This Horn Drinking Beaker is the latest addition to the Museums’ Collection.  It dates from the time of the Peninsular War.

This portrait of an impressive-looking Colonel Sir John Jones KCB of the 60th, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, is on display in that part of the Museum covering the Indian Mutiny (1857-59).

This object from the Museum collection is a Maori mask brought back from New Zealand to England by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. Colvile of the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry in 1866.

2015 marks the 75th anniversary of the heroic but unsuccessful defence of Calais in May 1940 by 30 (Infantry) Brigade including 2nd Battalion, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps (2 KRRC), 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, and 1st Battalion, Queen Victoria’s Rifles.

This particularly handsome silver Dutch galleon was given by the officers of 2nd Battalion, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, to the officers of the 1st Battalion, in memory of their lucky escape from the Royal Indian Marine Ship Warren Hastings after it ran onto rocks off the coastline of Réunion

Chateau Hougoumont was the key point securing the right flank of the ridgeline on which Wellington chose to take up his defensive position and give battle to Napoleon on 18 June 1815.

This revolver was found in no-mans land and used in the action during which Sgt William (Bill) Gregg won his VC at Bucquoy, France on 8 May 1918.

September 25th 2014 marks the 70th anniversary of the death of Lieutenant Mike Sinclair, KRRC, who was killed attempting to escape from Colditz Castle. The object is the DSO he was awarded posthumously in recognition of his continual attempts to do his duty as an Officer and a Rifleman by escaping and returning to fight…

This object is one of the oldest and most valued items on display in the Museum. It is a powder-horn that once belonged to Lieutenant John Longsdon. The carvings, which were completed in 1757, show the layout of Fort Edward in New York State.

This splendid silver snuff box on display in the Museum dates back to the period 1868, and shows four iconic items of particular significance to the 60th Rifles, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, as the Regiment was titled at the time.