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After Victory III: Revolution in Java

Introduction ‘It was a little war of skirmishes. All-embracing because there were no “safe” areas in Java. There was no frontline because everywhere was the frontline, and never a day passed ...

Celebrating the Gurkhas in 1945

“The Almighty created in the Gurkhas an ideal infantryman, indeed an ideal Rifleman, brave, tough, patient, adaptable, skilled in field-craft, intensely proud of his military record and unswerving ...

The Path To Victory I: Starting Points

Introduction ‘We have entered another year. A year that I hope will bring freedom and peace to the world.’ On 4 January 1945 Captain G. K. Marshall, from his bunk in Singapore’s Changi ...

From Church Crookham to Winchester

We asked our Patron Colonel Denis Wood to tell us how he raised funds for the move of The Gurkha Museum from Church Crookham to Peninsula Barracks.  'When Field Marshal John Chapple was ...

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