Gurkha Rifles 5th, 2nd Bt. (Punjab) Choose:By the metre an Australian of Skye descent

an Australian of Skye descent

The regiment won significant honours during the Peninsular War

Also: MacDermott

and is now woven commercially for the first time in perhaps a century and a half

Gurkha Rifles 5th, 2nd Bt. (Punjab) Choose:By the metre an Australian of Skye descentBlack Watch 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), also abbreviated as 5 GR(FF) is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Nepalese origin. It was formed in 1858 as part of the British Indian Army. The regiment's battalions served in the First World War (Mesopotamia) and Second World War (Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran, Mediterranean, Italian campaign, and in Burma). The regiment was known as the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles