Gharma Sunnu - Listen at Home

The Victoria Cross is the highest honour that a soldier can receive within the British Army. In total, 12 were awarded to members of Gurkha units for actions during World War 2, 10 to Gurkhas and 2 to British Officers. Today we focus in on the heroics behind two of these, the stories of Tulbahadur Pun and Michael Allmand.

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When You Go Home, Tell Them of Us and Say,

For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today. 

These are the words carved on the 2nd British Division Memorial in Kohima Cemetery, known as the Kohima Epitaph in memory of the twin battles and those that gave their lives, listen to the momentous story today.

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In celebration of International Women's Day or Nari Diwas as it is known in Nepal, we got three prominent figures within the Museum to come together and talk about their experiences as Nepali Women living here in the UK.

On 20th March 1944, Naik (Corporal) Dilbahadur Khattri and two Gurkha riflemen reached the walls of the Monte Cassino Monastery - the first Allied soldiers in four great battles to reach their objective. This painting by the artist Jason Askew graphically depicts the moment three days before, on 17th March 1944, when 1st Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles (1/9 GR) captured Hangman’s Hill.

In 1917, units of the 2nd Battalion of the 9th Gurkha Rifles were tasked with forcing a crossing of the Tigris River at Shumran in Mesopotamia as part of the Allied assault against Turkish forces. British troops had just relieved the beleaguered city of Kut and were keen to press their advantage on towards Baghdad.

Hear the story that inspired this fantastic painting by Lionel Edwards.