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April 21 1926 – September 8 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…

On the 15th November The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum welcomed the the Secretary of the Bloomsbury Rifles Lodge, Ian Edmed, to the Museum.  Many members of the Lodge have connections to The Royal Green Jackets and the Regiment’s former units.  Ian presented  a cheque to the Museum in support of the care and display of…

Vic Gregg, Rifleman, Friend and a great supporter of the Museum sadly passed away on 12th October 2021 aged 101. He served with the Rifle Brigade from 1937-1943 and took part in the battle of Alamein during the Second World War.  He joined the Parachute Regiment and in 1944 he was captured during the Battle…

  On 22nd September 2021 the Curator welcomed Mr Robert Keevill and family for the presentation of the medals awarded to Major Percy Albert Robert Keevill, MC and Bar to the Museum.  The medals were accompanied by an in depth study on Major Keevill’s service with the 1st Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps entitled “For…