How To Use Gurkha In A Sentence
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Bands, dancing and Gurkha storytelling will also feature, while the more energetic visitors can have a go at an Army climbing wall or aerial ropeway.
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The kukri is a traditional Nepalese large knife, which is carried by Gurkha soldiers.
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The knives are more commonly spelled "kukri" -- and are probably best known for their association with the Gurkhas (Wikipedia entry
Cronaca
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He said he participated in several infantry actions, including hand-to-hand combat in which he and other Gurkhas killed with kukris.
Dr Gyi
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The hanging lamps swinging a chain of sound to scare away the former Gurkha this student, causing him a series of thinking.
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Most were Sikhs, Rajputs or Gurkhas, people whom the British classed as ‘martial races’ and they were much admired for their bearing, courage and steadfastness.
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Considering the shite we let live here and contribute nothing, the failure of this Government to let the Gurkhas, who have contributed, is nothing less than shameful.
You Couldn’t Make It Up « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
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This Socialist government would rather pay to keep tens of thousands of illegal immigrants and eastern European criminals and gypsies and the dregs from Guantanamo but think the Gurkhas are a drain on the Country.
"ROGUE GUNNER"
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It is so obvious that the treatment of the Gurkhas has been a huge injustice," she said.
BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
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The British, impressed by the martial spirit of the Gurkhas, began recruiting them into the Indian army.
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The Gurkhas 'stall at the bazar was the noisiest, for the men were engaged -- to a nasty noise as of beef being cut on the block -- with the
Indian Tales
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Every year we received a polite note ‘for the record’ asking us to disarm our Gurkhas (they carried kukris) so as not to alarm the populace.
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On the ground Robert sprinted across the plateau, directly at the monument, sliding a curved Gurkha knife back into a hip sheath.
THE KILL CLAUSE
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The kukri is the fighting knife of the Nepalese Gurkhas.
Kit Up
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The Gurkhas could be the heart of the world's first real police force.
Sudan Watch
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The Gurkhas are famed for their prowess in battle.
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The Royal Scots and the Black Watch are among other famous regiments facing the axe, while at least one of the two Gurkha battalions is likely to be wound up.
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A heavy "kukri" knife -- one of the leaf-shaped knives which the Gurkhas and others of the hill tribes of
The Jewel of Seven Stars
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The event originated in Hong Kong in 1981 as a military training exercise for the Gurkhas.
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The Gurkha emphasis on traditional British military values is legendary.
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The Gurkhas occupy a depth position around the oilfields.
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Gurkha battalions have been stationed there in rotation for the past twenty-five years.
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The main feeling in British military circles is that Brigadier David Richards' paratroopers and Gurkha riflemen will be in Sierra Leone ‘for as long as it takes’.
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ArmorGroup North America (AGNA), which is contracted to secure the US embassy in Kabul, hires many Nepalese (known as Gurkhas) whose English is not proficient.
John W. Whitehead: Privatizing the War on Terror: America's Military Contractors
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One of those who died was named as Lieutenant Neal Turkington, 26, from Portadown, Co Armagh, from the 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Hunt continues for rogue Afghan soldier who killed British troops
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Despite that incident his mother allowed him to keep a stash of weapons in his bedroom, including a Gurkha's kukri knife, a sword sheathed in a walking stick and a 3ft samurai sword.
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Gurkha battalions have been stationed there in rotation for the past twenty-five years.
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Miss Wagstaff, Guerrilla Welsh-Fare and myself noted how the Gurkhas are apparently unwelcome in Wales.
Archive 2009-05-01
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The Gurkha regiments suffered tens of thousands of casualties on farflung British battlefronts in both world wars.
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Gurkhas who were in Britain as asylum seekers had awaited the ruling with trepidation as they feared deportation.
Times, Sunday Times
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I was looking for people with specific trades and technical skills, but alongside me were my colleagues who were going to recruit people like Gurkhas.
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SECRET PLAN TO DISBAND GURKHAS (RG) Tell you what lets keep the Gurkhas and disband the Labour Party and the MOD.
"ROGUE GUNNER"
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The smart regiments in the Indian army were the guys with the Lancers and the Gurkhas.
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MR. STEINBERG: The Gurkhas are a group of -- but they're a separate unit within the Indian --
Press Briefing By Dee Dee Myers
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Gurkhas were reduced to handing back their medals in protest at the unfair treatment of their fellow comrades.
The Sun
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Gurkhas and Scots Highlanders have always had a close mutual affinity and the Gurkha bagpipe and diced bonnet are directly drawn from those of their comrades.
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She is a national heroine in Nepal because of her work on behalf of the Gurkhas.
Times, Sunday Times
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On the ground Robert sprinted across the plateau, directly at the monument, sliding a curved Gurkha knife back into a hip sheath.
THE KILL CLAUSE
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We ship out educated people like medieval Switzerland exported pikemen, or Nepal Gurkhas.
Robin of Berkeley says a funny thing happened to her on the way to the revolution
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The Gurkhas have managed to cut back some of their numbers since the changes to their terms and conditions, but there is still a large overstaffing because of over-recruitment," said one Whitehall source.
Defence cuts: Gurkhas and RAF take brunt
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You will see a fort wherever there is a pass through which the Nepalese -- that is, the Gurkhas -- were able to attack the Tibetans.
The Mount Everest Expedition
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Surely the distinction is that Jo Lumley had a deeply personal, and quite selfless, reason for supporting the Gurkhas, and it was a clear cut cause where all decent people would agree with her that the government position was a disgrace, whereas Bono's motive is purely self-promotion and self-guilt assuagement.
Campaign journalism
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If our arrangement with Nepal is annulled, our long links with the Gurkhas could end.
TANK OF SERPENTS
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Some retired Gurkhas have claimed that despite their renowned contributions in Britain's military exploits they have been treated unfairly by their paymasters.
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The door opened and his manservant, an ex-Gurkha naik named Kim, came in with a silver tray which he placed by the fire.
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