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 ...
Born in Edinburgh in 1843, John Cook was commissioned in 1860. In March 1973, after a series of other postings and being ...
Regiment 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles Campaign Borneo Confrontation Date 21st November 1965 Learn ...
Gurkhas and Afghanistan, 1839-1947 With the recent close of operations in Afghanistan, the 4th major period of British ...
Anglo Nepal War | October – November 1814 Sometimes called Nalapani, The hill fort of Kalunga was garrisoned by about 600 ...
1st Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles 1918 It was in the final stages of the campaign in Mesopotamia during World War ...
The Rams Head insignia worn by RGR has its origins in the Battle of Koonja, fought on October 3rd 1824. Bandits (known as ...
Agansing Rai was born in 1920 and recruited into the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) in 1941. He rose to become a ...
The port city of Tobruk in Libya, North Africa, was of crucial strategic importance to both the Allied and Axis forces in ...
Michael Allmand was born in 1923 and, though young, responded enthusiastically when called up for military service in 1942, ...
Naik Nandlal Thapa and Lance Naik Chitrabahadur Gurung. Over the course of its history, 26 Victoria Crosses, the ...
On 12th May 1944, 1st Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles (1/10GR) undertook what has been described as ‘one of the ...
Prince Philip’s connections to the Brigade of Gurkhas are perhaps most famously exampled by the retitling of the ...