The RAF aiding Gurkhas during an attack on a hill near Palel

The RAF aiding Gurkhas during an attack on a hill near Palel

One of four photographs: The RAF aiding Gurkhas during an attack on a hill near Palel 1944. From a collection of 48 photographs relating to the Burma Campaign, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). Gurkha soldiers of the Indian Army open fire with a Vickers machine-gun while in the distance aircraft of the Royal Air Force strike at Japanese positions during the latter?s drive along the Palel road towards Imphal in April 1944. Date: 1944

Cartoon, The Allies, WW1

Cartoon, The Allies, WW1

Cartoon, The Allies during the First World War. Linking arms, they sing: Are we all here? Yes! And if we're all here, that's all right. They are, from left to right, Serb, Gurkha, British Tar (sailor), Belgian, Cossack (Russian), Highlander (Scottish), Frenchman, British Tommy (soldier), Japanese, Sikh and British Imperial (colonial). Date: 1914

Gurkha soldier distributes water to quake victim in Kathmandu

Gurkha soldier distributes water to quake victim in Kathmandu

A Gurkha soldier distributes purified drinking water to a girl affected by the devastating earthquake in Kathmandu on May 3, 2015. An engineering brigade of 25 Gurkha soldiers from ethnic minorities arrived in Kathmandu on April 30 for relief activities expected to last several months. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Gurkha soldier in relief activity in quake-hit Kathmandu

Gurkha soldier in relief activity in quake-hit Kathmandu

Divas Gurung, one of the Gurkha soldiers from Nepal's ethnic minorities, poses in Kathmandu on May 1, 2015, in front of a water tank for aiding victims of the devastating earthquake that hit the Himalayan country last month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo