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Private Sambrook, Battle of Mons, A German picklehaubes helmet
Posted on August 23, 2018

“The Old Contemptibles”

Battle of Mons 23rd August 1914 The 1st Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry was stationed at The...

minden day, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, minden rose, cornwalls regimental museum,
Posted on August 1, 2018

The Minden Rose

August 1st marks Minden Day, which is a regimental anniversary celebrated by certain units of the British Army. Up to...

Trevor Jones of the 32nd Cornwall Regiment of Foot from 'Unseen Waterloo' the Conflict revisited, by Sam Faulkner.
Posted on May 8, 2018

Volunteer Profile | Trevor Jones

Trevor Jones of the 32nd Cornwall Regiment of Foot, interviewed by Sophie Hodge. Image from ‘Unseen Waterloo’ the Conflict revisited, by...

Posted on April 9, 2018

Gallery: Animals and the DCLI

If you missed the buzz, we recently had a very lovely (but uninvited!) feline visitor to the museum. We have...

Posted on April 4, 2018

Notes From the Archives: Special Order of the Day

By Martyn Horton, Light Infantry Archivist. Fifty years ago, the four-remaining county light infantry regiments amalgamated to form one regiment, the Light Infantry. While I was delving into the photographic archive I came across the special order of the day, written General Sir Geoffrey Musson, to commemorate the historic event.

Huntley & Palmers WWI hardtack biscuit
Posted on January 17, 2018

Make A Hard Tack Biscuit

Object of The Month: January 2018 – Dietary Regulations / Hard Tack Biscuit The ‘Recovery’ Diet  During the American Civil...

Matthew O'Connor, Duke of Cornwall's Light infantry during WW2. Far right
Posted on January 8, 2018

Remembering Matthew O’Connor, DCLI

Remembering Matthew O’Connor, by his daughter, Polly Dymock. (Pictured above: Matthew O’Connor, far right)   Matthew Miles O’Connor was born...

Cornwall's Regimental Museum inside The Keep behind new build houses on the old Parade Ground - 2018
Posted on January 8, 2018

At The Heart of The Community

by Museum Director, Mary Godwin.  One of the key aims of our museum is to be at the heart of the community. The barracks has played a huge part in the life of the town over the past 150 years but our building is now the only one remaining that the public can visit.

Spingo the museum dog at Cornwall's Regimental Museum, a dog friendly attraction.
Posted on January 2, 2018

Proud to be Dog Friendly!

Here at Bodmin Keep we are proud to be a fully dog friendly attraction. Dogs are welcome throughout the museum,...

Princess Mary's Christmas Gift tin, 1914, at Cornwall's Regimental Museum
Posted on December 11, 2017

Object of the Month: December 2017

Princess Mary’s 1914 Christmas Gift tins were originally intended to be given to 'every sailor afloat and every soldier at the front', but the project was expanded to include the wounded, nurses, and the widows or parents of those who had been killed.

Lucknow Silver at Cornwall's Regimental Museum
Posted on November 8, 2017

Object of The Month: November 2017

These once fine articles of decorative silver originally belonged to the Officer’s Mess of the 32nd Regiment of Foot, and bear the scars of The Siege of Lucknow in 1857. In 1859, the regiment presented the Lucknow Silver to Queen Victoria.

A painting of an officer of the 32nd regiment
Posted on October 26, 2017

Appeal: Finding the Soldiers of Waterloo – The 32nd Cornwall Regiment of Foot

There were around 647 soldiers of the 32nd Cornwall Regiment of Foot who fought in the Waterloo Campaign at Quatre Bras and Waterloo in 1815. Trevor and co at the 32nd Cornwall Regiment of Foot 1808-1815 Living History group would like to trace these soldiers, to record their names and places of rest.