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.
There were around 647 soldiers of the 32nd Cornwall Regiment of Foot who fought in the Waterloo Campaign at Quatre Bras and Waterloo in 1815. Trevor and co at the 32nd Cornwall Regiment of Foot 1808-1815 Living History group would like to trace these soldiers, to record their names and places of rest.
By Lesley Harris, Marketing Volunteer & Event Organiser Sunday 8th October saw the ‘Fun Palaces’ movement arrive at Cornwall’s Regimental Museum, and the day was a great success! Keen crafters and amateurs alike gathered at the museum to knit, stitch, felt, cut and glue their poppies, supported by groups from all over Cornwall.