Editing Brigade of Gurkhas (section)

== Other ==
Under international law, according to Protocol 1 Additions to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, Gurkhas serving as regular uniformed soldiers are not mercenaries.<ref name=mod-JW>{{cite web|last=Wither |first=James |url=http://da.mod.uk/defac/colleges/csrc/document-listings/special/05(04)-JW.doc |title=Expeditionary Forces for Post Modern Europe: Will European Military Weakness Provide an Opportunity for the New Condottieri? |website=Conflict Studies Research Centre, website of the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|MoD]] |date=January 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021003627/http://da.mod.uk/defac/colleges/csrc/document-listings/special/05%2804%29-JW.doc |page=11 |archive-date=21 October 2007}}</ref> According to Cabinet Office official histories (''Official History of the Falkland Islands'' by Sir [[Lawrence Freedman]]), Sir [[John Nott]], as Secretary of State for Defence, expressed the British Government's concern that the Gurkhas could not be sent with the task force to [[Falkland War|recapture the Falkland Islands]] because it might upset the non-aligned members of the fragile coalition of support that the British had built in the United Nations. The then-Chief of Defence Staff Sir [[Edwin Bramall]], a former officer in the 2nd Gurkhas like Nott, said that the Gurkhas were needed for sound military reasons (as a constituent part of 5th Infantry Brigade) and if they were not deployed then there would always be a political reason not to deploy Gurkhas in future conflicts. So he requested that Nott argue the case in Government for deploying them against the advice of the Foreign Office. Nott agreed to do so, commenting that the Gurkhas "would be mortified if we spoilt their chances [of going]".<ref>[[Lawrence Freedman|Freedman, Lawrence]], (2005). ''The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 2: War and Diplomacy'', Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0-7146-5207-8}}. Page 208.</ref>

===Alliances===
*{{AUS}} – [[Royal Australian Regiment|The Royal Australian Regiment]]
*{{NZL}} – [[Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment|The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment]]
*{{BRU}} – [[Royal Brunei Land Force|The Royal Brunei Land Force]]