Hat Terrai Gurkha

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Gurkha Contingent troopers in the combat uniform and wearing the Hat Terrai Gurkha guarding a car park entrance to Raffles City where the 117th IOC Session was held.

The Hat Terrai Gurkha is the name of the headgear worn by officers of the Gurkha Contingent in Singapore. A distinctive part of the Gurkha not worn by any other member of the Singapore Police Force, it is named after the Terai region in Nepal, a location linked to the events surrounding the Gurkha War which first introduced the fighting spirit of the Gurkhas to the invading British forces and which subsequently led to their deployment in the British Army.

Worn only during guard duty and on parades, the hat is made of khaki-coloured felt with a dark blue-coloured pagari wound around the hat with six folds. The aluminium silver anodised police force cap badge is affixed on the pagari to the left. It is always worn with the chin strap and is deliberately tilted to the right such that the brim touches the right ear.