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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Where were the Gurkhas on D-Day?
In June the nation comes together to commemorate the anniversary of Operation OVERLORD, the historic Allied landings on the Normandy beaches. These landings, famously known as D-Day, not only ...
Gurkhas and the Battle for Hangman’s Hill, Monte Cassino, March 1944.
Between January and May 1944, a series of four battles unfolded in Monte Cassino, Italy. These battles witnessed the Allied Forces engaged in some of the most gruelling combat of the Second World ...
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 ...
The Anglo-Nepal Treaty of 1923
Celebrating and reflecting upon one hundred years of an enduring friendship “There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the Governments of Great Britain and Nepal, and the two ...
George Wheeler VC
Regiment 9th Gurkha Rifles Date 23rd February 1917 See more Gurkha Victoria Cross stories here
The significance of Dashain within The Brigade of Gurkhas
Dashain is the most auspicious festival in Nepal and of Hinduism. It takes place in the bright lunar fortnight of September/October every year, ending on the day of the full moon. It lasts for 15 ...
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