Worked with Gurkhas in Hong Kong and in the NZ army on many occasions in the 70s and 80s. Always a great bunch of blokes. I had about 20 of them in my M113 on one exercise in the middle of a snow storm. It was atrocious and Aussies, Singaporeans and Malaysians going down like flies with hypothermia - Kiwis too. I looked in the rear of the wagon and there was a steaming pile of soaking wet, frozen Gurkhas all with grins the size of Cheshire cats beaming back at me! Unstoppable these Gurkhas!
My grandfather served with the Gurkha’s during the Malayan Emergency and always spoke highly of them too. Very skilled regiment, I expect the SAS get a few men from them too.
I had occasion to be at 8 Sig Regt & interacted with some techs from the Gurkha signals. Brilliant blokes the lot of them. Immaculate kit, so proud to wear the queens cap badge. every one a steely eyed Mother. wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of any one of them though. same for 1/2 GR & 7 GR at church crookham.
Female Platoon commander of a Gurkha ceremonial Platoon?? My greatest respects to you, ma'am. A very impressive achievement. And what an opportunity to belong to such men as these. Stay close to them; respect them; and prove yourself worthy of their trust and they will follow you easily.
A friend of mine was a military nurse who had served with the Gurkhas. She was an Officer, being a Sister, and when she left the Army after her tour was over, the Gurkhas presented her with a Kukhri - their famous knife. She treasured it more than anything. It is said you must never unsheath a Kukhri unless it is to taste blood. I was told that if someone wants to show anyone a Kukhri, they will unsheath it, and take a slice at their own hand or finger , then clean the blade and sheath it again.
Fantastic video! Very interesting, at least the police acted quickly and everyone is safe. The marches played were, 1) 0:08-Atholl Highlanders & Cock O the North 2) 3:46-Viribus Unitis 3) 5:52-Scotland the Brave 4) 6:57-Jellalabad 5) 8:40-Yo Nepali!
Enormous respect to the Gurkhas as trusted and fantastic soldiers and the police who enabled this procession to be conducted safely. I do find it sad that in todays world armed police must be part of the protection detail for this to happen on home soil.
Graet thx , i worked as Civi from 98-2014 by BfG and the last 3 Years came sometimes Guhrks to us for Exercise´s and so on , we had never Problems with them on the Pay Days as ACW´s :-P
Truly... They are carrying their Khukri's - and they know how to use them. Just once I'd love to see them march with their Khukri's carried at "Present Arms" . That would be totally bad arse - which they are anyway
Watching this, I am getting tears in my eyes, thinking of how much the people of the uk DO NOT deserve to have to endure the debacle of Harry and his travesty marriage anymore.
@@anthonyoneill9053 Andrew hasn't been protected he is in disgrace incase you don't keep up with actual facts .Striped of military titles no where to be seen for weeks the man is an idiot but protected he wasn't and isn't .Incase you don't realise Epstein had many more powerful friends than Andrew try in the USA lots of really big powerful names for Epstein's island who have alot more to loose than titles .Do you honestly think the lower hanging fruit weren't targeted first .Who knows the Maxwell woman the only other person was found hanged in a suicide watch cell ?Think you actual need to do some research on the whole Epstein business .When you see who is involved idiot Andrew was most definitely lower hanging fruit not much power but the others most certainly do .I myself honestly think child abuse is horrendous but as long as really powerful people get away with it it will continue.
@@Joshua78b ; errm, we have less than 70,000 full time serving troops. We are not now big enough to be called an Army. It's a disgrace by our 'politicians' who have been making cuts to our Armed Forces since the early 1970's to my personal knowledge..
Yeah well there has been a rise of policemen who clearly can’t even follow their own rules just search “police audit” on youtube you’ll see all the so called police crying.
It’s always impressive to see how the guards (in this case the Gurkhas) adapt to new out of the ordinary situations. Great work to everyone that sorted the situation out!
@@wolfgangfierce9559 exactly that’s how good they were. There was a bomb threat the officer stops them from approaching before the situation was handled hence them standing at that one intersection for a really long time before continuing into the town. Nothing seemed out of place and that’s all due to their professionalism.
@Earth Extremities 30 years ago I was visiting a beach in Florida and there were three little kids who had gotten caught in a rip current and nobody could get to them and these two Asian gentlemen ran into the water and saved them from drowning. Even the life guards at the beach were too afraid to go where the kids were trapped. The next day there was a report in our local newspaper of how two Gurkhas on vacation in our city ran into the water to save three little kids from drowning. Further in the article the reporter who interviewed one of them asked the Gurkha about his swimming prowess as even the lifeguard was afraid to go in and the Gurkha responded "I never swam before, that was my first time."
These guys are Gurkhas so they are from Nepal and have joined the British army the Gurkhas have been around for a long time since they defeated the British in the 17th century and the British where so impressed with their fighting skills they recruited them now anybody in Nepal can enlist in the British army as a Gurkha
@@davidbell8320 I was told by a history teacher that the Gurkhas beat the British but later they had another war in which the British won and then recruited the Gurkhas as they were very impressed by their skills Sorry if I made it confusing
Im an ex RAF veteran, when i did a tour of duty in Belize i met some Ghurkhas they are the most humble proud men i ever met. Love and respect these men
I've served with these men in the past at Aldershot. The Gurkhas are very professional soldiers of the highest calibre. They march at this very brisk pace, as they are Light Infantry . They served well in the Falklands war in 1982 and scared the Argentinians to death . On the only occasion I was armed with 'live rounds' on mainland UK, I was with these men .
A package had been left near to the Queen Victoria statue - it was quickly assessed and found to be non-threatening. As soon as that was decided the Police skipper allowed the lead Police officer to informed the Drum Major it was safe to lift off again. This isn’t common but shows how training by Police and The Guard works. Everyone knew their role and the guard soon marched up to the Castle. Thank you for all the lovely comments, working with the Gurkha’s is amazing, as are all the regiments we work with.
THE greatest fighting force anywhere in the world, is the Gurkhas. Stories of their bravery and outright courage are legendary. Amazing men, with utmost respect for their service to our queen and country.
@@JohnJones-cp4wh you are right, it is disgraceful they should give such loyal and courageous service to our Queen and country and then get shuffled out through the back door, colloquially speaking.
Enormous respect and gratitude for these wonderful troops. They are among the best regiments in the world. Brave, courageous, supremely loyal. We are honored to have them be a part of the UK armed forces. thank you all, past present and future. You are loved and appreciated.
My late father also served with the Gurkhas during ww2 and the thing he said about them that has stuck with me all this time is “ I’m so glad they were on our side, they are utterly fearless, brave beyond belief and so incredibly smart.
I ‘m in my 7th decade and was a late baby to the point that my father -(not grand father) fought alongside the Gurkha’s on the Somme! Great respect for them ! They went out at
At night and apparently searched for sentries! The germans tied up their shoelaces diff to the brits so they would feel the shoes as a check! Dad said they were called Johney in the trenches!
I can remember as a child (army brat) when my father was posted to Malaysia (Malaya as it was), I always passed through the Gurkhas part of the camp after school. There was always a friendly smile for me. My heart warms whenever I see them now.
Class from the band. Great pace to the march and Cock 'O the North is a world class tune! Oh and to the people who think it's acceptable to plant a bomb, plant a hoax or even phone in a bomb scare then the message is simple; You won't win and NO SURRENDER! #GSTQ
@@MarkzOng They voluntarily signed a contract knowing the conditions that applied at that time. They were not forced into joining the army then, just as those joining now are not forced to do so.
Like ANY commonwealth soldier, they should automatically qualify for British citizenship ship after 5 years service along with their family. No questions asked. It shouldn’t cost them thousands to apply for it, their family’s shouldn’t struggle to get accepted. They have put our country’s needs first and foremost before their own. They left their own country to protect ours. That in my eye is more than enough to qualify. It’s disgusting the way commonwealth soldiers are treated and forced to jump though hoops to get the citizenship they have already earned 10x over. Pensions should also be identical to any other military personnel regardless of the country they are living in.
@@cowboy10uk You seem to be getting your knickers in a twist, virtue-signalling about Commonwealth and Nepali soldiers. 1. They all receive the same salary, benefits and pension as British soldiers. 2. They can all apply for U.K citizenship after four years of military service. 3. They use the same application process as everybody else, exceot that military service qualifies them automatically, so they do not have "to jump through hoops". There you are, doesn't the truth make you feel better?
We owe so much for those brave fearless Gurkhas of ww2 unforgotton heros, they gave all for this country and it took 60yrs for these to be acknowledged, not right
I did not add a like because of the tag line, But it is historically and presently known that the gurka regiment is one the finest and honourable regiments in existence. 👍
What a lucky find to see the Gurkhas. Talk about right place and right time! How ironic the police there have gone form being famously unarmed to being equipped with weaponry more formidable than even most of their American colleagues.
Oh, if only I had studied lip reading when I was young! I'd like to know exactly what the policeman said to the Drum Major. Great work, Military Events!
I told him what the hold up was for and I’d signal him as soon as we’d be ready to lift off again. This isn’t common and first time I’d stopped the guard, but we prepare for this and the drum major and lead officer discuss prior to lift off.
I began sensing something was up the last few week watching all the channels showing the marches the heavy presence of armed military personnel all along the parade routes.Always saw police but particularly a heavy presence of armed military personnel seemed unprecedented.Its a good presence thing they’re showing presence in all things considered.
It’s always interesting to me that the Gurkhas use pipes and horns given they are from Nepal I would think that to show identity they would use a some instruments from their own region
Bomb scare my arse, when did you think of that one to make your video more interesting. They would not have been allowed to continue after such a short period if that was a bomb scare, plus the Gurkas wouldnt need cops if the need arose.
The 1Rifles I see. Well normally the most famous are the light infantry (Grenadiers, Coldstreamers, Scots etc) but it can be quite rare to see other regiments from the British Army. Such as the 1Rifles, 4Gurkhas, Royal Military Police, etc.
I bumped into a Gurkha establishment when going back to the UK to visit a few years back . Driving on the south coast and to be blunt dying for a pee ! I turned of to a side road and found what looked like a deserted old military building , except on close inspection upwards I noticed all these surveillance cameras some moving !! Further down the road there was actually a sign indicating a Gurka regiment.
Superb troops. Top respect to them. Was interested to see the tartan plaid on the pipers. Is that worn because of affiliation with the Coldstream Guards? Does the plaid change depend on the regiment they are attached to?
The Coldstream Guards are not Scottish. The Scots Guards are the Scottish Guards Regiment. Grenadiers, Coldstream, Scots, Welsh and Irish are the Guards Regiments.
@Iain Lindsay, the Royal Gurkhas only have affiliation with one Scottish Regiment. Back in 1949 the Cameroonians (Scottish Rifles) started a still existing affiliation with the Royal Gurkhas. To honor this, the Gurkhas were invited to wear the Gordon Tartan. And in 2022, we observe that these wonderful brave soldiers wear the Tartan. You might have also noted the 140 steps marching tempo. 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵
Habe mal ein Frage. Warum Salutieren die Tor Wächter nur bei den Gurkahs bei durchgehen des Tor. Bei den anderen habe ich es noch nicht gesehen wenn sie durch das Tor gehen.
The Gurkhas are light infantry part of the rifle brigade the light infantry march at 140paces a minute and they trail arms not in the shoulder this goes back to when they skirmish the rifle was carried ready to fire so powder wouldn't fall from Pan
