The Gurkha was the 122nd member of British forces to be killed in Afghanistan since the start of operations in October 2001. From Wordnik.com. [icScotland] Reference
The country was frequently called the Gorkha Kingdom, the source of the term "Gurkha" used for Nepali soldiers. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The spare Gurkha was left with his own rifle, an old. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
Wondering, the boy followed the Gurkha off to one side. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
Gurkha soldiers would be sent to join MONUC "within the month.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Sikh and the Pathan, the Gurkha and the Bengali, the Mahratta and the. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
US and British/Gurkha militaries, among most militaries of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Dr Gyi] Reference
The three ex-Gurkha soldiers will appeal against the Court's decision. From Wordnik.com. [The Gurkha ruling is shameful] Reference
He had joined the Gurkha Rifles of the British army when he was sixteen. From Wordnik.com. [Colonel Cross of the Gurkhas] Reference
The ferocity of the betrayal would have caught the Gurkha unit off guard. From Wordnik.com. [Killings shock troops on joint patrols vital to Afghanistan exit strategy] Reference
A new kind of Gurkha! "or" They have some Fidalgos left! "and I buy a 5 pack. From Wordnik.com. Reference
But, instead, the PM needed to be strongarmed into recognising Gurkha rights. From Wordnik.com. [The Lumley effect] Reference
But Saxtorph was fifteen years younger then, and equipped with a Gurkha knife. From Wordnik.com. [Inconstant Star]
“The toughness of Gurkha skulls is legendary,” writes the historian Byron Farwell. From Wordnik.com. [Colonel Cross of the Gurkhas] Reference
To my mind, any Gurkha who served should have the right to live here if they so choose. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
Military sources said a demobilised Gurkha expert in jungle warfare was also killed with. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It's a memoir of being a British officer with a Gurkha regiment in Waziristan in the 1930s. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2010] Reference
Gurkha company of the Guides, and also a company of the 66th Gurkhas under a native officer. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Guides] Reference
British, Gurkha and Estonian forces fought to similar standstills before the Marines arrived. From Wordnik.com. [Stalemate] Reference
Martin Salter, Labour MP who is not standing at the next election, joins in on the Gurkha front. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
His senior Gurkha spoke with another woman, large and strong, who must be something like the mayor. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
As Burke took the filled glass that the Gurkha mess-servant brought him at the Major's order he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
Prone, offhand, or if you have a Gurkha handy, I guess this contraption would suit the affluent crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Useful? You Bet Your R.A.S.S.] Reference
The government announced Gurkha veterans will automatically be allowed to settle in the United Kingdom. From Wordnik.com. [Today's Photos: May 21] Reference
Sangri, the young Gurkha, was down about ten feet under the surface but well away to the right from Bartlett. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
Allegedly on that list are eight of the Gurkha rebels, including Diane Abbot, Kate Hoey and Bob Marshall-Andrews. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
Memsa'b was by no means a fool; the Sikh and the Gurkha shared guard duty, patrolling the walls by day and night. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of London]
A Gurkha servant with the ugly, cheery face of his race appeared and was ordered to bring three whiskeys and sodas. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
The Gurkha unit's home is Shorncliffe barracks in Folkestone, Kent, although most of the men are recruited in Nepal. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade Afghan kills three British soldiers] Reference
James Forsyth says that the Gurkha victory is a victory for the House, and wonders what the Tories 'policy on Trident is. From Wordnik.com. [The week that was] Reference
There was an army MP, a navy MP in white leggings, an Australian, a New Zealander, a South African and a turbaned Gurkha. From Wordnik.com. [The Key to Rebecca]
Lawson even uses the M-word later on when he quotes Lord Bramall, a former Gurkha officer and ex-chief of the defence staff. From Wordnik.com. [The case against the Gurkhas] Reference
On the way down a little Gurkha happened to get off the train for a minute, and when he looked round the train had gone past him. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915] Reference
You feel an instant apology, last Friday, was necessary for a leader so recently compromised by both Smeargate and the Gurkha vote. From Wordnik.com. [Too little, three days too late] Reference
My orderly, a very smart young Gurkha, to my great regret, was seized with it the day after I reached Cachar, and died next morning. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
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