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Title
Gurkha Memorial
Date
2021
Medium
bronze
Accession number
GU11_ML_S225
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Greater Rushmoor Nepali Community
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Surrey Heath Borough Council
Custodian
Surrey Heath Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
25th September 2021
Access
at all times
Access note
car park nearby; open access to the gardens
Inscription description
plaque: “Bravest of the brave, most generous of the generous, / never had a country more faithful friends than you”. / Sir Ralph Lilley Turner MC / His Majesty the King has been graciously / pleased to approve of the grant of the / Victoria cross to the undermentioned: / 2129 Rifleman Kulbir Thapa 2nd Battalion, / 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles / “For most conspicuous bravery during operations against the / German trenches south of Mauquissart. When himself / wounded on the 25th September, 1915, he found a badly / wounded soldier of the 2nd Leicestershire regiment behind / the first line German trench, and, though urged by the British soldier to save himself, he remained with him all day and / night. In the early morning of the 26th September, in misty / weather, he brought him out through the German wire, and, / leaving him in a place of comparative safety, returned and / brought in two wounded Gurkhas one after the other. He then / went back in broad daylight for the British soldier and / brought him in also, carrying him most of the way and being / at most points under the enemy’s fire”. / “ Rifleman Kulbir Thapa carrying / a badly wounded soldier of / the 2nd Leicestershire Regiment” / Sculptor: Amy Rebecca Goodman BA (Hons), SEA; plaque: THANK YOU TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANISATIONAL DONORS FOR THE BELOW CONTRIBUTED AMOUNTS
