Gurkhas and the Greek Civil War
Introduction 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the Gurkha deployment to Greece at the end of the Second World War, when British troops were sent into the country to try and deescalate the ...
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Gurkhas and the Second World War
Gurkhas at War On the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Gurkhas were immediately deployed in service of the British War effort. Gurkha soldiers saw service in three main combat theatres: ...
Half a Banana by Peter Kemmis Betty
The diary of a Gurkha officer imprisoned by the Japanese during World War Two. Amidst starvation, disease and brutality, the creation and tending of vegetable gardens became a vital lifeline, a ...
The Elizabeth Cross
The Elizabeth Cross was instated in 2009. It is granted to the next of kin of Armed Forces personnel killed on operations or as a result of terrorism as a mark of national recognition for their ...
After Victory V: The Partition of India
Introduction In the summer of 1947, Gurkha soldiers found themselves amid the Partition of India. With an estimated death toll ranging between 200,000 to 2 million people, mostly the result of ...
Life on the Line: The Gurkhas on the Western Front, 1914-1915
Introduction Between September and October 1914, six Gurkha battalions arrived on the First World War’s Western Front to help reinforce the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Since early ...
After Victory IV: The Occupation of Japan
Introduction On the morning of 2 September 1945, the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allied powers. At 0900 hrs in the morning, a delegation of Japanese officials had boarded the USS Missouri, an ...
Desert Victory: Gurkhas in the Liberation of Tunisia
The Second World War’s Tunisian Campaign began in November 1942, in the wake of the Allied victory at El Alamein. With his forces defeated, German General Erwin Rommel retreated into Tunisia, the ...
‘Finding Valhalla’: the 8th Gurkha Rifles at the Battle of Loos
Introduction The First World War broke out on 28 July 1914. Britian was drawn into the conflict on 4 August, following the German invasion of Belgium. Over the next two months the British ...
