Tooth and Nail: The Fight for Damdil Piquet, 1937
Introduction On the night 20/21 March 1937, in a tiny shelter on India’s North West Frontier, eight Gurkha soldiers ...
History & Collections
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 ...
Afghanistan Siege: The Gurkhas’ Stand at Now Zad
Reflections from Colonel Dan Rex MVO “Nowzad was twenty years ago, yet at times it feels as though ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
From Conflict to Comradeship : a retrospective on the Anglo-Nepal relationships
4 March 2026 will mark 210 years since the signing of the Treaty of Sugauli and the formal beginnings of Gurkha service to ...
After Victory III: Revolution in Java
Introduction ‘It was a little war of skirmishes. All-embracing because there were no “safe” areas in Java. There was ...
Harkbir Thapa: Mountaineer, Adventurer, Soldier
Introduction In recent years, Gurkhas have gained a reputation as outstanding mountaineers. In 2019, Gurkha veteran Nims ...
After Victory II: Britain’s War in Vietnam
Introduction The aftermath of the Second World War saw chaos flare across southeast Asia. In September 1945, the sudden end ...
The first records of Nepalese men supporting Britain’s interests – the raising of an irregular (hillmen) corps in 1815
A common query to The Gurkha Museum is why are there about 4,500 Gurkha soldiers in today’s British Army. Over the ...
