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Exclusive Pictures of Gorkha Soldiers Worldwide

From the end of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 until the start of World War I the Gurkha Regiments saw active service in Burma, Afghanistan, the North-East Frontier and the North-West Frontiers of India, Malta (the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–78), Cyprus, Malaya, China (the Boxer Rebellion of 1900) and Tibet (Younghusband's Expedition of 1905),World War I (1914–18), World War II (1939–45), In the Second World War, Gurkha strength was expanded to 45 battalions. Soldiers saw action in Iraq, Persia, Cyprus, Tunisia, Italy, Greece, Burma, Malaya and Indonesia.

 Exclusive Pictures of Gorkha Soldiers Worldwide

In Borneo Soldiers of 2nd Gurkha rifles manning a machine gun posting 1963-66 

7th Gurkha Rifles with an anti-aircraft gun in 1982 Falklands War

Sgt Bharnabahadur Rai 1st Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles in the Malayan Jungle
British, Gurkha ; Sikh officers in Iraq 1941

2GR North Africa Gurkhas climbing hill in battle (Tunisia 1943)

1/4th Gurkhas at kit inspection showing kukris, Le Sart, France

Some Action with Deadliest Weapon known as khukuri, 1944

British Gurkha uniform and gear in modern-day Iraq, 1918. 

With British Royal Prince Harry in Aghanistan 

 Gurkha in Singapore

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