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 ...
History & Collections
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 ...
The Anglo-Nepal War and Major-General Sir David Ochterlony
Born in Boston in 1758 to an ancient Scottish family, David Ochterlony began his career as a cadet in the armies of the ...
The First Gurkha Victoria Cross – Rifleman Kulbir Thapa, 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles, 25th/26th September 1915
Prior to the First World War the deployment of Indian Army troops far from India had usually been mooted. Gurkha soldiers ...
Gurkha Victoria Cross at San Marino – Rifleman Sherbahadur Thapa
Born in Ghalechap in the Tanhu District of Nepal in 1921, Sherbahadur Thapa enlisted with 9th Gurkha Rifles in November 1942 ...
Delhi Day – Gurkhas at the Siege of Delhi, 1857
The Siege of Delhi by British forces between June and September of 1857 during what is often referred to as the Indian ...
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 ...
Gurkha VCs 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
In late 1941, the first ever unit of Gurkha paratroopers had been formed as 153 Gurkha Parachute Battalion. In December ...
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 ...
