Airborne Gurkhas and Operation Dracula – May 1st 1945
In late 1941, the first ever unit of Gurkha paratroopers had been formed as 153 Gurkha Parachute Battalion. In December ...
History & Collections
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 ...
10th Princess Marys Own Gurkha Rifles Piper’s Plaid Brooch
Gurkha regiments have long had an association with Scottish regiments, which began in the 19th century. Officers would ...
4th Gurkha Rifles Miniature Memorial Bell
By the close of the First World War all ten pre-existing Gurkha regiments had fought in the conflict, and a further regiment ...
