History & Collections
Anti-Poaching
British officers in India had a long history of sport and big-game hunting, as was common amongst military officers at the ...
Off the Battlefield, On the Scene – Summer exhibition opening 2022
In the evening of the 28th July 2022, we were excited to launch our latest exhibition, 'Off the Battlefield, On the Scene: ...
The Assault on Gurkha Bluff – May 13th 1915.
In April and May 1915, Allied forces still maintained an idea of breaking through the Turkish lines at Gallipoli, despite ...
Field Marshal Sir John Chapple
The Gurkha Museum is saddened to hear of the death of its Vice-Patron, Field Marshal Sir John Chapple. His military ...
Major Donald Macintyre VC
Regiment Bengal Staff Corps attached to 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles Campaign Looshai ...
Lieutenant Guy Huddleston Boisragon VC – 2nd December 1891 – Hunza Campaign, 1891.
Guy Boisragon was born in Kohat in Punjab in November 1864, the son of a Major-General who had founded what would become the ...
Captain John Cook VC: 2nd December 1878 – Afghanistan 1878-80
Born in Edinburgh in 1843, John Cook was commissioned in 1860. In March 1973, after a series of other postings and being ...
Rambahadur Limbu VC
Regiment 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles Campaign Borneo Confrontation Date 21st November 1965 Learn ...
Gurkhas and Afghanistan, 1839-1947
Gurkhas and Afghanistan, 1839-1947 With the recent close of operations in Afghanistan, the 4th major period of British ...
The Battle of Kalunga
Anglo Nepal War | October – November 1814 Sometimes called Nalapani, The hill fort of Kalunga was garrisoned by about 600 ...
Sharqat Day
1st Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles 1918 It was in the final stages of the campaign in Mesopotamia during World War ...
