The Royal Artillery (RA) is central to the British Army's drive “to deliver a ten-fold increase in lethality by harnessing precision firepower, surveillance ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, on Thursday (Nov 28) graced the Gurkha Reserve Unit (GRU) Golden Jubilee Celebration that ...

Gurkha soldiers are set to take artillery roles in the British Army for the first time, in a dedicated unit created amid the military recruitment crisis. The King's Gurkha Artillery (KGA) will ...

The King's Gurkha Artillery (KGA) will consist of 400 of the currently around 4,000 Nepalese personnel that make up the Brigade of Gurkhas (pictured, file photo).

The KGA will also be the first British Army unit in fourteen years to receive a new cap badge, and it will denote the expanded role that the Gurkhas will play within the British Army.

A new Gurkha artillery unit has been created amid the recruitment crisis engulfing the British Army. The King’s Gurkha Artillery (KGA) will include 400 Gurkha personnel within the Brigade of ...

We held talks with the hierarchy, and had started boycotting some of the senior officers. One of our demands was that the 16-year-old Gurkha Reserve Unit (GRU) be disbanded and revert to a security ...

The formation of the Gurkha Artillery Unit aligns with the UK’s urgent need to reinforce its Royal Artillery, which currently faces a shortage of 700 soldiers.

Gurkha soldiers with Khukuri knives during their Gurkha Training Company pass-out parade at the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick, England, December 2, 2021. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images ...

THE FIRST Gurkha soldier to be killed fighting in Afghanistan was only there because he had volunteered to go on a second tour after a fellow soldier in his battalion fell ill, it emerged yesterday.

“The KGA will become integral to the UK Armed Forces’ artillery capabilities. As part of the new offer for Gurkha soldiers, and in recognition of the demands of modern warfare, personnel who ...