PROFILE Housed on the first three floors of the impressive 'Short Block' at the beautiful Peninsula Square in Winchester, there is one of the most exciting, innovative, graphic military museums you could hope to discover. Set up by the efforts of the Trustees it was designed by the go-ahead 'Event' Group, who set out to show our exciting history in the most appealing way possible. The Gurkha Museum commemorates the services of the Gurkhas to the British since 1815. The story starts with a view of the Gurkha and Nepal, his homeland, before the visitor is taken through the main chapters of Gurkha military history from 1815 to the present day. The displays cover the Gurkhas’ service in the old Indian Army which took them to battlefields across the world – the North West and North East Frontiers, France, Belgium, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, Burma, Malaya, North Africa, Italy and many more besides. They have served all over the world, including the campaigns in Malaya, Brunei, Borneo and the Falkland Islands. Every Gurkha soldier has been a volunteer none has ever been a conscript. Today Gurkhas from the villages in the hills of Nepal still serve as their fathers and grandfathers did before them. The Gurkha Museum honours the memory and service of these men.