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.
Here at Bodmin Keep we are proud to be a fully dog friendly attraction. Dogs are welcome throughout the museum,...
By Martyn Horton. In the spirit of equality, this month, I have picked two photographs from the vast collection supplied by 2LI.
In 2018, we received more than 11000 poppies to help create our World War One tribute, which you can...
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.
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.
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.
By Lesley Harris, Marketing Volunteer & Event Organiser Sunday 8th October saw the ‘Fun Palaces’ movement arrive at Cornwall’s Regimental Museum, and the day was a great success! Keen crafters and amateurs alike gathered at the museum to knit, stitch, felt, cut and glue their poppies, supported by groups from all over Cornwall.
Most people will be familiar with the rationing that was implemented in January 1940 and the coupon books that were issued to ensure that everyone had the same, but did you know that rationing had first been introduced during WW1?
Notes From the archives: 1LI in Korea, by Martyn Horton, Light Infantry Archivist. For this issue of our 'Notes From the Archives' the chosen photograph shows a group of soldiers from 1LI in Korea. We’d love to hear from anyone who was there or knows anything about the Korean trip.
By Mary Godwin, Museum Director. As part of the museum’s First World War commemorations, we want to improve the standard of display of Harry’s medals and other objects from DCLI soldiers of the Great War, in good time for the 2018 armistice centenary.
We know that if we are to attract enough visitors to make the museum financially viable and enable us to stay in our historic premises, as well as offering a superb museum, we need to bring the historic Keep building itself back to life.
Our Object of the Month for October is the hand drawn Sketch Map of the Battle of Corunna. This sketch map was made in July 1840 by Ensign Peter Hall of the 14th Regiment of Foot. At the time, an Ensign was the lowest rank of commissioned officer, and the ability to produce accurate field sketches – invaluable in battle – was one of the skills a young officer would be required to learn.
Our Object of The Month for September is the beautiful Commanding Officer’s Bugle. This ornate bugle has a special significance; it is decorated intricately with scrolls depicting the Battle Honours of the DCLI.
Before the First World War, the beautiful Polderhoek Château was nestled inside a country estate, north of the Menin Road....
This eye-catching leaflet, appealing for Cornishmen to join the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, was created in August 1914, at the start of the First World War. The leaflet gives details of the kind of roles available in the Regiment and their potential earnings: for example, a Quartermaster, who supervised stores and distributed supplies, could make 9 shillings a day
By Paul Rundle. The mortar pictured and on display in the museum is the actual weapon seized by the 2nd Battalion Light Infantry (2LI) after the attack at Newtownhamilton in 1990.
By Deborah Vosper. Follow the story our museum archives tell of the Trembeth brothers from Bodmin, who answered the call during the First World War.