History & Collections
The Path To Victory I: Starting Points
Introduction ‘We have entered another year. A year that I hope will bring freedom and peace to the world.’ On ...
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 ...
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, ...
Celebrating 75 Years of the Queen’s Gurkha Signals
On 23 September 2024, Queen’s Gurkha Signals (QG SIGNALS) marked its 75th anniversary. As the communication experts of the ...
Gurkha Dashain Celebrations Through The Decades
This October many Nepalis around the world will mark the Dashain Festival. In the Hindu faith, Dashain (or Dashera) ...
25 Years On: The Gurkhas at Kosovo
June 2024 marked 25 years since units from the Brigade of Gurkhas deployed on Operation AGRICOLA, a peacekeeping operation ...
153 Gurkha Parachute Battalion and the Defence of Sangshak
Formation and training: In June 1940, in the wake of the British Army’s defeat in France and Belgium, Winston Churchill ...
Gaje Ghale VC
Between the 24th and 27th May 1943, a force of Japanese soldiers attempted an advance into the Chin Hills. After two ...
Ganju Lama VC
Enlisted into 7th Gurkha Rifles (7GR) during the Second World War, Ganju Lama was posted to join the 1st Battalion (1/7 GR) ...
From Church Crookham to Winchester
We asked our Patron Colonel Denis Wood to tell us how he raised funds for the move of The Gurkha Museum from Church Crookham ...
Where were the Gurkhas on D-Day?
In June the nation comes together to commemorate the anniversary of Operation OVERLORD, the historic Allied landings on the ...
