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 ...
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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 ...
G200 ice axe
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 ...
Khud Race
The Hill Race was first introduced by Major (later Brigadier-General) Charles Bruce of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles as a protest against the Indian Army attitude which considered that Gurkhas could ...
Who are the Gurkhas?
Over 200 years of bravery and loyal service to the British Crown. With: Major General Craig Lawrence CBE For over 200 years, Gurkha soldiers, recruited from Nepal, have loyally served this ...
High Risks at Black Four Zero
Experiences of Jungle Operations in the Borneo 'Confrontation' With: Brigadier Bruce Jackman OBE MC An exciting and inspiring story of Gurkhas’ bravery and resilience operating in the most ...
Operation Hell Fire
Brigadier Christopher Bullock OBE MC takes us through a young officer's tale of 'Claret' operations in the undeclared war between Britain and Indonesia in the mid 1960s. These clandestine operations ...
Gurkhas and the Empire Gallantry Medal and George Cross
Naik Nandlal Thapa and Lance Naik Chitrabahadur Gurung. Over the course of its history, 26 Victoria Crosses, the highest military award for valour, have been awarded to Gurkha soldiers and ...
Gurkhas and the Malayan Emergency
After the close of the Second World War, many of the political and military groups in Malaya that the British government had supported against the Japanese occupation forces, turned towards seeking ...
