If you put a Gurkha in an ambush, he will sit there patiently for days and days. And then he will kill the enemy." The new ...

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

Starting on Monday March 03 and until 07 March, the RIC (Roulement Infantry Company) stationed at MPC in the Falkland Islands ...

On a cold evening in November 1996, a troop of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers from the Royal Gurkha Rifles gathered at their barracks in Hong Kong for the last time. Clad in traditional kits and ...

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with the Sirmoor Battalion (now part of the Royal Gurkha Rifles). All Gurkha troops carried a Kukri similar to this. The notch (Kaura) in the blade has a practical purpose to stop blood reaching ...

Then I got into sports.” Mr Budha Magar joined the Royal Gurkha Rifles at the age of 19. While serving in Afghanistan he stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED) and lost both legs in ...

A Gurkha veteran who lost both legs serving in Afghanistan has set a new record becoming the first double above-knee (DAK) amputee to summit the highest peak outside of Asia. Hari Budha Magar, from ...

PA Media Mr Budha Magar became the first double above-knee amputee to reach the summit of Everest in 2023 Mr Budha Magar joined the Royal Gurkha Rifles at the age of 19. While serving in ...