Kaida – A Gurkha Fusion of History and Culture
The Brigade of Gurkhas maintains a unique set of traditions and approaches to how it operates. These have been forged over ...
History & Collections
Regimental Fraternity
Throughout the past two centuries of Gurkha service to Britain, Gurkha units have served alongside a wide array of ...
The Military Medal of Captain (QGO) Ramprasad Pun MM, 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
The Brunei Revolt of 1962 and subsequent Borneo Confrontation, lasting until 1966, saw a significant number of gallantry ...
Gurkhas at Ahnai Tangi – 14 January 1920
In the aftermath of the First World War a great deal of unrest occurred on the North-West Frontier between India and ...
Gurkhas and the North-West Frontier
During the period of British rule in India, the British administration often found itself in conflict on its north-western ...
Gurkhas and the First World War
Deployment Prior to the outbreak of the First World War the existing 10 Gurkha Regiments of the Gurkha Brigade had only ...
The Brunei Revolt and The Borneo Confrontation
In 1962 the island of Borneo comprised four different states: Kalimantan, North ...
Gurkhas and the First Anglo-Sikh War
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a powerful Sikh Empire developed in the region of the Punjab, under ...
Gurkhas and the Malayan Emergency
After the close of the Second World War, many of the political and military groups in Malaya that the British government had ...
Gurkhas and the Siege of Delhi
The Siege of Delhi by British forces between June and September of 1857 during what is often referred to as the Indian ...
Gurkhas in Iraq and Afghanistan
Gurkha soldiers have been involved in conflicts in Afghanistan since the 1840’s and the Middle East since 1914. They have ...
The Origins of Gurkha Service to Britain
After the formation of a unified Nepal in the mid-1700’s, the young Nepalese kingdom began to expand its territory through ...
