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The museum occupies the keep of the original barracks. It is a Grade II listed building and the ground floor preserves its previous layout. The museum is entered through the ammunition and powder store, and through this is the archway that used to lead to the rest of the barracks.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset, England. References. Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) The Register of the ...
Red House Museum, Dorset: Christchurch: Local: information, information, local and social history, natural history, geology, archaeology, costumes Royal Signals Museum: Blandford Forum: Military: National museum of army communications Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum: Bournemouth: Art: Fine art and Japanese art in a Victorian mansion Scaplens ...
The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment (11th, 39th and 54th), usually just known as the Devon and Dorsets, was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of two county regiments, the Devonshire Regiment and the Dorset Regiment. In 2007 it was itself merged into The Rifles, a "large regiment".
The Dorset Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958, being the county regiment of Dorset. Until 1951, it was formally called the Dorsetshire Regiment , although usually known as "The Dorsets".
The Devonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that served under various titles and served in many wars and conflicts from 1685 to 1958, such as the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War.
The Devonshire and Dorset regimental collections are displayed in the Keep Military Museum, Dorchester [7] The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry regimental collections are displayed at Cornwall's Regimental Museum at Victoria Barracks in Bodmin [8] The Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum is based at Bankfield House, in Halifax, Yorkshire [9]
The Dorset Militia was an auxiliary [a] military force in the county of Dorsetshire [b] in South West England. From their formal organisation as Trained Bands in 1558 until their final service as the Special Reserve , the Militia regiments of the county carried out internal security and home defence duties.