Here’s another picture of our goat for #NationalPetDay – this one is Taffy IV and he’s with Goat Major, Cpl Joseph in 1994.
#petday #goat #army #armylife #loveyourpet #museum #archive #collection #collectioncloseup
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#HappyMothersDay to all the mums and mother-figures in our lives! Here’s a lovely gift sent home from Egypt during the First World War and embroidered “To mother from Tommy”.
#mothersday #mum #history #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #collection #collectioncloseup
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#FlashbackFriday to a time when printing a loved-one's photograph onto a handkerchief was a way to show you cared! This wonderful artifact shows Private J Dymond, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment, in 1900. #collection #history #collectioncloseup #museum #boerwar #victoriansoldier
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#CollectionCloseUp: Regent’s Park
Immerse yourself in the decadent details and alluring charm of the Regents Park Collection. Drawing inspiration from the royal grounds of London’s Regents Park, this collection brings the opulence and romance of European design into your home.
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20 Jul 2025
For #InternationalChessDay here are some special playing pieces, carved by a Boer prisoner of war while at a POW camp in Ahmednagar in India in 1901.
#chess #games #hobbies #BoerWar #history #collection #collectioncloseup #museum #Victorian
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4 Jun 2025
Today’s #MuseumWeek theme is games and so we are sharing our chess set with you. The pieces were carved by a Boer prisoner of war, while being held at a camp in Ahmednagar in India in 1901.
#games #GameMW #hobbies #BoerWar #history #collection #collectioncloseup #museum
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13 Apr 2025
#SnoozySunday Captain John Edward Stevenson of the Welch Regiment takes a nap in a trench during the invasion of Sicily in July, 1943.
#WW2 #SecondWorldWar #archive #photograph #collection #history #collectioncloseup
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24 Mar 2025
#MinaitureMonday here’s a lovely little portrait of Major J Nokes who served with the 24th Regiment of Foot from 1808 to 1827. The picture was painted in India in 1815.
#art #collection #army #armylife #minaiturepainting #portraiture #history #collectioncloseup #museum
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5 Sep 2023
Reminder❗️Tomorrow is our first Curator Coffee Morning! Come and join us 10:00-11:00 and learn about a selection of items not usually on display. royalwelshmuseum.wales/curat… We hope to see you there!
#CoffeeTalk #museum #brecon #collectioncloseup
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1 May 2023
#MedalMonday - Pte John Dudley’s General Service Medal 1793-1814, with Talavera clasp. Pte Dudley enlisted with the 24th of Foot in 1806 aged 14. He was discharged just four years later due to “a diseased spine in consequence of service.” #medal #collectioncloseup
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4 Apr 2023
These #WW1 binoculars belonged to 111374 Lt Edward Stanley Summers who served with the 4th and 11th battalions of the SWB and the Monmouthshire Regiment. Carved into the case are all the places he travelled to during the war. #TravelTuesday #armylife #collectioncloseup
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2 Apr 2023
#OTD 1945 Cpl Edward Chapman, 3rd Bn, Monmouthshire Reg, was cited for the Victoria Cross. He displayed “outstanding gallantry and superb courage” in single-handedly repulsing repeated German attacks and capturing a vital ridge . #WW2 #VC #collectioncloseup #museumwales #medal
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23 Mar 2023
RT @RW_Museum: #OnlineArtExchange “Music in the Modern World, A Friendly Power In Egypt” by W C Horsley. The painting shows the band of the 1st Bn, Welch Regiment marching through Metwali Gate in Cairo and was completed in 1888. #artuk #collectioncloseup…
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#OnlineArtExchange “Music in the Modern World, A Friendly Power In Egypt” by W C Horsley. The painting shows the band of the 1st Bn, Welch Regiment marching through Metwali Gate in Cairo and was completed in 1888. #artuk #collectioncloseup #music #marchingband #musicinart
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20 Mar 2023
These medals, including the Military Medal and bar, were awarded to Corporal Daniel Phillips of the 2nd Battalion, The Welsh Regiment. Corporal Phillips, who was born in Bridgend, died of wounds in France, in October 1918. #medalmonday #WW1 #collectioncloseup #LestWeForget
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2 Mar 2023
Challenge accepted #onlineartexchange! Here we have a fine ‘trench art’ vessel made from a #WW1 8lb British shell. It is decorated with the Welch Regiment badge and .303 bullets. Intended as a vase, it was brought home as a souvenir of the war. #artuk #collectioncloseup
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23 Feb 2023
This is our #biggestart. A portrait of Major General William Allan, 41st Regiment, painted in 1900. He fought in the Crimea 1854-56 and the first Boer War 1880-81, and later became Colonel of the Welsh Reg. The painting is by Daniel Albert Wehrschmidt. #artuk #collectioncloseup
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5 Dec 2022
Today's #exploreyourarchive theme is #humour. We have found this very humorous image of 'Cinderella' by the 1st Bn SWB, Christmas 1946, starring Maj Deane as the Fairy Queen and Lt Griffiths-Jones as Cinderella
#EYAHumour #pantomime #bwphoto #collectioncloseup #museumarchive
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30 Nov 2022
#EYABeards Taffy III’s goatee! Taffy served with the RRW until his death in 1993. The Goat Major is also permitted to grow a beard as long as it’s a full set (inc moustache) royalwelshmuseum.wales/a-bri… #exploreyourarchive #collectioncloseup #goat #museumarchive #armylife
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16 Nov 2022
This #WeaponWednesday is a Stanton .45 revolver present to Lt Bromhead VC by friends at Thurlby. Currently on display alongside his real #VictoriaCross until Dec 16th! More details of the #revolver: royalwelshmuseum.wales/portf…
#collectioncloseup #rorkesdrift #exhibition #anglozuluwar
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