The Gurkhas 200 Years of Service to the Crown |
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| Author:
| Lawrence CBE, J. C. |
| Introduction by:
| Lumley, Joanna |
| ISBN: | 978-1-910500-02-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2015 |
| Publisher: | Unicorn Publishing Group
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $99.99 |
Book Description:
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Probably the best known, and to their adversaries the most feared, body of fighting men in the British Army, Gurkhas were first recruited to serve the British Crown 200 years ago in 1815 and for all those years their signature weapon has remained the Kukri. In that time, these young men, from the Nepalese hills, have fought in all the major wars ......
Probably the best known, and to their adversaries the most feared, body of fighting men in the British Army, Gurkhas were first recruited to serve the British Crown 200 years ago in 1815 and for all those years their signature weapon has remained the Kukri. In that time, these young men, from the Nepalese hills, have fought in all the major wars ......