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BFBS Radio operates 22 radio stations, broadcast on a combination of local DAB, FM and AM frequencies, online and on digital television. [11] BFBS Radio is a music, news, entertainment and community service providing bespoke content to the global Forces Community with a focus on Forces News and connecting the Forces communities around the world.
BFBS Live Events (formerly Combined Services Entertainment (CSE) until 2 March 2020 [1]) is the live entertainment arm of the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) (and prior to March 2020 the Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC), a registered British charity). It is the official provider of live entertainment to the British Armed ...
Radio: Radio services provided by the public broadcaster, Falkland Islands Radio Service, broadcasting on both AM and FM frequencies, and by the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) (2007). [1] Radio sets: 1,000 (1997). [needs update] Television: TV service provided by a multi-channel service provider (2007). [1] Television sets: 1,008 ...
Brigade of Gurkhas is the collective name which refers to all the units in the British Army that are composed of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers. [3] The brigade draws its heritage from Gurkha units that originally served in the British Indian Army prior to Indian independence, and prior to that served for the East India Company. [4]
The first award to a native Gurkha, Kulbir Thapa, was in 1915 during the First World War. When the Victoria Cross was initially established, Gurkhas, along with all other native troops of the British East India Company Army or the British Indian Army , were not eligible for the decoration and as such, until 1911, all of the Gurkha recipients of ...
Brigade of Gurkhas (est. 1815) — all units of the British Army composed of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers. They originally served in the British Indian Army as a military unit of the British Empire . Subcategories
On 1 October 1987, the 4/5 Gorkha Rifles from Indian Army were deployed as peacekeepers to Sri Lanka. However, there they had to fight against the rebels. The Gurkha army first rescued the 13 Sikh Light Infantry and a team of 10 Para-commando. After the rescue operation, LTTE attacked the Gurkha army and the long battle started. The operation ...
The Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC) was a British registered charity. [2]Set up in 1982 from the merger of the Services Kinema Corporation (SKC) and the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) to "entertain and inform Britain's Armed Forces around the world", [3] its activities included the British Forces Broadcasting Service with its radio [4] and television [5] operations ...