The Royal Gurkha Rifles Articles

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  1. Gurkhas Help Destroy Massive Explosives Haul in Afghanistan

    29th May 2011 by admin fuse

    Gurkhas took part in a mission to destroy a Taliban haul of explosives, they blew up enough homemade explosives to kill a hundred British soldiers. A controlled blast in the Afghan desert destroyed more than 800kg of explosives in an operation which involved the 2nd Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles, the Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP), and  Read more…

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  2. The Prince of Wales visits the 1st Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles on Salisbury Plain

    11th February 2010 by admin HRH visits the 1st Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles on Salisbury Plain.

    The Prince of Wales today thanked Gurkha soldiers for taking care of Prince Harry during his time in Afghanistan. His Royal Highness met about 200 soldiers, their wives and children from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles as they trained on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire ahead of deploying to Afghanistan from next month. As Colonel-in-Chief, The  Read more…

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  3. British forces past and present are celebrated at Britain’s first Armed Forces Day.

    27th June 2009 by admin Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets cadets before attending a service to mark the 1st annual Armed Forces Day

    Across Britain on Saturday, thousands hit the streets – from Aberdeen to Worthing, from Barnet to Birmingham – to celebrate Britain’s first Armed Forces Day. Showing their pride and appreciation for the country’s military, towns and cities across the country were decked in bunting and Union flags Britain’s servicemen and women, past and present, paraded  Read more…

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