Posted on August 30, 2022
The Punjab Medal and Bodmin’s Famous General
We have all seen serving and ex -servicemen proudly wearing medal remembering times past. The tradition of wearing medals started...
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Posted on August 3, 2022
The DCLI Bell of the 8th Battalion
At the top of the first set of stone stairs on the first floor of Bodmin Keep is a large...
Posted on July 25, 2022
The Dunkirk Flag
During the 26th May to the 4th June in 1940 the evacuation of Dunkirk took place, where members of Cornwall’s...
Posted on July 18, 2022
An Occupying Forces Military Currency
This is a rare example of military currency paid out to German soldiers during the First World war. Unlike the...
Posted on July 18, 2022
Recruiting Leaflet (August 1914)
This eye-catching leaflet, appealing for Cornishmen to join the Duke Of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, hangs as part of the First...
Posted on July 18, 2022
The D Day Dodgers Commemorative Medal
The fighting around Monte Cassino was some of the bloodiest of the Second World War. Soldiers from Britain and the...
Posted on July 18, 2022
The Waterloo Shako
First Pattern Shako 1801-1812 In 1801 non-commissioned Officers and Privates stopped wearing the tricorn cocked hat which has been in...
Posted on May 19, 2022
An Officers Beaver Fur Bicorn hat
Today’s object of focus is a bicorn, also known as a cocked hat. These two cornered hats, hence the name...
Posted on May 9, 2022
The Master Military Tailor
This week I’m delving into a book of clothing pattern drafts compiled by Bombardier W R Richards from the Royal...
Posted on April 25, 2022
Mending War Torn Limbs
The high levels of injury caused to arms and legs, from shells, bullets, and frost bite during the First World...