History & Collections

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 ...

This October many Nepalis around the world will mark the Dashain Festival. In the Hindu faith, Dashain (or Dashera) ...

June 2024 marked 25 years since units from the Brigade of Gurkhas deployed on Operation AGRICOLA, a peacekeeping operation ...

Formation and training: In June 1940, in the wake of the British Army’s defeat in France and Belgium, Winston Churchill ...

Between the 24th and 27th May 1943, a force of Japanese soldiers attempted an advance into the Chin Hills. After two ...

Enlisted into 7th Gurkha Rifles (7GR) during the Second World War, Ganju Lama was posted to join the 1st Battalion (1/7 GR) ...

We asked our Patron Colonel Denis Wood to tell us how he raised funds for the move of The Gurkha Museum from Church Crookham ...

In June the nation comes together to commemorate the anniversary of Operation OVERLORD, the historic Allied landings on the ...

Between January and May 1944, a series of four battles unfolded in Monte Cassino, Italy. These battles witnessed the Allied ...

Celebrating and reflecting upon one hundred years of an enduring friendship “There shall be perpetual peace and ...

Regiment 9th Gurkha Rifles Date 23rd February 1917 See more Gurkha Victoria Cross stories here

Dashain is the most auspicious festival in Nepal and of Hinduism. It takes place in the bright lunar fortnight of ...

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