Gurkhas and Afghanistan, 1839-1947
Gurkhas and Afghanistan, 1839-1947 With the recent close of operations in Afghanistan, the 4th major period of British Gurkha involvement in Afghanistan has ended. Historically Gurkha soldiers ...
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Gurkha V.C. In Burma – Agansing Rai.
Agansing Rai was born in 1920 and recruited into the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) in 1941. He rose to become a section commander with the 2nd Battalion of 5RGR during action in the Chin ...
The Brigade of Gurkhas and HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Prince Philip’s connections to the Brigade of Gurkhas are perhaps most famously exampled by the retitling of the 7th Gurkha Rifles to the ‘7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha ...
Rifleman Karanbahadur Rana VC and the action at El-Kefr, Palestine
By early 1918 British and Allied forces had placed Ottoman Turkish troops on the defensive on all fronts, advancing steadily up through Mesopotamia and from Egypt into Palestine. The first months of ...
Subedar Lalbahadur Thapa V.C. and the Battle of Wadi Akarit
The first award of a Victoria Cross to a Gurkha soldier during the Second World War was to Subedar Lalbahadur Thapa of 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles). The action ...
Rifleman Bhanbhagta Gurung VC
Regiment 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles Campaign Burma Date 5th March 1945 See more Gurkha Victoria Cross stories here
A Selfless Bravery – Kulbir Thapa’s V.C. Action
Greater Love Hath no man than that he lay down his life for another – or show himself prepared to do so. It was during the First World War that the appellation ‘Bravest of the Brave, Most ...
The Military Medal of Captain (QGO) Ramprasad Pun MM, 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
The Brunei Revolt of 1962 and subsequent Borneo Confrontation, lasting until 1966, saw a significant number of gallantry awards made to Gurkha soldiers, including, in 1965, a Victoria Cross to Lance ...
Gurkhas and the North-West Frontier
During the period of British rule in India, the British administration often found itself in conflict on its north-western border with Afghanistan. This region, known as the North-West Frontier, was ...
