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 ...
History & Collections
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 ...
Gurkhas and the Second World War
Gurkhas at War On the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Gurkhas were immediately deployed in service of the British ...
Gurkhas and the Falklands War
Operation CORPORATE Attempting to assert sovereignty over the disputed islands, on the 2nd April 1982 Argentinian troops ...
The Elizabeth Cross
The Elizabeth Cross was instated in 2009. It is granted to the next of kin of Armed Forces personnel killed on operations or ...
Gurkha Officer Remembers Heroic Grandfather
In the month of Remembrance Day and after the nation marked the 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) in the ...
L/Cpl Tuljung Gurung MC’s Actions of Bravery
Gurkha Bravery in Afghanistan In the early hours of 22 March 2013 Rifleman Tuljung Gurung was on guard duty at the front ...
