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The Victoria Cross

In the two World Wars the Gurkha Brigade suffered 43,000 casualties, and to date it has won 26 Victoria Crosses - 13 awarded to Gurkhas and 13 to British Officers.

The most recent Victoria Cross was awarded to the then Lance Corporal Rambahadur Limbu in November 1965 during the Borneo Confrontation

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