A Selfless Bravery – Rambahadur Limbu VC Action The story of Rambahadur Limbu often focuses on his courageous actions on November 21st 1965 when his bravery led to his being awarded the Victoria Cross, the most recent Gurkha to have been so rewarded. His selfless bravery is better appreciated when placed in both the context […]
A Selfless Bravery – Kulbir Thapa’s Victoria Cross (VC) Action It was during the First World War that the appellation ‘Bravest of the Brave, Most Generous of the Generous’ was first used in reference to Gurkha soldiers. The actions of Rifleman Kulbir Thapa, the first Gurkha soldier to receive the Victoria Cross, stands as a shining example. In September 1915 elements […]
My dad was just a teenager when he arrived in Bradford in the 1970s. With the support of extended family he found work, learnt the language, and a few years later returned to Pakistan to marry my mum. I was born in the 80s, the second girl in a house of five children. We found […]
Did you know that during WW2, nearly 2.5 million personnel from the British Indian Army were deployed to help protect Britain at its time of need? A special Muslim contingent called ‘Force K6’ was a Mule Transport Corps a part of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC) from the British Indian Army (BIA). […]
Mahomed Gama (1895 – 1965). He was born in old Mirpur, in the erstwhile princely state of Jammu & Kashmir. He served in the Mercantile Marine with the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. He served on the SS Medina, which transported King George V for his Dehli Durbar Coronation to India. Mahomed Gama, had […]
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