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Copeland Plate
Posted on March 18, 2022

Copeland Hot Water Plates

Dating back to the early 1840s, these plates were made for the 32nd Regiment of Foot to take to India...

Leather Neckstock
Posted on March 1, 2022

‘Leatherneck’

The stock was a high neck collar worn around a soldier’s neck during the 19th century. Some were made of...

Lieutenant Duncan Bishop's shaving mirror
Posted on March 1, 2022

“I am feeling quite well.”

A small, seemingly unremarkable, square piece of metal sits on display in our second world war gallery. It was used...

Folding Toilet Seat
Posted on February 11, 2022

WWI Folding Camp Equipment

I am the new Trainee Curator at Bodmin Keep and have spent the past two weeks getting to know the...

Enfield Rifle musket Cartridge
Posted on January 28, 2022

To ‘Bite the Bullet’

Have you ever used the expression ‘bite the bullet’ and then wondered where it came from? The expression, which means...

Derby Armband 1915
Posted on January 28, 2022

A Moral Conscription

‘Derby Scheme’ Armband 1915 The ‘Derby Scheme’ was introduced during the First World War, as the war was lasting longer...

Soldiers in the Trenches of WWI
Posted on December 24, 2021

The Christmas Truce

During World War One, there was a widespread series of unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front around Christmas time 1914,...