Numbery
A fellowship of the intake, welcomed home to Aldershot & Farnborough.
In the Gurkha community, a numbery is a fellow member of your recruit intake — the young men who were selected together, received their Army numbers together and trained side by side. The bond formed in that first year is carried for life, across regiments, continents and generations.
Numbery exists to explain that tradition to a wider audience and to offer every numbery the support of the local area of Aldershot & Farnborough, long the home of the British Army and of one of the largest Nepali communities in the United Kingdom.
Explain
What a numbery is, where the word comes from, and why the bond between recruits of the same intake lasts a lifetime.
Support
A local welcome for numberies in Aldershot & Farnborough — venues, introductions and signposting from people who know the area.
Compete
Inter-numbery competitions, challenges and tasks throughout the year, contested for pride and for prizes.
In the name of
Field Marshal The Lord Roberts VC KG, Colonel of the 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force).
Lord Roberts marched with Gurkha battalions from the Kurram Valley to Kandahar, and the Gurkhas knew him affectionately as “Bobs Bahadur”. Numbery is supported by the Lord Roberts Group, Friends of Nepal UK, a local hotel group and local councillors.