An astonishing story hit the news today as medals for service in Afghanistan were handed out.
Diprasad Pun, serving with 1GR received the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross after single-handedly repelling a Taleban attack in Helmand province earlier this year. When he ran out of ammunition, he used a sandbag and a machine gun tripod as improvised weapons, before firing a claymore mine to rout the enemy.
Such are the soldiers that the Gurkha Welfare Trust looks after - one of the charities, along with Oxfam, that the Trailwalker event raises funds for.
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