Thousands of original exhibits of military history relating to the regiments of Devonshire and Dorset
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Object spotlight 🔦
An original design for the Regimental window in the Regimental Chapel - St James and St Thomas in Exeter Cathedral.
The window was dedicated on 3rd June 1976. The colour painting is signed Fredk W Cole, 17.7.73.
DORMM:1976/54
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The In-person talk this month is on Field Marshall Lord Roberts. Tickets are to be purchased on the door. £5 per person CASH ONLY. Talk begins at 6:30pm.
This month's online WMHG talk via Zoom - The Battle of The Ruhr 1943 - has been moved to 6:00pm on the 1st of May.
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General Service Medal 1918-62 with clasp Iraq, awarded to, Private Albert James Ash, 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment and later, 1/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, serving in Mesopotamia.
DORMM:2025/15
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Object spotlight 🔦
Regimental Ashtray, white with gold trim. In the centre of the ashtray is a drawing of a street map of Lyme Regis.
DORMM:2013/2019
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Two membes of the Devonshire Regiment and a dog. Captioned on reverse 'Swiggy Weston, Company Sergeant Major, Company Sergeant Major Nutty Craze. Blackdown Camp 1926'
DORMM:2009/1533
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Sergeant Cyril Stubbs and friends, India, 1936. From the collection of, Sergeant Cyril Stubbs, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment.
DORMM:2005/911/2
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This India General Service Medal was awarded to Corporal R Sweet, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. With the clasp Burma 1889-1892.
DORMM:2016/152
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Calling All Authors!
We’re excited to announce an upcoming Book Fair in support of The Dorchester Keep Military Museum Trust - and we’d love for YOU to be part of it!
Limited stalls available, so don’t miss out! Get in touch now to reserve your space or learn more.
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12th (Airborne) Battalion Devonshire Regiment. The photo shows a team of six men, dressed in the normal Parachute Smocks, wearing berets with the Devonshire Regiment cap badge, manning an anti tank field gun in a garden across the road from a large building.
DORMM:2009/541
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Three unidentified Officers studying documents, possibly maps, on the bonnet of a vehicle.
DORMM:1999/126/10
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5th (Prince of Wales) Battalion Devonshire Regiment, on a night exercise, using 'Artificial Moonlight', Okehampton, February 1950.
DORMM:2007/1685/1
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Object spotlight 🔦
The badge of the Devonshire Regiment carved in chalk, 80mm in diameter and 18mm thick. Most likely from the First World War.
DORMM:2007/1505
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A medical service, Meritorious Service Medal. Awarded to Acting Sergeant A G Avent, 15th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment.
DORMM:EX1836
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4 Dorset (TA) Boxing Team. Winners of the Astor Cup, 43rd Wessex Divisional Boxing, 1935.
DORMM:2011/798
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A Brief History of HMS Dorsetshire is available to watch NOW on our YouTube channel:
youtu.be/EUYQ_TYIU1o
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photograph of Devon Territorials, showing a troop train with 4 men standing on the platform as others look out the train windows.
Printed inscription reads 'With the Devon Territorials to India. Leaving Tidworth for Southampton, 9th October 1914.'
DORMM:2007/1550/2
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Tickets for the in-person talk at Dorchester ARC are to be purchased on the door. £5 per person CASH ONLY.
For more information on the Zoom talk, email jameskrporter@aol.com
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In this installment of our Collection Highlights series, we take a closer look at the story behind one of the most talked about items in our museum: Hitler’s desk.
youtu.be/63Exz3yVjAQ
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As the county regiment for: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wiltshire - The Rifles is the largest regiment in the British army.
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Cold weather and good books, we've got your winter reading sorted.
Our online shop stocks a range of military history books perfect for a long evening - from regimental stories and campaigns to personal accounts.
Browse the full selection online: keepmilitarymuseum.org/produ…
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