The Gurkha Welfare Trust the Prince of Wales. The Trust has three Vice Patrons; Field Marshal the Lord Bramall of Bushfield KG GCB OBE MC JP DL, Field Marshal Sir John Chapple GCB CBE DL and Joanna Lumley OBE. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees is Lieutenant General Nick Pope CBE. Each year, by tradition, all serving officers and other ranks in the Brigade of Gurkhas contribute a day's pay to the Trust. In 1969, it was realised that a great number of Gurkha soldiers and their dependants or widows in Nepal faced destitution in old age. Many of these soldiers had served
Terradyne Armored Vehicles Gurkha Terradyne Armored Vehicles Gurkha The Terradyne Armored Vehicles Gurkha is a tactical armored vehicle built by Ontario-based Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc.. The Gurkha is available in three different variants (LAPV/MPV/RPV), each of which is built on a Ford F550 chassis. The name is a homage to the Gurkhas, Nepali soldiers who serve in the British Army. Application: Border patrol/law enforcement/government agencies/private security/tactical medic vehicle Application: Purpose built for law enforcement and related government agencies only. SWAT/SRT/ETF/ERT/rescue vehicle Application: Critical infrastructure protection/law enforcement/government agencies/military/border patrol Application: Company PR vehicle/daily driver/rolling panic room/executive protection/offroad vehicle/hobby vehicle The Gurkha appeared in the 2011