Gurkha Soldiers and the Anglo-Bhutan War of 1864-65
Similar to Nepal in many respects, the state of Bhutan was the site of a brief but intense war which involved several Gurkha units in 1864 and 1865. In response to a history of raids south into ...
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Nims Purja MBE – elite soldier and record-breaking mountaineer
One of the most remarkable feats of mountaineering in recent years was the record-breaking ascent of 14 of the world’s highest mountains in just one climbing season. The challenge, Project ...
A Victoria Cross in Tibet – Gurkhas and Mountain Warfare – Lieutenant John Duncan Grant
Donate Gurkhas have many traits and many skills that set them head and shoulders above their counterparts in the battle. Coming from the hilly country of Nepal, skills in mountain ...
Brigadier-General Charles Granville Bruce. 5TH Gurkha Rifles – Mountaineer and Army Officer.
Charles Bruce, born in Aberdare in 1866 to a wealthy coal-mining family, developed a taste for extreme sports early in his life, boxing, fencing and running down poachers on his father’s land. ...
Ice axe of Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was born Namgyal Wangdi in Khumbu, north-eastern Nepal. Like many Sherpas Tenzing sought to begin a career in mountaineering, signing on at age 20 with the 1935 British Mount ...
Gurkha Everest Expedition 2017
In 2015, the 200th year anniversary of Gurkha service to the crown, the Brigade set out to scale Everest with the aim of placing the first serving Gurkhas at the summit. The majority of the team were ...
Rambahadur Limbu VC
Regiment 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles Campaign Borneo Confrontation Date 21st November 1965 Learn about more Gurkha Victoria Cross stories here.
Slim Sahib
02nd December 2021
A virtual lecture on Britain's Greatest Ever General. From May 1920 until his command in Burma, Field Marshal Slim was an Indian Army officer. He was known by the rank and file as Slim Sahib, not ...
Slim Sahib
From May 1920 until his command in Burma, Field Marshal Slim was an Indian Army officer. He was known by the rank and file as Slim Sahib, not Uncle Bill. As a result, when he led the huge 14th Army ...
