📅 November 2024
🕒 10.00 – 15.30
📍 The Kincaid Gallery, The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum
A temporary exhibition of the World War One memorial plaques in the Museum’s collection, along with the stories of their recipients.
Museum Programme of Events
We’re always excited to welcome evening talks, lunches, and other events to the museum. Scroll down for a calendar of upcoming events, and click on ‘more’ on any event to find a full description and how to book.
If you’re interested in giving a talk or hosting an event at the museum, please get in touch with us.
Evening Talks
For evening talks, doors open from 5.45pm for refreshments before the talk begins at 6.30pm in the Kincaid Gallery. Talks are recorded and are available to view for free on our online video archive.
If you’d like to be the first to hear about upcoming evening talks, you can sign up to our events mailing list.
Decoding History: The Enigma Machine and the World of WWII Cryptography
Evening Talk by Alan Watson, OBE
📅 Thursday 5th December, 2024
🕒 18.30
📍 The Kincaid Gallery, The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum
Join us for an insightful exploration into the Enigma machine’s role in history and the complexities of its decryption during World War II.
French Prisoners of War in Hampshire: Napoleon’s Lost Soldiers and Seamen
Evening Talk by Paul Chamberlain
📅 Thursday 27th February, 2025
🕒 18.30
📍 The Kincaid Gallery, The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum
Discover the stories of the lives, treatment, and experiences of over 200,000 captured prisoners of war in Hampshire.
Barba del Puerco: A Tactical Engagement with Strategic Consequences
Evening Talk by Maj Gen Ashley Truluck CB CBE
📅 Thursday 24th April, 2025
🕒 18.30
📍 The Kincaid Gallery, The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum
Maj Gen Ashley Truluck explores Brigadier ‘Bob’ Craufurd’s strategic brilliance and the 95th Rifles’ pivotal night action at Barba del Puerco, showcasing a revolutionary shift in infantry tactics during the Peninsular War.
Maj Gen Nugent: Irish Rifleman who commanded Ulster Division at the Somme
Evening Talk
📅 Thursday 26th June, 2025
🕒 18.30
📍 The Kincaid Gallery, The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum
Discover the journey of Major-General Sir Oliver Nugent, from proud Regimental officer to commanding the Ulster Division on the Somme.
The Balkans: Are they Still the Powder Keg of Europe?
Evening Talk
📅 Thursday 28th August, 2025
🕒 18.30
📍 The Kincaid Gallery, The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum
Details coming soon!
