mess kit was never rescinded. 7th Gurkha Rifles had a unique stance for 'Regimental Stand Easy' - this entailed holding the barrel of the rifle in the left hand, whereas throughout the remainder of the British Army and the Brigade of Gurkhas at 'Stand Easy', the rifle was held by the right hand - normally at or about the sights. See also 7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles Regimental Association Gurkha Brigade Association The Gurkha Museum Gurkha Welfare Trust List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross References Sources 'History of the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles' by Colonel J N Mackay DSO - William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, Edinburgh and London, 1962. 'East of Kathmandu' - The Story of the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles Volume II 1948-1973' by Brigadier E D Smith CBE DSO - Leo Cooper, London, 1976. 'The Autumn Years' - Volume III of the History of the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles by Brigadier E D Smith CBE DSO - Spellmount, Staplehurst, 1997. 'India's Army' by Major Donovan Jackson - London Marston Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles Regimental Association. Royal Gurkha Rifles 07 Gurkha 007 Rifle regiments Rifle regiments of the British Army Military units and formations established in 1902 British Indian Army infantry regiments Military units and formations of the United Kingdom in the Falklands War R Military units and formations disestablished in 1994