May 3, 2024
Winchester College shares a profound historical link with The Royal Green Jackets, which is vividly exemplified within Winchester College’s War Cloister, erected shortly after the First World War. War Cloister features memorial tablets inscribed with the names of Wykehamists who made the ultimate sacrifice during the two World Wars—513 from WWI and 274 from WWII….
August 14, 2023
Major Ron Cassidy joined The Rifle Brigade in 1951 and was Regimental Sergeant Major of The Rifle Depot and 3rd Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets from 1968-71. He was then commissioned, retiring from the Army in 1983, subsequently filling a number of administrative appointments at The Rifle Depot and at Regimental Headquarters in Winchester. Major…
June 8, 2023
Visitors to The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum can see the new display commemorating the life and service of Field Marshal The Lord Bramall of Bushfield KG GCB OBE MC. The completion of the display follows the recent Service of Thanksgiving for the Field Marshal held at Winchester Cathedral on 27th April. Items on display…
September 9, 2022
April 21 1926 – September 8 2022
May 27, 2022
The temporary exhibition “Women and the Regiment – Military Lives of Victorian Wives” opened on 21st May in the Kincaid Gallery of The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum. The exhibition features a dress worn by Barbara FitzHenry, the wife of William FitzHenry who served in the 60th Rifles in India. In 1853 Barbara moved to…
