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The Gurkha Museum

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on 21 June 1974. From the beginning it was clear that the museum, housed in a wooden barrack block, would need larger and more permanent premises. The closure of the Rifle Depot at
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in many wars and campaigns and describe the history of the four Gurkha regiments which transferred to the British Army in 1948 (the
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offered this opportunity. In April 1989 the museum at Church Crookham was closed and the transfer of the artefacts to
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in 2005 and has become one of the main attractions of the area.
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In 1994, a Gurkha Museum was established at a temporary site in
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officially opened the relocated museum on 16 July 1990.
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The Gurkha Museum is located in Hampshire
Peninsula Barracks
Winchester
United Kingdom
Coordinates
51°03′45″N 1°19′13″W / 51.0624°N 1.3203°W / 51.0624; -1.3203
www.thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
Gurkha
British Crown
Winchester
Hampshire
England
Winchester's Military Museums
Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham
Lord Harding
Peninsula Barracks
Winchester
Winchester
Lord Bramall
Kathmandu
Pokhara
dioramas
Nepal
Gurkhas
Victoria Crosses
Gurkha
the Crown
Royal Gurkha Rifles
Queen's Gurkha Engineers

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