The Siege of Lucknow, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, has gone down as one of the pivotal moments in the history of the 32nd Regiment of Foot, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and their successor regiments: the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, The Light Infantry and The Rifles.
Cornwall’s Army Museum has been invited to attend the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies Festival of Archaeology Event in Bodmin...
Act I The Cornwall’s have endured many moments of drama in their long and distinguished military history. So it was...
There are many controversies regarding British generalship in the First World War and the subject is too large and complicated...
On the last day of February and the first day of March, an art festival called FLAMM will take place...
Perhaps the most valuable items stored within an archive are the first hand accounts of experiences endured. We are fortunate...
The 1/4th Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry were warned for active service on 8 January 1916 and...
I have been pondering the more poetic language used to describe the British Army. The Regiment is a ‘family’; the...
Establishing the Home Guard On 14 May 1940, and only four days after Churchill had become Prime Minister, his Secretary...
At Bodmin Keep we have been entrusted to protect and care for thousands of artefacts that have held meaning to...
VE Day Rightly celebrates the end of a truly awful European war and those who celebrated in May 1945 knew...
The opening entry in the War Diary for 5 DCLI – the Cornish battalion – for 1 April 1945 noted:...
Following the battles of the Reichwald, by 1 March 1945, the War Diary of the 5th Battalion of the Duke...
Between D Day on 6 June 1944 and VE Day on 8 May 1945 the Allied advance towards Germany saw...
[i] The National Archive, WO171-5177, pp. 5-6. [ii] TNA, WO171-5177, p. 9. [iii] TNA, WO171-5177, p. 14. [iv] TNA, WO171-5177,...
In late December 1944, eighty years ago, the 5th Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (5th DCLI) had spent the...
One recent discovery from our archive is a collection of visitor books dating back to the time when the Keep was an operational base.
Sending Christmas cards continues to be a popular tradition in the United Kingdom during the festive season, despite the advent of e-cards and social media. A tradition that is reflected within the military establishment and during times of war.