Gurkha Victoria Crosses – Fighting with the Chindits – Michael Allmand.
Michael Allmand was born in 1923 and, though young, responded enthusiastically when called up for military service in 1942, ...
History & Collections
Gurkhas and the Empire Gallantry Medal and George Cross
Naik Nandlal Thapa and Lance Naik Chitrabahadur Gurung. Over the course of its history, 26 Victoria Crosses, the ...
Gurkhas at Potsangbam – May 12th-15th 1944
On 12th May 1944, 1st Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles (1/10GR) undertook what has been described as ‘one of the ...
The Brigade of Gurkhas and HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Prince Philip’s connections to the Brigade of Gurkhas are perhaps most famously exampled by the retitling of the ...
Rifleman Karanbahadur Rana VC and the action at El-Kefr, Palestine
By early 1918 British and Allied forces had placed Ottoman Turkish troops on the defensive on all fronts, advancing steadily ...
Subedar Lalbahadur Thapa V.C. and the Battle of Wadi Akarit
The first award of a Victoria Cross to a Gurkha soldier during the Second World War was to Subedar Lalbahadur Thapa of ...
Rifleman Bhanbhagta Gurung VC
Regiment 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles Campaign Burma Date 5th March 1945 See more Gurkha Victoria Cross ...
The Treaty of Segauli – 4th March 1816
A TREATY OF “PERPETUAL PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP” After Nepal was unified into a modern state in the 1760’s and 70’s ...
Try our Gurkha Themed Puzzles!
We've created some fun puzzles out of some our most famous paintings and pictures. Click here to challenge yourself and ...
A Selfless Bravery – Kulbir Thapa’s V.C. Action
Greater Love Hath no man than that he lay down his life for another – or show himself prepared to do so. It was during ...
Gurkhas and Family Traditions
Just as family plays an important role within the Brigade of Gurkhas, ethos, kinship and family play a large role for ...
Gurkha Loyalty
Loyalty has long characterised Gurkha service to Britain. During the Indian Mutiny of 1857, Gurkha soldiers remained ...
