CATERS Fundraiser Norman Clark presenting the cheque to Queens Gurkha Signals Troop

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Less than 3,000 islanders clubbed together to find the cash help rebuild a school in the same district from which Gurkhas are recruited. The regiment helped liberate the island from the Argentines in 1982. Shree Rastriya School, in Diktel district, Nepal, was reduced to rubble in 2015 by the killer quake that hit the Himalayan country where the British Army recruits the feared 7th Duke of Edinburgh Gurkha Rifles.

During the liberation of the Falkland Islands 7GR were part of 5 Brigade which helped retake the British territory. More than three decades on and the role played by those brave soldiers has never been forgotten and the islanders now have a chance to come to their aid.

CATERS The cheque helped rebuild Shree Rastriya School which was reduced to rubble by an earthquake in 2015

Gurkha Welfare Trust had 13 former veterans killed in the quake which cost the lives of more than 8,000 people across Nepal and injured another 21,000. But more than 10,000 miles away in the South Atlantic former Royal Marine and Falklands veteran Norman Clark decided to mobilise to help his brothers in arms.

Nepal: Life after the quake Mon, April 25, 2016 Survivors of the Nepal earthquakes struggle to rebuild their lives after two powerful quakes struck the city of Kathmandu. Play slideshow AFP/Getty Images 1 of 23 Nepalese resident Jeet Bahadur Shrestha holds a photograph taken in 2012 which shows him (L) and a friend standing in front of what used to be his home in the village of Sangachowk in north-eastern Nepal

Mr Clark, together with his wife June, set up an appeal fund to get much-needed cash for those suffering in the mountain country.

Falkland Islanders have high regard for the Gurkhas and they were not slow in coming forward Falklands veteran Norman Clark

Mr Clark, 73, who served with 10 Gurkha Rifles in Borneo in 1963, said: “I had every confidence that we would achieve it, Falkland Islanders have high regard for the Gurkhas and they were not slow in coming forward. “The government stated they would match any funds raised and together with my wife June we launched an appeal fund. We went on radio to announce the fund and a listener offered £1,000.

CATERS Due to the generosity of the islanders the school is now in use again

“The infant and junior school put on an art exhibition and raised £2,000 and local businesses stepped up with substantial donations. “The outcome was £31,589 raised, and the Falkland Island Government came with their match funding bringing the total to £63,167.

CATERS Fundraiser Norman Clark serving with Gurkhas in Borneo in 1963