Quote Originally Posted by jimintoronto View Post
Well done, that man....

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Gurkhas, correct , again. The only one of the "hill tribes " that the British Army could not pacify, so they hired them as mercenaries, instead. Not normally posted in the UK, but they have mounted guard at Buckingham Place on a number of occasions, in the past.


Jim B.
Not entirely true anymore, with the hand back of Hong Kong and the reduction in military manpower, The Gurkhas are down to two battalions one of which is still overseas in Brunei but the other is at Shorncliffe in Kent UK, either of these Battalions are deployed overseas when required.

Since they have now won the right to settle in the UK after their service and have equal pay and rights to British servicemen, the penny pinchers in Whitehall no longer see them as a cheap source of manpower. Those that settle in UK are also not bringing much needed income back to Nepal, limiting their Political Usefulness, putting the future of this great regiment in doubt should there be further manpower cuts..