World Book Day 2026
05th March 2026
Celebrate World Book Day at The Gurkha Museum LibraryThursday 5 March 2026 | 1000 –1600 | Free admission Celebrate World Book Day 2026 at the Library of The Gurkha Museum, the global reference ...
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Post-Second World War: The Embers and Fires of the Far East (1945-46)
Both tickets includes tea and coffee on arrival, lecture as well as a question and answer session. The meal ticket twill include the two course Gurkha curry lunch with a complimentary ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Winter Trenches: Gurkhas Against The Elements
With winter now upon us, we are taking the opportunity to look back at some of the most gruelling winter fighting ever faced by Gurkha soldiers. In 1914, the Indian Corps was sent to the Western ...
