tours of duty in the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite news|date=1 June 2011|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13619825|title=Bravery medal for Gurkha who fought Taliban|newspaper=BBC|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-date=5 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905193408/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13619825|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first1=Anup |last1=Kaphle |first2=Graeme |last2=Wood |date=10 May 2010 |url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/keyword/Gurkhas |title=Back to the Afghan Future: The return of the Gurkhas |volume=15 |number=32 |journal=The Weekly Standard |access-date=1 November 2012 |archive-date=3 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603083305/http://www.weeklystandard.com/keyword/Gurkhas |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Ben |last=Farmer |date=31 October 2012 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9646824/British-Gurkhas-shot-dead-in-Afghanistan-attack-named.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9646824/British-Gurkhas-shot-dead-in-Afghanistan-attack-named.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=British Gurkhas shot dead in Afghanistan attack named |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>