Gurkhas will fight on after pensions deal.(News)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: March 9, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: By Neil Connor Chief Reporter

A Midlands-based Gurkha said the Nepalese soldiers had not fought their last battle against the Government after they were offered equal pensions as the rest of the British Army.

Om Barkash, former regimental sergeant major at Nuneaton's Bramcote Barracks, said he welcomed a new pension deal available to all troops who left the Army from July 1997.

However, the 49-year-old said colleagues who fought for Britain ...

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