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.
Object of The Month: January 2018 – Dietary Regulations / Hard Tack Biscuit The ‘Recovery’ Diet During the American Civil...
By Verity Anthony, Visitor Experience and Collections Manager ‘An Army marches on its stomach.' Whoever actually said it first was right. Here we take look at military rations, and how they have changed over time.
Remembering Matthew O’Connor, by his daughter, Polly Dymock. (Pictured above: Matthew O’Connor, far right) Matthew Miles O’Connor was born...
by Museum Director, Mary Godwin. One of the key aims of our museum is to be at the heart of the community. The barracks has played a huge part in the life of the town over the past 150 years but our building is now the only one remaining that the public can visit.
Here at Bodmin Keep we are proud to be a fully dog friendly attraction. Dogs are welcome throughout the museum,...
By Martyn Horton. In the spirit of equality, this month, I have picked two photographs from the vast collection supplied by 2LI.
In 2018, we received more than 11000 poppies to help create our World War One tribute, which you can...
Princess Mary’s 1914 Christmas Gift tins were originally intended to be given to 'every sailor afloat and every soldier at the front', but the project was expanded to include the wounded, nurses, and the widows or parents of those who had been killed.
These once fine articles of decorative silver originally belonged to the Officer’s Mess of the 32nd Regiment of Foot, and bear the scars of The Siege of Lucknow in 1857. In 1859, the regiment presented the Lucknow Silver to Queen Victoria.