The Royal Gurkha Rifles

'Fiercely Loyal, Calm, Caring'

PA | Posted 31.10.2012 | UK

Two British soldiers shot dead by a man wearing Afghan police uniform were named today as Lieutenant Edward Drummond-Baxter and Lance Corporal Siddhan...

Military Fitness: Just Say NO

Alistair Coleman | Posted 21.10.2012 | UK Comedy
Alistair Coleman

You pay your money, stand in a field, and a man in a vest with a wispy moustache shouts at you for an hour. While this happens, your body is forced into all kinds of unnatural positions known to acolytes of the craft as "the press-up", "the star jump", the "run to the fence and back MOVE!" and - I shudder at the memory - "the burpee".

Soldier Shot Dead In Afghanistan

PA | Posted 15.12.2011 | UK

A British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. The soldier, from the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles, was s...