Extracts from an officer’s diary from the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot have been preserved since 1855 which document...
American GIs in Bodmin Early in 1943 the 29th Division of the US Army were billeted in Walker Lines camp...
The 5th Battalion DCLI were a special unit in that they were made up of a territorial force, a part...
We have all seen serving and ex -servicemen proudly wearing medal remembering times past. The tradition of wearing medals started...
At the top of the first set of stone stairs on the first floor of Bodmin Keep is a large...
During the 26th May to the 4th June in 1940 the evacuation of Dunkirk took place, where members of Cornwall’s...
This is a rare example of military currency paid out to German soldiers during the First World war. Unlike the...
This eye-catching leaflet, appealing for Cornishmen to join the Duke Of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, hangs as part of the First...
The fighting around Monte Cassino was some of the bloodiest of the Second World War. Soldiers from Britain and the...
First Pattern Shako 1801-1812 In 1801 non-commissioned Officers and Privates stopped wearing the tricorn cocked hat which has been in...
Today’s object of focus is a bicorn, also known as a cocked hat. These two cornered hats, hence the name...
This week I’m delving into a book of clothing pattern drafts compiled by Bombardier W R Richards from the Royal...
The high levels of injury caused to arms and legs, from shells, bullets, and frost bite during the First World...
This is a hard tack biscuit from World War one which has been fashioned into a photo frame. Similar hard...
The Boer War The Boer War dates from 1899 – 1902 and was fought between the British Empire and two independent Boer states, the South...
A stable belt is a striped coloured belt made of webbing, worn by the armed forces. Every regiment and corps of the British...
During the Second World War and only 4 days after Churchill had become Prime Minister, his war secretary Anthony Eden...
Dating back to the early 1840s, these plates were made for the 32nd Regiment of Foot to take to India...