The fighting around the hilltop monastery of Monte Cassino in Italy was some of the fiercest seen during the Second World War. Between January and May 1944 four allied assaults were made against ...
The first Victoria Cross awarded to a Gurkha soldier during the Second World War was awarded to Subedar Lalbahadur Thapa of 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles). The action ...
Introduction Between September and October 1914, six Gurkha battalions arrived on the First World War’s Western Front to help reinforce the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Since early ...
26th November 2025
Step into the sparkling space where courage, craftsmanship, and ceremony shine in silver. Soldiering in Silver celebrates The Gurkha Museum Trust’s stunning collection of regimental and ...
On 23 September 2024, Queen’s Gurkha Signals (QG SIGNALS) marked its 75th anniversary. As the communication experts of the Brigade of Gurkhas, the QG SIGNALS is a regiment within the Royal Corps of ...
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. ...
