Brigade of Gurkhas

Who we are

The Brigade of Gurkhas is a unique organisation in the British Army with a reputation of being amongst the finest and most feared soldiers in the world. There are currently over 4000 Gurkhas employed in the Brigade of Gurkhas across many trades.

All Gurkhas are recruited from Nepal, with many thousands of young people attempting selection every year for only a few hundred job opportunities. All Gurkhas are firstly trained at Infanteers at Catterick and then are allocated to their Regiments and Corps as part of the Brigade of Gurkhas, but often working within other organisations of the Army.

Parbate January/ February 2023 edition

The January/ February 2022 edition of Parbate is available to read online now.

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History of the Brigade of Gurkhas

1814

War declared on Nepal
1816

Peace Treaty (Sigauli). Gurkhas recruited into the East India Company
1857

Proof of loyalty in the Indian Mutiny
WW1 and WW2

Between both World Wars over 238,000 Gurkhas enlisted into the Brigade
1947

Partition of India, Nepalese recruited into the British Army
Recent times

Malayan Emergency, Borneo, Hong Kong, Falklands, Kosovo, South Sudan, Poland, Estonia, Afghanistan