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The Kukri 2009/10 THE KUKRI 2009/10 The Kukri U B I Q U E NUMBER 61 The Journal of The Brigade of Gurkhas 2009/10 Design: HQLF Design Studio © Crown Copyright Job Reference Number ADR000071 The Kukri - The Journal of The Brigade of Gurkhas The Kukri NUMBER 61 December 2010 (All rights reserved) Headquarters Brigade of Gurkhas Trenchard Lines, Upavon Pewsey, Wiltshire SN9 6BE United Kingdom The Journal of The Brigade of Gurkhas 2009/10 U B I Q U E Front Cover Queen’s Gurkha Orderly Officers Capt Yambahadur Rana RGR Capt Prembahadur Ale QGE 1 The Kukri - The Journal of The Brigade of Gurkhas The Kukri - The Journal of The Brigade of Gurkhas Contents Number 61 December 2010 Editorial …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 Report to the President of Nepal ………..................................................................................... 7 Honours and Awards ………………………………………………………………………………….… 11 Operations 1 RGR Op HERRICK 12 – An Overview ……………………………………………………………………… 13 Commanding Officer’s Final ‘SITREP’ from Afghanistan ……………………………………………… 15 2 RGR 2 RGR Battle Group at Musa Qal’eh – A Review of its Operations ………………………………… 17 Counter Insurgency Operations in a Complex Environment – D Company Group, Garmsir ……… 19 Foxtrot (Tavoleto) Company …………………………………………………………………..… 22 QOGLR Close Support Logistic Regiment .…………………………………………………………………… 26 Theatre Logistic Group– 94 Squadron QOGLR ……………………………………………………… 27 A Bridge too Light? …………………………………………………………………………………… 29 Fighting Logistics through for Op MOSHTARAK …………………………………………………… 32 From Kenya to Afghanistan to Winchester – 18 Months with 10 QOGLR ………………………… 36 QGE ……………………………………………………………………………………………..…… 37 QGS ………………………………………………………………………………………………..… 37 Disbandment of the Associations of the Regiments which remained in independent India Preamble ……………………………………………………………………………. ……………… 38 1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) Regimental Association ………… 38 Presentation of the Medals of Major General M R W Nightingale ………………………………… 39 9th Gurkha Rifles on Hangman’s Hill, Cassino in March 1944 ……………………………………… 40 The Bonds of the Regiment – A Visit to 9 GR ……………………………………………………… 41 Headquarters Brigade of Gurkhas and Other Articles Newsletter…………………………………………………………………………………………… 43 Gurkha Welfare Centre …………………………………………………………………………… 44 Crossing the Larkya La …………………………………………………………………………… 48 I Should Be So Lucky ……………………………………………………………………………… 50 VC and PVC Holder’s Reunion …………………………………………………………………… 51 British Gurkhas Nepal Gurkha Settlement Office Kathmandu …………………………………………………………… 55 The Everest Marathon …………………………………………………………………………… 55 Where have all the Hill Boys Gone? ……………………………………………………………… 57 Communication Systems in Nepal ………………………………………………………………… 58 The Royal Gurkha Rifles ………………………..………………………………………………… 60 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles ………………………………………………..………… 64 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles Newsletter ……………………………………………………………………………………… 65 2 3 The Kukri - The Journal of The Brigade of Gurkhas The Kukri - The Journal of The Brigade of Gurkhas Exercise PACIFIC KUKRI 10 ………………………………………………………………………… 67 Book Reviews A Mountaineering Expedition in Northern India ……………………………….…………………… 70 Britain’s Gurkhas ……………………………………………………………………………………… 140 Exercise JUNGLE GURUJI …………………………………………………………………………… 73 The Crown of Renown ……………………………………………………………………………… 141 The Queen’s Gurkha Engineers The Restless Quest …………………………………………………………………………………… 143 Newsletter …………………………………………………………………………………………… 75 The Scorpion Trap …………………………………………………………………………………… 143 69 Gurkha Field Squadron …………………………………………………………………………… 76 Whither the Fates Call ……………………………………………………………………………… 143 70 Gurkha Field Support Squadron ………………………………………………………………… 77 The Colonel of Tamarkan (Audio book) ………………………………………………………………… 144 QGE Sappers save Suspension Bridge ………………………………………………………………… 78 Stranger in the House (Audio book) ………………………………………………………………… 144 Nepal Cup 2009 ……………………………………………………………………………………… 81 Useful Addresses Trailwalker 2009 ……………………………………………………………………………………… 83 The Gurkha Brigade Association ……..……………………………………………………………… 145 Birthday Celebrations ……………………………………………………………………………… 85 Regimental Associations ……..……………………………………………………………………… 145 Queen’s Gurkha Signals The Gurkha Welfare Trust …………………………………………………………………………… 147 Newsletter …………………………………………………………………………………………… 88 The Gurkha Welfare Centre ………………………………………………………………………… 147 Regimental 60th Birthday Celebrations …………………………………………………………… 89 The Gurkha Museum ………………………………………………………………………………… 147 Attestation and Commissioning Parade …………………………………………………………… 90 Paras 10 Challenge ………………………………………………………………………………… 91 Welfare Pensioners and Walking Boots - Duty Trek in Eastern Nepal ……….…………………… 92 QGS at the Royal School of Signals ………………………………………………………………… 95 A View from a Newly Commissioned Officer ……………………………………………………… 96 The Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment Commander’s Annual Review ……………………………………………………………………… 99 Exercise GRAND PRIX VIPER ……………………………………………………………………… 100 Staff Ride: The Battle of the Bulge …………………………………………………………………… 101 Gurkha Company (Sittang) ………………………………………………………………………… 102 Gurkha Company (Mandalay) ……………………………………………………………………… 106 The Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas ……………………………………………………………… 109 The Rifles ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 114 The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment – 2nd/1st Battalion ……………………………… 120 The Gurkha Museum Curator’s Report …………………………………………………………………………………… 123 The Gurkha Welfare Trust Director’s Report …………………………………………………………………………………… 125 The Gurkha Brigade Association Forecast of Events …………………………………………………………………………………… 128 2009 Chiang Mai Gurkha Masters – Golf Classic …………………………………………………… 130 Obituaries Obituary List ………...……………………………………………………………………………… 132 Maj Gen P Crawford ………………………………………………………………………………… 133 Lt Col G Shakespear ………………………………………………………………………………… 134 Maj J B Goudge …………………………………………………………………………………… 135 Maj G E Henderson ………………………………………………………………………………… 135 Maj J R Probyn ……………………………………………………………………………………… 136 Cpl Kumar Pun ……………………………………………………………………………………… 136 Mr Jim Edwards ….…………………………………………………………………………………… 137 Mr Tony Hart ………………………………………………………………………………………… 138 4 5 The Kukri - The Journal of The Brigade of Gurkhas The Kukri - The Journal of The Brigade of Gurkhas Editorial Report to the Right Honourable Doctor Ram Baran Yadav, President of the The theme of this edition of The Kukri – as has been in India in 1947 – and we record their Chairman’s evocative the case for the last several editions – is operations. In and moving speech at their final reunion. Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal particular, there are vivid and comprehensive accounts of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles in Afghanistan on Op We have a number of fascinating individual articles, By General Sir David Richards KCB CBE DSO ADC Gen, Colonel Commandant Brigade of Gurkhas HERRICK 9 (October 2008 to April 2009), the 1st Battalion including General Sir Sam Cowan on his crossing of the Larkya on Op HERRICK 12 (April – October 2010) and the Queen’s La, and Brigadier John Anderson on his visit to Nepal for the Honourable President Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment on Op HERRICK 11 (October Gurkha Welfare Scheme conference in 2010 when he also It is my privilege to present to you my annual report on the Afghanistan. Corporal Kumar Pun of the 1st Battalion, The 2009 to April 2010). There is also coverage of operations by saw the new residential home at Kaski. It is clear that readers The Queen’s Gurkha Engineers and Queen’s Gurkha Signals, especially enjoy articles of this kind – Kukri used to feature Brigade of Gurkhas as Colonel Commandant Brigade of Gurkhas. Royal Gurkha Rifles, died on 7 May 2009 as a result of enemy and Foxtrot (Tavoleto Company), one of the three Gurkha more of them in the past – and we would urge members of the action when an Improvised Explosive Device detonated in a The operational tempo of the Brigade of Gurkhas remains Reinforcement Companies. Brigade, serving and retired, to put pen to paper. Recollections, bazaar in Gereshk, Helmand province. essays on aspects of Brigade history, anecdotes - even poems extremely high. Gurkha units are contributing to all major All these operations have enjoyed a great deal of success - would be gratefully received. operations being undertaken by the British Army. Over the past Corporal Kumar Pun’s body was repatriated to the UK and and the various articles convey the mood that tangible progress is being made. However, there has been a serious cost in killed November 2009 saw the publication of Brigadier 12 months Brigade of Gurkhas units have been committed to the last rites were carried out by his family. We are caring for his and gravely wounded. The treacherous murders of Major Josh Christopher Bullock’s magnificent official history of the Brigade Afghanistan, Iraq, Cyprus and Kuwait; in 2009 over 30 % were wife and her two daughters, as they wish to remain in the UK. Bowman, Lieutenant Neal Turkington and Corporal Arjun Purja – Britain’s Gurkhas. As the Colonel Commandant says in his deployed on operations, and in 2010 nearly 40% of the Brigade Pun of 1 RGR by a rogue Afghan soldier in July 2010 cast an foreword to the book: Recruiting for the Brigade remains strong with more than will be deployed to Afghanistan. I am delighted to report that especially sombre shadow over the scene. (Their obituaries “Many fine writers and historians have turned their attention 11,000 applications in Nepal last year from which 176 male and those of our other casualties
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