Gurkha Museum

Facilities

Coach Parking
Car Parking
Restaurant/Cafe
Toilets
Lecture Room
Shop

Other: Disabled access. Corporate events

How to get there:
At the upper end of the City Centre, close to the Great Hall and Westgate.

The Gurkha Museum, tells the story of Gurkha service to the Crown since 1815, covering the Indian Mutiny, North-West Frontier, both World Wars, post-Empire conflicts in Vietnam, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and the Falkland Islands and a variety of more recent UN operations including Zaire, the Gulf, Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan. The collection also reflects the art and culture of Nepal. There is also an extensive library and archive facility available by prior appointment.

Royal Gurkha Rifles, 1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment, 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles, 4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force), 6th Queen Elizabeth’s Own Gurkha Rifles, 7th Duke Of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles, 8th Gurkha Rifles, 9th Gurkha Rifles, 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles, 11th Gurkha Rifles (1918-1922), Queen’s Gurkha Engineers, Queen’s Gurkha Signals, Queen’s Own Gurkha Transport Regiment, Western or Bettiah Corps (1813-1826), Eastern or Rungpore Battalion (1815-1830), 2nd Nusseri Battalion (1815-1816), Gorakhpore Hill Rangers (1815-1816), Sylhet Frontier Corps (1817-1823), 4th Regiment of Infantry, Shah Shooja’s Force (1840-1843), 2nd Assam Sebundy Corps (1839-1844), Nusseree Battalion (1850-1861), 7th Gurkha Rifles (1902- 1907), 153 (Gurkha) Parachute battalion (1941- 1947), 154 (Gurkha) Parachute Battalion (1943- 1946), 5th/3rd Gurkha Rifles (1942), 25th Gurkha Rifles (1942-1946), 26th Gurkha Rifles (1943- 1946), 14th Gurkha Rifles (1943-1946), 29th Gurkha Rifles (1943-1946), 38th Gurkha Rifles (1943-1946), 56th Gurkha Rifles (1943-1946), 710th Gurkha Rifles (1943- 1946), Boys Company (1948-1968), Gurkha Military Police (1949-1970), Staff band Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkha Independent Parachute Company (1961-1971), Assam Rifles, Burma Military Police (1886-1948), Burma Frontier force (1886-1948), Burma Regiment (1886-1948), Burma Rifles (1915-1942), Jammu and Kashmir Units, 11th Gorkha Rifles

Opening Hours:
Mon - Sat 10am-5pm(Last entry 4.30pm). Sun 12 noon - 4pm (last entry 3.30pm)

Address:
Gurkha Museum
Peninsula Barracks,
Romsey Road,
Winchester,
SO23 8TS

Tel: 01962 842382/843659

Fax: 01962 877597

Email:
curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk

Web:
www.thegurkhamuseum.co.uk

Curator:
Major G.L. Davies

Admission charges:
Adult: £2.00
Seniors: £1.00
Groups: By arrangement
Children: Free
School Parties: By arrangement

Others:
Servicemen - Free