⚔️ 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles celebrated the battle honour, Amboor, today at Tuker Lines amid a parade at the Guardroom. It was awarded to the predecessors of their antecedent regiment, 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles, in 1767. Every year, A (Amboor) Company celebrates the battle honour in memory of those who sacrificed their lives. 🐘👏🙌 | BFBS Gurkha

🇬🇧 "The Gurkha Who Fought One-Handed" 🇬🇧 In May 1945 in Burma, Rifleman Lachhiman Gurung was surrounded and attacked with grenades. He threw back two — the third exploded, destroying his right hand and tearing his body with shrapnel. Bleeding and alone, he refused to retreat.! Using only his left hand, he kept firing for hours, holding the trench until relief arrived — with 31 enemy dead in front of his position.! 🇬🇧🔥 Awarded the Victoria Cross, he proved the bond between Britain and the

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