These soldiers will be equipped with surface-to-air missile systems like Javelin. Currently, the British Army is facing a ...

It also promises an exciting new chapter not just for us but for the Brigade of Gurkhas.” According to senior sources, ...

Ex Cape Kukri II is a large-scale blank fire exercise which is the culmination of the 2RGR’s (Royal Gurkha Rifles) training whilst deployed in the Falkland Islands. The exercise will take place ...

adds Rai. “Hong Kong could have been very different today.” After the handover, the Gurkha brigade disbanded, and many returned to Nepal, and some migrated to Britain. Those that chose to ...

Edward and his wife Sophie met the two per cent of young Nepalis who passed the gruelling and highly competitive selection process to become part of the elite Brigade of Gurkhas. The royal couple ...

Commander British Gurkhas Nepal and joined General Strickland, Colonel Commandant of the Brigade of Gurkhas to inspect the ranks on the parade square to a medley of Lady Gaga songs played by the ...

Captain Ganesh works with him. Gurkhas are soldiers from a country called Nepal in South Asia, and are best known for their courage and loyalty. The Brigade of Gurkhas have fought with the British ...

There are more than 4,000 Gurkha troops, who are renowned for being "amongst the finest and most feared soldiers in the world," the brigade's website said.

The Duke of Edinburgh told new Gurkha recruits to be proud of being a “soldier in the British army but a son of Nepal” as he attended their attestation ceremony. Edward and his wife Sophie met ...