The untold story of the hero Gurkha Victoria Cross holders
By Lieutenant General Sir Peter Duffell, from a recent article written for the Daily Telegraph. Marking the 75th ...
History & Collections
Gurkha V.C’s at Mogaung – Tulbahadur Pun
Tulbahadur Pun, born in 1923, was enlisted into the 6th Gurkha Rifles in 1941 and later posted to join the 3rd battalion of ...
Gurkha V.C. in the Burma Campaign – Netrabahadur Thapa VC
Netrabahadur Thapa was born in 1916 and enlisted with the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) in 1932. He served on the ...
Airborne Gurkhas and Operation Dracula – May 1st 1945
Towards the end of November 1942 3/7th Gurkha Rifles was identified for reforming as a Parachute Battalion. By June 1943, ...
The Falklands War
When Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands on 2nd April 1982 the British Government, after the initial shock, were ...
Wilkinson Sword Kukri
The Kukri has remained a key weapon of Gurkhas in British service from 1815. Traditionally made in village furnaces and ...
The Queen’s Truncheon Replica
On 30th November 1863, at Lahore in India, the “Queen’s Truncheon” was presented to the 2nd Goorkha (The Sirmoor ...
The Fisher Kukri
Lieutenant John Frederick Lane Fisher was an early commander in the Sirmoor Battalion, one of the first units of Gurkhas ...
The India General Service Medal 1854
The India General Service Medal is a British Army campaign medal first approved in 1854 and which was awarded for ...
Assault on Hangman’s Hill, Monte Cassino, 15th-23rd March 1944
The fighting around the hilltop monastery of Monte Cassino in Italy was some of the fiercest seen during the Second World ...
Action at Wadi Akarit, 5th/6th April 1943
The first Victoria Cross awarded to a Gurkha soldier during the Second World War was awarded to Subedar Lalbahadur Thapa of ...
2nd/6th Gurkha Rifles Presentation Kukris and Afghan Tribal Knives
Gurkha soldiers within the Indian army had been fighting in and around Afghanistan since the early 19th century. The tribes ...
