Posted on November 5, 2021

Grenadier Officer’s Wings of the 46th Regiment

Grenadiers were tough troops, armed with a bag of grenades, a hatchet, a firelock musket and bayonet. Their special role...

Posted on October 22, 2021

The Lucknow Bass Drum

The museum at Bodmin Keep holds many musical instruments, and one of the key pieces in the military music collection...

Posted on October 11, 2021

The Homemade Pistol

This homemade pistol was captured by a solider from a Light Infantry regiment during their deployment in Kenya (1955-1957) to...

Posted on September 29, 2021

From dashing red jackets to wellington boots.. how military uniforms evolve

Uniform design has evolved over generations of warfare, shaped by the technology of war. Until the mid-19th century, gunpowder produced...

Posted on September 22, 2021

A Meal for Hungry Soldiers

The Boer War 1899 – 1902 The Boer War or the South African War dates from 1899 – 1902 and was fought...

Posted on September 15, 2021

Ghosts in the Landscape

In reaction to the threat of invasion by Nazi Germany in the summer of 1940, Britain hastily constructed multiple series...

Posted on August 18, 2021

Boosting morale by delivering coffee and doughnuts to homesick troops!

Wherever the American soldiers went, ladies of the American Red Cross would follow… America joined the war effort in December...

Posted on July 20, 2021

A Students View

We were thrilled to have Luke, a student on work experience with us at Bodmin Keep last week. He worked...

Posted on May 12, 2021

Citizen Curator Insight: The Ghosts of Buildings and the Future

In this post, our valued member of the 2021 voluntary Citizen Curator programme, Runi Liverod, discusses his latest artwork (see above),...

Posted on April 30, 2021

Citizen Curator Insight: Oral Histories – The Smallest of Glimpses into a Myriad of Experiences

Read on to find out more about what it’s been like for Runi Liverod – our valued member of the 2021...