Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum
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 Front of the Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum | |
  Location in Hampshire | |
| Established | 1989 |
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| Location | Peninsula Barracks, Winchester |
| Coordinates | 51°03′47″N 1°19′16″W / 51.062954°N 1.321023°W |
| Type | Regimental museum |
| Curator | Christine Pullen |
| Website | http://rgjmuseum.co.uk/ |
The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum is situated at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester, England. The museum is one of several regimental museums that form part of Winchester's Military Museums.
History
The museum brings together the collections of the
Colonel in Chief, in December 1989.[2]
Collections
The exhibition, entitled “With the Rifles to Waterloo”, opened in 2015 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the
Royal American Regiment in North America, the Siege of Quebec and the Indian Mutiny.[4] The Victoria Cross display “For Valour” describes the personal histories of each of the regiments’ 59 soldiers who were awarded the Victoria Cross.[5]
The museum also has a display which covers the two world wars (including the
Pegasus Bridge in June 1944. The recent history display covers the Cold War, operations in Northern Ireland, United Nations operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[6]
Victoria Crosses held by the museum
The museum holds 31 of the Victoria Crosses awarded to the members of the antecedent regiments, including:[7]
- Private Henry Addison, 43rd Regiment (Indian Rebellion)
- Company Sergeant Major Edward Brooks, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (First World War)
- Bugler Robert Hawthorne, 52nd Regiment (Indian Rebellion)
- Lieutenant Colonel First World War)[8]
- Sergeant Henry Smith, 52nd Regiment (Indian Rebellion)
Exhibits
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Siege of Quebec 1759 -
Peninsular War
1807–14 -
Indian Mutiny 1857 -
Siege of Calais 1940 -
Outpost Snipe 1942 -
Pegasus Bridge 1944 -
First Gulf War 1990–1991
Notes
- Maltese Cross, which was drawn from the badges of the King's Royal Rifle Corps and The Rifle Brigade, with a combination of some of their battle honours on its arms.
- ^ The Military General Service Medal (164) and the Waterloo Medal (106)
References
- ^ "Green Jackets". British army units 1945 on. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ a b "History of the Museum". Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "The Waterloo Painting". The Royal Green Jackets Association. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ Rifles and Kukris: Delhi, 1857, by Christopher Wallace, (2007).
- ^ Focus on Courage: the 59 Victoria Crosses of the Royal Green Jackets, by Christopher Wallace, (2006)
- ^ "Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum". Visit Winchester. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "The Royal Green Jackets ( Rifles ) Museum". Victoria Cross. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "John Henry Stephen Dimmer VC". Merton Council. 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.