I'm eight years old and I live in Surrey. Today I'm meeting Captain Ganesh Rai, who is a special kind of soldier in the British army, called a Gurkha. My father is also a Gurkha. Captain Ganesh ...

The Gurkhas will recruit women for the first time from 2020, and the selection process will be the same as for men. Women hoping to join will have to pass gruelling physical tests - including ...

Krishna Gurung Krishna Gurung served 16 years in the 6th Gurkha Rifles regiment Krishna Gurung ... values" Gurkhas' contribution to the British Army and is "looking into pension differences".

Around 3,600 Nepalese men currently serve in the British Army’s Brigade of Gurkhas. More than 32,000 Gurkhas serve in seven regiments of the Indian Army, while Brunei’s all-Gurkha elite unit ...

It has long been a legend of the Falklands War that the Argentines defending Stanley were so terrified of the Gurkhas ... who still serves in the British Army with the rank of Captain, confirmed ...

Tens of thousands of Nepalis continue to serve in the Indian Gurkha regiments. Kesang Tseten ... a special unit within the British Army made up of boys recruited from the mountain villages ...

have been awarded to Gurkha Regiments. Nearly 28,000 Gurkha candidates compete for just 200 places in the British Army each year. In order to qualify, they are required to do 75 bench jumps in one ...

Major John Jeffcoat, currently in a leadership position within the British Army's Gurkha Regiment in Brunei, says he is really proud to work with Gurkha soldiers from Nepal. Major Jeffcoat is ...

For more than 200 years, the British army has recruited soldiers from Nepal for its Gurkha regiment. Gurkhas have fought as British soldiers in two world wars and other notable conflicts.