The Gurkhas will be deployed to Bosnia next month

The First Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles will be based at Shornecliffe Barracks in Folkestone.

The battalion has spent the last three years in the rather different surroundings of Brunei.

And they already know they are to be temporarily deployed to Bosnia and Kenya within the next year.

Gurkhas have had important links to the British Army since the early 19th Century and have fought in many of the major wars since then.

Nearly 30,000 Nepalese applied to become a Gurkha last year, and competition to join is very fierce.

Corporal Raju Dura, a sniper commander who is one of the new arrivals in Kent, told the BBC: "Being in the Gurkhas is a very proud thing for our fathers and grandfathers and we want to keep that on."

Serious attempts have been made to make the Gurkhas feel at home in their new surroundings.

The barracks has a Hindu temple on site and is also home to a Nepalese radio station which broadcasts around the world.

Khem Gurung, a presenter on Gurkha Radio, said: "We broadcast traditional Nepalese folk songs and we try to make them feel at home by means of bringing them the fresh home news."