Queen's Truncheon

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Replica of The Queen's Truncheon

The Queen's Truncheon is a ceremonial staff carried by the

inscription "Main Picqet Hindoo Rao's House, Delhi 1857". The Truncheon is a unique emblem upon which recruits swear allegiance to the Regiment and the Crown.[1]

During the

60th Rifles and a strong bond developed.[2][3]

After the rebellion the 60th Rifles pressed for the Sirmoor Battalion to become a rifle regiment. This honour was granted then next year (1858) when the battalion was renamed the Sirmoor Rifle Regiment and awarded a third colour.[4] In 1863 Queen Victoria presented the regiment with the Queen's Truncheon, devised by Charles Reid,[5] as a replacement for the colours that rifle regiments do not usually have.[6]

The Sirmoor Rifle Regiment eventually became the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), retaining possession of the Truncheon until 1994, when it was amalgamated with the other three British Gurkha regiments as The Royal Gurkha Rifles. The new regiment took possession of the Truncheon on permanent loan from the 2nd Gurkhas, and maintains the tradition of using it in place of colours.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Queen's Truncheon Replica". Gurkha Museum. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. ^ "History of the Brigade of Gurkhas". website of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012.
  3. ISBN 0-7190-6962-9
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  4. ISBN 978-1-85532-357-5
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  5. ^ "Colours and The Queen's Truncheon". Sirmoor Rifles Association. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. ISBN 978-0-7478-0495-6
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  7. ^ "Royal Gurkha Rifles". Ministry of Defence website. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008.
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