Clad in traditional kits and carrying curved swords and knives, they performed ... and defiance is what made [the Gurkha soldiers] such an asset to the British army,” says Amod Rai, founder ...

The men were taken prisoner and the Gurkhas unsheathed their huge curved "kukri" knives. The incident is Captain Rai's most abiding memory of the war. He said: "The Argies were terrified that we ...