Description

Offered is a British General Service Medal (E.R.), 1 clasp BORNEO, impressed named, 21149653 RFN. DANGABAHADUR RAI. 2/7 GR.

2nd Battalion ‘7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles’.

In 1962 the 2nd Battalion was dispatched from Malaya to Brunei, Borneo. They conducted successful operations resulting in the capture of some of the key leaders of the rebellion. Operations in Brunei prompted recognition of the need for a parachute force to be available in the Far East and the Regiment contributed the majority of the complement which established the Gurkha Independent Parachute Company in 1963. The Brunei Revolt was a prelude to a war between an expansionist Indonesia and the new Malaysian Federation backed by Britain and the Commonwealth which is known as the Borneo Confrontation. Fought largely in the mountains and swamps of Sabah and Sarawak from 1963 to 1966. Both Battalions of the 7th G.R. were heavily involved in the campaign.