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Flying Sledge Card

Flying Sledge Card

Flying Sledge Card

£4.00

Pack of 10 with envelopes

Message inside reads: With Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year.

Today is the Wedding Anniversary of HM The Queen a

Today is the Wedding Anniversary of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

On 20th November 1947 there were married in Westminster Abbey in London.

On 1st January 1959, 6th Gurkha Rifles became 6th Queen Elizabeth’s Own Gurkha Rifles and 7th Gurkha Rifles became 7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles.

We hope you enjoyed our latest online exhibition;

We hope you enjoyed our latest online exhibition; Unforgotten: A commemoration of Gurkha Service and Sacrifice.

During the period of remembrance, the exhibition was our chance to share some of the stories of bravery, sacrifice and valour of Gurkha soldiers, from The Museum's archives.

The exhibition will be available on our website until Weds 2 Dec. View on our website, link in bio. #ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay2020 #Gurkhas #GurkhaHeritage

You can buy Christmas Cards, Decorations, Gifts an

You can buy Christmas Cards, Decorations, Gifts and much more at The Gurkha Museum Shop. Visit our website now! Link In Bio. #Gurkhas #Gurkha #GurkhaGifts #GurkhaMuseum #ChristmasShopping #MuseumShop #MuseumGiftShop

On this day of Remembrance and after the nation ma

On this day of Remembrance and after the nation marked the 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) in the Summer, a Gurkha officer has paid tribute to his grandfather who was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Rifleman Bhanbhagta Gurung VC was given the nation’s highest honour for valour in recognition of his “outstanding bravery and complete disregard for his own safety” during fighting in Burma on 5 March 1945. As 3rd Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles advanced near Tamandu they came under heavy and accurate machine gun, mortar and sniper fire from Japanese troops. Repeatedly exposing himself to danger, Bhanbaghta Gurung VC cleared five positions singlehandedly, inspiring his colleagues to overcome the Japanese resistance.

Captain Buddhi Gurung, who works at the Infantry Battle School in Brecon, is Bhanbaghta Gurung VC’s grandson and spoke of how his grandfather’s heroism inspired him to serve as a Gurkha.

Read the full story on our website. Link in Bio. #ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay2020 #Gurkhas #GurkhaHeritage

At the going down of the sun and in the morning. W

At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them. #ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay2020

Gurkha Soldiers and Remembrance. Over 20,000 Gurkh

Gurkha Soldiers and Remembrance.
Over 20,000 Gurkha soldiers became casualties during the First World War and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records the names of 6,168 Gurkha soldiers who gave their lives during the conflict. During the Second World War these figures climbed to 23,655 casualties and 8,816 recorded killed by the CWGC. Since the end of the Second World War in 1945 around 600 Gurkha soldiers have become casualties or been killed in British service, including 15 members of the Brigade of Gurkhas who lost their lives in Afghanistan between 2007 and 2012.

Today we remember those Gurkhas alongside all those who have died in the cause of freedom. #ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay2020

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