Posted on November 13, 2018
Where There’s Tea, There’s Hope
9th November 1989 – The Day The Wall Came Down In 1989 1LI (the 1st battalion of the Light Infantry)...
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Posted on August 23, 2018
“The Old Contemptibles”
Battle of Mons 23rd August 1914 The 1st Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry was stationed at The...
Posted on August 7, 2018
The Cornwall Blitz, and the Bombing of Bodmin
August 7th marks a solemn date in our local history. It was the day WW2 came and made its everlasting...
Posted on August 1, 2018
The Minden Rose
August 1st marks Minden Day, which is a regimental anniversary celebrated by certain units of the British Army. Up to...
Posted on July 10, 2018
Vesting Day 1968 and a Party to Remember!
By Hugo White The old county regiment titles were officially dropped on Vesting Day; 10th July 1968. On that day...
Posted on May 8, 2018
Volunteer Profile | Trevor Jones
Trevor Jones of the 32nd Cornwall Regiment of Foot, interviewed by Sophie Hodge. Image from ‘Unseen Waterloo’ the Conflict revisited, by...
Posted on April 9, 2018
Gallery: Animals and the DCLI
If you missed the buzz, we recently had a very lovely (but uninvited!) feline visitor to the museum. We have...
Posted on April 9, 2018
Keeping the Light Infantry’s Heritage Alive
2018 sees the 50th anniversary of the Light Infantry (LI), one of the two Army Regiments represented in the museum’s...
Posted on April 4, 2018
Notes From the Archives: Special Order of the Day
By Martyn Horton, Light Infantry Archivist. Fifty years ago, the four-remaining county light infantry regiments amalgamated to form one regiment, the Light Infantry. While I was delving into the photographic archive I came across the special order of the day, written General Sir Geoffrey Musson, to commemorate the historic event.
Posted on January 17, 2018
Make A Hard Tack Biscuit
Object of The Month: January 2018 – Dietary Regulations / Hard Tack Biscuit The ‘Recovery’ Diet During the American Civil...