Discover Cornish Military Life at Cornwall Regimental Museum
Bodmin Keep was the centre of Cornish military life for over 150 years. Home of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry regiment, almost every Cornish family has a soldier somewhere along the line who once marched through our gates.
Now home to Cornwall's Regimental Museum, the DCLI and national Light Infantry collections.
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The Trench Bodmin
Your duty is clear: Enlist today!
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Brothers, fathers, sons, a motorcycling clergyman, a talented composer, a heroic bandsman...
The Trench Bodmin tells the true and personal stories of local Cornishmen who fought in the First World War.
Follow in their footsteps, enlist at Bodmin Keep and take on a real soldier’s identity. Board a steam train at Bodmin & Wenford Railway and head off to our replica WW1 trench to experience the chaos of battle. Return and discover your fate, before entering the Trench Exhibition.
This experience is not for the faint of heart!
Cornwall's Regimental Museum is working in partnership with Collective Arts and Bodmin & Wenford Railway to bring you an immersive theatrical experience like no other.
Don't miss it, taking place on dates between 18th June - 15th July 2018.
With funding from Heritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council England, FEAST, Cornwall Council and supported by Dreadnought South West.
Cornwall's regimental museum
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Catalyst Programme - Cornwall's Regimental Museum
The Catalyst Programme, delivered by Cornwall Museums Partnership, with support by the Heritage Lottery Fund, sets out to give museums the skills and confidence to thrive in challenging times, embedding the skills that promote financial sustainability and resilience, so that Cornwall's heritage has a bright future. A case study from Cornwall's Regimental Museum in Bodmin.
Regt Colours
Chris explains the Regimental Colours
Farewell Parade Of Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry In Greece (1948)
Aliki, (near Athens) Greece
FAREWELL PARADE OF DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY IN GREECE.
L.S. 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Troops parading on parade ground at Aliki, near Athens. M.S. Troops parading past camera. (2 shots). M.S. Troops parading past camera (Rear view). M.S. arrival of Archbishop of Athens, Mr Damaskinos. L.M.S. Arrival of the British Ambassador, Sir Clifford Norton. M.S. Norton, wife and others. M.S. Two high-powered cars arriving. M.S. HM King Paul I of the Hellenes arriving. Troops seen in rear. L.M.S. King taking salute and Marshal Papagos. L.M.S. King Paul accompanied by Marshal Papagos and a British General shakes hands with officers of regiment. M.S King inspecting troops. (5 shots). L.S. Troops marching and halting on parade ground. L.S. Trooping the colours. M.S. Ditto. M.S. Troops at attention. M.S. Troops marking time. S.C.U. Troops slow marching. L.S. Troops marching past.(3 shots). M.S The East Surrey Regiment Band. L.M.S. Saluting base with all above mentioned personalities seen on it. M.S. ditto. M.S. Troops at attention. M.S. Troops marching past. C.U. Heads of marching troops.
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Cataloguers Note: Interesting Documentation and Programme from the Parade
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The Cornwall regimental museum | The Tommy gun in real life!!!
Medals and Weapons
Cornwall’s Regimental Museum is recognized as probably the finest Military Museum in the South West of England. The collection tells the story of the County Regiment from 1702 until the present date.
The Keep, Bodmin, Cornwall PL31 1EG
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Voices of The light infantry - A series of short films hearing the accounts of ex Light Infantry Soldiers.
Now showing at Cornwall's Regimental museum.
Bodmin DCLI Museum
A day out with my mother and daughter to the DCLI museum in Bodmin, Cornwall
Waterloo
Cornwall’s Regimental Museum is recognized as probably the finest Military Museum in the South West of England. The collection tells the story of the County Regiment from 1702 until the present date.
The Keep, Bodmin, Cornwall PL31 1EG
The Big Picture - Northern Ireland
Voices Of The Light Infantry. Hear ex-soldiers talk about their experiences in Northern Ireland. Now showing at Cornwall's Regimental Museum.
Places to see in ( Bodmin - UK )
Places to see in ( Bodmin - UK )
Bodmin is a civil parish and major town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Bodmin is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor. The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. Bodmin is bordered to the east by Cardinham parish, to the southeast by Lanhydrock parish, to the southwest and west by Lanivet parish, and to the north by Helland parish.
Bodmin Town Council is made up of sixteen councillors who are elected to serve a term of four years. Each year, the Council elects one of its number as Mayor to serve as the town's civic leader and to chair council meetings.
Bodmin buildings of interest include the former Shire Hall, now a tourist information centre, and Victoria Barracks, formerly depot of the now defunct Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and now the site of the regimental museum. It includes the history of the regiment from 1702, plus a military library. The original barracks house the regimental museum which was founded in 1925. There is a fine collection of small arms and machine guns, plus maps, uniforms and paintings on display. Bodmin County Lunatic Asylum was designed by John Foulston and afterwards George Wightwick. William Robert Hicks the humorist was domestic superintendent in the mid-19th century.
Bodmin Jail, operational for over 150 years but now a semi-ruin, was built in the late 18th century, and was the first British prison to hold prisoners in separate cells (though often up to ten at a time) rather than communally. Over fifty prisoners condemned at the Bodmin Assize Court were hanged at the prison.
Bodmin Beacon Local Nature Reserve is the hill overlooking the town. The reserve has 83 acres (33.6 ha) of public land and at its highest point it reaches 162 metres with the distinctive landmark at the summit. The 44-metre tall monument to Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert was built in 1857 by the townspeople of Bodmin to honour the soldier's life and work in India.
Bodmin Parkway railway station is served by main line trains and is situated on the Cornish Main Line about 3½ miles (5½ km) south-east from the town centre. A heritage railway, the Bodmin and Wenford Railway, runs from Bodmin Parkway station via Bodmin General railway station to Boscarne Junction where there is access to the Camel Trail. The bus link to Bodmin, Wadebridge and Padstow starts from outside the main entrance of Bodmin Parkway. Bus and coach services connect Bodmin with other districts of Cornwall and Devon.
( Bodmin - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Bodmin . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Bodmin - UK
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Volunteering at Cornwall's Regimental Museum
Would you like to do voluntary work at Cornwall's Regimental Museum?
Have a look at this, it's only 6 minutes. You'll be able to see what a friendly bunch of people we are to work with and be able to check out some of the range of jobs that we have to offer.
If you're interested in joining us, contact Mary Godwin by email at
volunteering@cornwalls-regimentalmuseum.org
or have an informal chat with Mary on 01208 72810
Not Just A Hat - Army Issue Uniform for The Jungle
Voices of The light Infantry - Jungle warfare and the uniform to get you through.
The keep military museum!!
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DH Havilland Sea Vixen at Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON ENGLAND April, 2015. A de Havilland Sea Vixen is on display at the Solent Sky Aviation Museum Southampton (Spitfire City) England. View more Videos on: youtube.com/airflownz
Story of a Band Boy
a Film by Jessica Laura Watts, in collaboration with Cornwall's Regimental Museum.
In early spring 1937, the Father of young Bristolian Ivor Watts (formally known as Charles James) spots a job advertisement in the Bristol Evening World for positions in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry as Bandsmen. Without further ado, Mr Watts writes to the Bandmaster and arranges enlistment for his son.
STORY OF A BAND BOY is a memoir of the 31 year musical career that Lance Corporal procured, through investigation implemented by his Granddaughter; Jessica Watts and Cornwall's Regimental Museum.
Great War
Cornwall’s Regimental Museum is recognized as probably the finest Military Museum in the South West of England. The collection tells the story of the County Regiment from 1702 until the present date.
The Keep, Bodmin, Cornwall PL31 1EG
RAF Davidstow - Visit 2014
Once I've travelled in many places in Cornwall and many military installations owned to the MOD, RAF and Army. Davidstow is one of them, one of my favourites to visit because of the space, the grown trees, the moors of Bodmin. What I known of the history is that RAF Davidstow Moor is a former Royal Air Force station located 2.9 miles (4.7 km) north east of Camelford, Cornwall and 11.5 miles (18.5 km) west of Launceston, Cornwall, England. In it's intense activity was one of Coastal Command's lesser used airfields until it was closed down in 1945, later opened up as a F1 Race track in the 1950's. More detail about the airfield -