For 200 years these fearsome little guys from Nepal have been part of the British Army. They were the effective reason why the Argentinean army flew the white flag over Port Stanley.
It’s fair to say Port Stanley was totally surrounded at the time anyway, but when the Argies were informed that the Gurkhas were to attack – they promptly surrendered for ‘fear of being eaten’ (seriously, thats what they thought). 
The Gurkhas carry into battle the 16inch long Kukri knife which is frankly one nasty bit of kit, which they claim is mainly use for cooking these days – yet the tradition still exists – to draw the knife is to draw blood and they will cut themselves as necessary (assuming there are no enemy to chop up) before returning it to it’s sheath.
Their simplistic Motto of “Better to die than be a coward” is effective enough.
The Kukri is still made and supplied by The Kukuri House today to traditional specifications.
Gurkhas are some of the most friendly people you’re likely to meet and to every last man they’re light hearted and playful comedians, however It’s fair to say that in the rough and tough life of inter-regiment rivalry, no one messes with them.
The British Army are well known for running with vast weight and over long distances, but these guys often double the weight and the distance without breaking a sweat.
If we as a nation can let all these dumb ass toothbrushes into the UK to live from scum holes like Romania and yet can’t even let trusted loyal servants of Her Majesty the Queen stay – what does that say about our nation?
I can not think of any time before where I believed Her Majesty should intervene – but these are her soldiers and now I wouldn’t accept anything less.
TWB supports the Gurkhas
For anyone not knowing who and what the Gurkhas are, the following series of videos are a short documentary that will explain. (it’s a little out of date now as they train in Catterick, Yorkshire rather than Hong Kong)
If any of these links turn black stating the video is no longer available – just click rapidly over the next one to open the YouTube page directly and follow the links there.
For their service, they are not well treated. For years they have requested that once their service is up they are allowed to remain in the UK as a loyal subjects and tax payers.
They’ve been part of the great colonial rip off for time. They’ve taken a good while waking up.
Gurkhas are some of the most friendly people you’re likely to meet and to every last man they’re light hearted and playful comedians
That was exactly my impression, as well. I trained with one of the Royal Ghurka Regiments in Banja Luka, Bosnia. Great group of guys. It was the high point of the entire deployment.
We also discovered that the Ghurkas, and British Army in general, have a much greater supply of common sense than the US Army. After the training was done, we worked together to imbibe 3 pallets of beer. That would never have been allowed on a US base.
lol, what is training if theres no beer at the end?
Yes they’re a brilliant bunch, yet no one really can explain how they go from the nicest of people to these incredible fighters.
Maybe it’s just the beer. I think I lost half my teeth to beer (or was it the punch-up, it’s all vague now)
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