Fearsome kukri display caps off landmark day for British Army's latest Gurkha engineers

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Ай бұрын

The British Army's newest Gurkha sappers have formally marked their ascent to the Queen's Gurkha Engineers with an attestation parade in Maidstone.
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@leakoe3797 Ай бұрын

My Father fought with the Gurkhas many years ago in Burma He maintained they are fierce fighters..no fear..it was a priviledge

@THARG67 Ай бұрын

Mine too

@ToddAndKate Ай бұрын

I met a Gurkha Sergeant in Afgan, they are very serious soldiers..thank God there in our team

@alanmcmillan6969 Ай бұрын

We are very lucky to have such an elite force!

@MyScotty7 Ай бұрын

We train them to become elite! They also feel lucky to be here we need to double the intake atleast!

@misterbig9025 Ай бұрын

What about French foreign legion?

@alanmcmillan6969 Ай бұрын

@@MyScotty7 stop being racist, and see why they became part of the British army

@bish91 Ай бұрын

@@alanmcmillan6969How is he being racist? They aren’t born Elite , granted they have cultural differences which benefit (larger lung capacity due to the region they are from etc) , but ultimately it IS the training they receive that puts them above the rest.

@j.ksmith7432 Ай бұрын

@@MyScotty7 I don’t know the current situation but in the past the Gurkhas have been treated very badly, whether that was down to the Government, the British Army or who, I don’t know. I do know that I’m ashamed that that could happen to such dedicated and loyal troops. I once had the misfortune to have myself, my passengers, my vehicle, my horse trailer and even under the horse searched by Gurkha Guards, even though I was there legitimately and knew that I wasn’t doing or carrying anything I shouldn’t I was practically shaking in my boots. They’re worth their weight in gold as far as I’m concerned .

@nigelleyland166 Ай бұрын

Congratulations, we are priveledge to have you in our forces gentlemen.

@davehadley3567 Ай бұрын

Some of the finest light infantry on the planet, Great respect.

@robinwhitebeam4386 Ай бұрын

My father was in a Gurkha unit in Burma in WW2 and always had great faith in their abilities.

@csten Ай бұрын

My grandad was there, said he always preferred going into positions cleared by the Gurkhas as they were ‘thorough’!

@jnairac Ай бұрын

@@csten any RAMC any chance ?

@misterbig9025 Ай бұрын

We should hire more Gurkhas!

@richardpettifer Ай бұрын

My father was a RAF radio operator in a Gurkha unit in the Chindits behind Japanese lines in Burma Spoke highly of them I heard some of the stories ! Currently trying to research his time there

@robinwhitebeam4386 Ай бұрын

@@jnairac Infantry company.

@robertmiller1299 Ай бұрын

We are very very proud of them - their military skills and their great loyalty to Britain. I just hope that all this is properly and fully recognised by the MOD and our politicians.

@cacambo589 Ай бұрын

No. Many politicians would like to exclude foreign-born citizens from the UK. It makes them popular with tiny-minded fools.

@gadgetgus Ай бұрын

Love these guys, real men - brave, yet humble warriors! 🇬🇧 🇳🇵 Thanks for sharing, ATB Gus 👍🏼

@mrc1500 Ай бұрын

They're amazing. I just wish the government of this country would appreciate them more.

@shaunsheep8252 Ай бұрын

So true, I was deployed with them and they are so honourable and loyal, lay their lives on the line for our country and they are not fully appreciated by the government. Such a shame

@normmcrae1140 Ай бұрын

A Big man with a little knife is NOWHERE near as SCARY as a Little Man with a BIG KNIFE! My Dad fought alongside the Gurkhas in Italy in WW2 - and they TERRIFIED the Enemy!

@chadstack2539 Ай бұрын

I had the pleasure of working with some Gurkha’s in Afghanistan. These guys are some of the most professional, fearless, and humble soldiers you will ever meet.

@trevoraird4156 Ай бұрын

The finest of people, fearless, loyal, hard working. We should be forever grateful for their unfailing loyalty and service to our country.

@thetrollslayer3716 Ай бұрын

Colonial services to be precise.

@peckelhaze6934 Ай бұрын

There are none braver or more committed than the Gurkha. We are so fortunate that the Gurkha still wants to be a part of the British Army. It is so disappointing that it took so long for them to be accepted as a British citizen and live here with their family. Well done Joanna Lumley.

@stephensmith4480 Ай бұрын

What amazing Soldiers. Dedicated, loyal and totally professional. Good luck with your British Army career Gentlemen and may God Bless you 🙏

@cris4711 Ай бұрын

As a uk citizen I’d like to thank the Gurkhas for their service

@tutnallman Ай бұрын

Some Gurkhas found me lying on the hard ground in a foreign country- and carried me to a place of safety......... Top chaps

@royleon3525 Ай бұрын

I had the honour of going into the Malay Jungle with the GURKHAS in 1961 a brief but enlightening tour. Never to be forgotten. I heard stories of them from my Grandfather who served in India many years before. He was presented with a kukri and passed it onto his son, my uncle. I have respected and admired them since childhood. To serve with them briefly was the highlight of my life.

@RalphBrooker-gn9iv Ай бұрын

Proud to have served alongside Gurkhas. From mortar concentrations in Otterburn to South Georgia, back end of 1982.

@bobbi4122 Ай бұрын

Proud that they do what they do for Britain and so proud that I know one personally as part of my family

@glenntoogood1274 Ай бұрын

The pride of the British Army! 🇬🇧

@chrishalstead4405 Ай бұрын

Thank God they’re on our side!! 😊😊

@jonathanbailey5334 Ай бұрын

no more faithful friend , no more fearsome enemy AYO GUKALI

@BurtHurtz Ай бұрын

I'm from the USA and still love these dudes. They are studs.

@stuartmccall5474 Ай бұрын

No, they are Gurkhas! British soldiers who can fight, dance & sing Gospel. Search here, "Hallelujah Gurkha" Enjoy!!

@easymode8958 Ай бұрын

God knows we need these boys now more than ever 🙏

@davehill4295 Ай бұрын

Great people

@randallkaeser Ай бұрын

those uniforms have so much swagger. 👌😮‍💨

@TheDusty1212 Ай бұрын

And to think these guys had issues moving to the UK. And yet these dingy divers get in to the UK and sponge of the state. The UK should be honoured to have this regiment.

@grahamvoght9294 Ай бұрын

Brilliant and loyal soldiers. Total respect.

@Grumszy Ай бұрын

Fantastic fighting force the Gurkhas have helped win many wars for Great Britain.

@garypatrick7817 Ай бұрын

Fantastic….and a history to live up to…

@adienowed6366 Ай бұрын

Brilliant soldiers-humble and loyal to their very core.

@skullsaintdead Ай бұрын

Thank God they're on our side! Good on you'se for defending our democracies and standing up to tyranny! Much love from Australia.

@syco8490 Ай бұрын

I salute all the young men from Nepal who become Gurkhas. Well done and congratulations for making the course. May your service be distinguished and fruitful.

@johnnunn8688 Ай бұрын

Top men, top people, top soldiers.

@dennycraig8483 Ай бұрын

I hope these guys pay and pensions have improved, it is disgraceful how they have been treated by the government. Outstanding people all of them..

@blank557 Ай бұрын

Agreed. The UK done them wrong, after all their years of dedicated service. Fix it, Britain!

@user-je8kq2cg6u Ай бұрын

We are privileged to have the Gurkhas, a fierce company of men, brave and loyal to Britain. Thank you guys

@380Scania Ай бұрын

Well done. Go Gorkhali!

@Terracecasualx5 Ай бұрын

We are so lucky to have such honourable,dedicated,proud and smart soldiers,who want so much to serve in the British mob and let’s not forget how much they scare the bejeebers out of our enemy’s lol. In the Falklands the rumour was spread amongst the Argie conscripts,that the Gurkhas were going to eat them lol. I believe it was the ‘blood clot’ who started that rumour 😂😂😂😂

@Svensk7119 Ай бұрын

A British general once said, "If a man says he is unafraid in combat, he's either lying or a Gurkha."

@dannyblackwell2426 Ай бұрын

Just amazing are Gurkhas. so proud they are part of the British army

@AethelwulfOfNordHymbraLand2333 Ай бұрын

So, so proud to have Nepalese mercenaries execute your missions? Strange source of pride.

@dannyblackwell2426 Ай бұрын

@@AethelwulfOfNordHymbraLand2333 you need to know the difference between mercenaries and genuine soldiers. from that comment you don't.

@kwolf2145 Ай бұрын

Ye because your own white soldiers are inferior.

@AbuHajarAlBugatti Ай бұрын

@@AethelwulfOfNordHymbraLand2333 Yeah these people are brainwashed and pathetic. Cant even find people in their own country who want to fight for that crumbling police state but beg for some poor asian nepalis to come die for them. Like some rich nerd needing the in poverty living gym jock to defend him in school

@user-rx9dh1ni5p Ай бұрын

Love and respect from Pakistan to my nepali brave brothers

@iainballas Ай бұрын

With Ghurkas, the Kukri is a survival tool. It changes everyone else's game mode from 'creative' to 'survival', at least.

@andrden6440 Ай бұрын

How do we make British kids wanting to achieve rather than playing computer games?

@davidb2206 Ай бұрын

Parents.

@AbuHajarAlBugatti Ай бұрын

Who buys them video games?

@JulianMakes Ай бұрын

Congratulations to sapper Dawa Mingure Bhote and all the other fine soldiers!

@ArcTV. Ай бұрын

I love the gurkhas so so sooo much. Nothing but the highest respect for them, 🇬🇧 🤝 🇳🇵

@patrickbarrett5650 Ай бұрын

Great skills to take home and pass on as well.

@HRHooChicken 10 күн бұрын

“Section commander! We are out of ammo!” Enemy: oh please god no

@PiperX1X Ай бұрын

Congratulations and well done gentlemen, may you all have a prosperous and productive future within the British Army. I can’t believe it was nine months since you were eating fish and chips in Whitby! Stay safe and be well.

@dougmartin893 Ай бұрын

Fantastic. We're so proud of these men. ❤

@jimt9261 Ай бұрын

Seeing as we're struggling to recruit here, let's recruit lots more Gurkha's from Nepal. Fit, tough, disciplined, and desperately keen to serve, exactly what we need in our military!

@Leon-lt5gv Ай бұрын

Small but lethel ' 50 of these man ' could stop 500 ' we love these soldiers ' any young recruit should watch & learn ' you will see how fearsom these men are ' 🇬🇧 & lucky to have the gurka's ' & SAS + the royal marines ' simply the best ' quality 🇬🇧👍

@SusanCowan-eb1tq Ай бұрын

These men are amazing and are role models for all. Such excellence!

@Shady-1977 Ай бұрын

They're great people and even better soldiers 🙏🏼🇬🇧

@Timmyboy505 Ай бұрын

Warriors

@kleinjahr Ай бұрын

No,Gurkhas.

@Timmyboy505 Ай бұрын

@@kleinjahr true, it was ment as a compliment though

@marveen6372 Ай бұрын

One of the most feared warrior of all time

@michaelamos4651 Ай бұрын

Thankyou to these brave yet humble soldiers 🙏

@ryescott9445 Ай бұрын

What amazingly, brilliant Warriors. So much respect for those men 🫶

@CoffeeFiend1 Ай бұрын

As Ukraine has shown, bayonets, melee and hand-to-hand are still very much a reality in modern warfare. There's been a lot of accounts of people surrendering when out of ammunition and them being executed on the spot.

@AbuHajarAlBugatti Ай бұрын

Ukraine has shown that melee is a thing of the past. Not a single documented proven occurence of someone being stabbed. These guys are just silly with their prancing. Same level as the north korean and russian melee shows trying to look all hard. Or the maori, who got buttslapped and their country taken to this day by the britbongs. The nepalese are so hard they need to become mercenary for some far away white country but get owned by the chinese lmao

@vin65old Ай бұрын

My fathers last posting before being demobbed after 12 years of being in the army catering corp was with the Gurkha's in Penicuik from 1972 to 1975. They are a very humble people who are very proud to be part of the British Army.

@XA-12-zr6gc Ай бұрын

Well done to all of you boys. You do our and your country incredibly proud. You're some of the best of the best.

@dalroache Ай бұрын

Gurkha soldiers are some of the fiercest toughest fighting soldiers that ever lived

@THARG67 Ай бұрын

I worked in a part worn tyre garage near Canterbury when the Ghurkas were there. Polite,patient great lads. I pushed them to the front of the queue when the boss was away,i still remembered the respect my Dad had for them after doing his National Service with them in Malaya...

@WreckingKrew00 Ай бұрын

THESE GUYS ARE SOME OF THE BEST SOLDIERS IN THE WORLD.

@nathanielwhite8769 Ай бұрын

The British Army desperately needs more Gurkhas, at least two or three Brigades to then be given Special Operations Level Training etc. To my mind, they have the potential to match the performance of the Paras and Royal Marines easily. Well done Chaps, great work!

@kr1886 Ай бұрын

Smart lads! I hope they know that however our higher ups have treated them in the past/will treat them in the future, the British people hold them in the highest regard.

@jonison6847 Ай бұрын

100% true.

@EricAlainDufresne Ай бұрын

I'm proud of all of you also.

@paulkersey2179 Ай бұрын

They are inspirering

@expatexpat6531 Ай бұрын

Recruit more Ghurkas.

@marciaedwardscrown Ай бұрын

And Sikhs from Punjab, Highlanders and Irish pikemen. Because we still live in the 19th century don't we ? Wars have moved away from knives and infantry

@expatexpat6531 Ай бұрын

@@marciaedwardscrown I see a lot of infantrymen in UKR...

@marciaedwardscrown Ай бұрын

@@expatexpat6531 these Ukraine and Russian are not fighting a modern war. They are using 1914 tactics of trench warfare and static war. The U.S and NATO use airpower as their key lynchpin in defeating their enemy. Then Infantry and vehicles go just for patrol duty really. That's modern war tactics. No one uses masses infantry charges like these slavs are doing

@darkassassin4166 Ай бұрын

@@marciaedwardscrown lol they havent

@marciaedwardscrown Ай бұрын

@@expatexpat6531 because the slav are fighting a 1914 war with trenches and artillery. Neither side possess aerial dominance. Modern armies like Britain win the air war and ground troops just go into patrol areas. In what possible situation will you ever have anyone using a knife in modern combat

@jimjohnston7688 Ай бұрын

Smart looking bunch of soldiers. Best of luck to all of them.

@mentalcog2187 Ай бұрын

Amazing and so much more than mere soldiers. Incredible respect from the States. A Truly World Class Elite Force!

@semajllene1 Ай бұрын

Congratulations to everyone of the Gurkha engineers, let’s hope the government don’t let these fabulous fellers down again and like a lot of our other veterans. Bless you and I wish you all the very best.

@richardpettifer Ай бұрын

My father was a RAF wireless operator in a Gurkha unit in the Chindits in Burma Spoke highly of these guys

@GF-zh7sv Ай бұрын

the Gurkhas are legendary. Much respect to them!

@JohnSmith-ii9ci Ай бұрын

Great lads you are the pride of the King and Nepal. My auntie taught there in Kalimpong and one of her pupils was Sherpa Tensing.

@AbuHajarAlBugatti Ай бұрын

You mean being cucked so hard that instead of defending your country you let some far away white imperialist country come and pick the best men of the country to take them and use them as cannonfodder for their wars? They are the biggest shame for nepal. Mercenary for the white man

@irvsstella 29 күн бұрын

From one Sapper, to all these new Sappers, welcome to the best family you'll ever want.

@Frank-uw5xq Ай бұрын

My Dad was Special Forces Green Beret in the 80's, he still has the Kukri he was given by the Gurkha's,he said their the toughest dudes he trained with

@scottieginga1 Ай бұрын

Plumbers with attitude! Much respect, Gurkhas

@vwtransportersandmotorcycl3729 Ай бұрын

They are the most humbling human beings

@StrmesExpire Ай бұрын

Lost love from nepal to our county brother we wish you make our county nepal proud

@neilw.3012 Ай бұрын

We do not deserve such heroes

@marciaedwardscrown Ай бұрын

No. Russia does

@AsbinGrg670 Ай бұрын

I am preparing for British gurkha hope my hardwork pays off😊 love from Nepal to uk people❤️

@marciaedwardscrown Ай бұрын

@@AsbinGrg670 nice British women are waiting for you along with free housing and money

@jonison6847 Ай бұрын

The Gurkhas are noble and fierce warriors. We in Britain are lucky to have them. Our politicians should respect this fact by never sending them into war in foreign soil on a false premise, like so many times in the past.

@ddoherty5956 Ай бұрын

Why these guys have had to fight for a fair pension is beyond me!

@stiffchocolate7546 Ай бұрын

At least somebody's joining the British Army

@addictedtotreasuretrash108 Ай бұрын

My uncle was in Burma with the R.A.F in 1942 with his squadron and he always told me how brave they were and how many went into battle with just their Kukhri knife........

@aloberdorf4579 Ай бұрын

Congratulations to these young men, they descend from some of the most stalwart people, kinda like Bullet Proof Monks....😀

@brenttesterman3171 Ай бұрын

God bless these kids!

@andrewcharles459 Ай бұрын

Legends, every one.

@sadiqulislam9644 Ай бұрын

Not sure why the British Army dont just hire half our armed forces as Gurkhas. They would all give their left toe for a chance and we need more soldier!

@fisharefriends598 Ай бұрын

These lads are built different… small but incredibly fit. Every one of them needs to be offered British citizenship if they see combat, they can not be left alone once they have finished their tours

@franceshendry5656 Ай бұрын

Wow! Now that's what looking good is!

@bluenose21c Ай бұрын

To come thousands of miles and endure everything thrown at them you have to admire them

@jayhollyoake9419 Ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@ddoherty5956 Ай бұрын

The thing about the Gurkha's is that they are pure meritocracy, no DEI, no reduced fitness standards only the best get through selection snd those who don't are probably at least as fit as the average intake. If you are going to have a small army you want the very best, the most lethal weapons you can create not the most fashionable!

@chrishiking8818 Ай бұрын

Amazing very brave men , these are the people we need in the UK

@mickb474 Ай бұрын

I have always admired the Gurkhas, i’m currently reading a book on them now “Gurkha Oddesy” by Peter Duffell.

@TatTvamAsiSwetaketu-nz4ey Ай бұрын

The United Kingdom should offer citizenship to all the gurkhas who have served and should allow them to bring their immediate family members to 🇬🇧.

@stephensmith9756 Ай бұрын

May god bless the King’s Gurkhas! Outstanding dedicated men. “Fear the man with the crooked knife”!🇳🇵🇺🇸

@sprre3899 Ай бұрын

I worked with them in the Kosovo, they all thought I was nuts, don’t know if that’s good or bad. I remember walking in to their bar, it was one of the best bars out there. And they can drink.