The Gurkha Welfare Trust Podcast
The Gurkha Welfare Trust has been providing financial, medical and community aid for over 50 years. This series of podcasts is our way of sharing a few of the stories of those we help, as well as some exclusive interviews with some of our most interesting friends of the Trust.
The Gurkha Welfare Trust Podcast
4. John P Cross
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The Gurkha Welfare Trust
John P Cross, a legend amongst the Gurkha community.
After serving the British Army for over 39 years, he became the first Englishman to become a Nepali citizen.
He’s a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists in Nepali, and can also speak Urdu, Malay, Cantonese, Temiar, Iban, Thai, Vietnamese, Lao, and French.
He has an MBE, an OBE, and has 21 books published, in UK, USA, India, Nepal, Malaysia Singapore, Poland and Czech Republic.
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If you’d like to learn more about The Gurkha Welfare Trust then visit gwt.org.uk where you’ll find everything you need to know.