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...