Recent Acquisition
November 30, 2016
This Horn Drinking Beaker is a recent acquisition to the Museum collection.
Unveiling of the Woolley Victoria Cross display
April 14, 2016
On Thursday 7th April 2016, the unveiling of a new display at The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum took place. The focus of the display is the Victoria Cross and medal group to Second Lieutenant G H Woolley, who was the first Territorial soldier to be awarded the VC during the First World War.
Half term visitor finds great great great great grandmother on Waterloo model
February 19, 2016
Amongst our visitors making full use of the half term break from school this week was 9 years old Lydia Pickett and her family all the way from Cumbria.
Lt-General Sir Christopher Wallace 3 Jan 1943 – 7 Jan 2016
January 15, 2016
It is with regret and sadness that we must report the death on 7 January of Sir Christopher Wallace, Chairman of the Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum 1999-2015. The Museum owes him a great debt of gratitude for 16 years of dedication to researching, recording and displaying the history and heritage of The Royal Green…
Museum wins prestigious heritage award
October 25, 2015
The Museum Chairman and Curator visited the Ministry of Defence on 15 October to receive a MOD Sanctuary Runners-Up Award for the best Heritage Project in 2015. This is the first time in the history of these awards dating back to 1991 that a military museum has received a Heritage Award.
