Horn Drinking Beaker
This Horn Drinking Beaker is the latest addition to the Museums’ Collection. It dates from the time of the Peninsular War.
Portrait of Colonel Sir John Jones KRRC
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).
Maori mask
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.
Medals and Orders group of Lt-Gen Sir Euan Miller
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.
Silver Dutch galleon
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
