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Author: Ganesh Rai Publisher: eBook Partnership ISBN: 1839780088 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 114
Book Description
Powerful, heart-rending and unforgettable, - Gurkha Guns' tells the true story of a young Gurkha soldier's life before, during and after, the Falklands War. The reader is gripped from the beginning by this remarkable, moving account of how the author Ganesh Rai became a soldier and left his native village for a life of adventure, peril and arduous self-discipline.
Author: Ganesh Rai Publisher: eBook Partnership ISBN: 1839780088 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 114
Book Description
Powerful, heart-rending and unforgettable, - Gurkha Guns' tells the true story of a young Gurkha soldier's life before, during and after, the Falklands War. The reader is gripped from the beginning by this remarkable, moving account of how the author Ganesh Rai became a soldier and left his native village for a life of adventure, peril and arduous self-discipline.
Author: J.B.R. Nicholson Publisher: Osprey Publishing ISBN: 9780850451962 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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The Gurkhas have a long and distinguished service record. This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the Gurkha rifles. It traces the 19th Century origins of the now famous Gurkha regiments and also covers their service history during the Great Mutiny of 1857 and the 3rd Afghan War (1919). During the two World Wars the Gurhah rifles performed countless tours of duty and their regimental battle honours listed in the book bear testimony to their extensive service. A series of full colour illustrations accompany the text.
Author: E.D Smith Publisher: Pen and Sword ISBN: 0436475103 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 201
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Four regiments of Nepalese mountaineers remained with the British Army after Indian independence. They have seen a great deal of tough campaigning, particularly in Southeast Asia. This new edition updated to include Gurkha participation in the Falklands.
Author: Colonel H. E. Weekes Publisher: Andrews UK Limited ISBN: 1781493332 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 620
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A superb unit history. The project, originally privately printed, was initiated by Col. H. E. Weeks, but the final compilation and editing was carried through by several different officers of the Regiment.They made an excellent job of it.They cover the early days at Abbottabad, the Second Afghan War (when Capt John Cook won the Regiment's first VC at Peiwar Kotal), the Black Mountain expedition, the Hunza affair (when two more VCs were gained), and the services of the three battalions in the Great War (1st Bn at Gallipoli, 2nd Bn in Mesopotamia, and 3rd Bn in India and Mesopotamia). The text is accompanied by an Index, Apps: Roll of Honour (British officers ony), H & A, & list of former officers.
Author: E D Smith Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 0750981679 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 253
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Since the short and bloody war between Nepal and Britain in 1814-15, Gurkha volunteers, ever mindful of the their motto, 'It is better to die than be a coward', have fought and died for Britain, including in recent years in the Falklands, Afghanistan and Iraq. In the Second World War an astonishing quarter of a million Gurkhas fought aginst Germany and Japan. They have been awarded thirteen Victoria Crosses. Includes detailed appendices include all regimental changes and battle honours.
Author: Ganesh Rai
Author: Ganesh Rai
Author: J.B.R. Nicholson
Author: E.D Smith
Author: Francis Loraine Petre
Author: Henry Doveton Hutchinson
Author: Colonel H. E. Weekes
Author: E D Smith
Author: John Walter
Author: India. Army. 6th Gurkha Rifles
Author: India. Army. Gurkha Rifles, 5th