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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 5d

Happy Halloween! 👻 We hope you have a delightfully scary weekend, and we'll be back next week as usual. We've dug out a classic #FromTheArchive for you: a Rifleman from KRRC (1936/7) with a seasonally appropriate friend.

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 6d

Our lovely leather wallets - Rifles & RGJ - are now back in stock! They come in a metal tin and feature a cap badge in white on the front. Inside is a pocket for coins, 5 card holder slides and 2 compartments for notes.

You can order them from our online shop: https://shop.rgjmuseum.co.uk/index.asp

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 8d

Plus, don't forget we've got a Family Fun Day tomorrow, Wednesday 29th, from 11am-2pm with Halloween crafts and games, lucky dip and facepainting, spooky colouring in and a special Museum trail full of weird and wonderful secrets to find!

Half Term Family Fun Day | The Rifleman's Museum

Follow our curiosity trail to discover the strangest objects in the Museum collection, spin the wheel for a Halloween treat, dare to reach into our spooky lucky dip for a surprise, create a miniature pumpkin Rifleman to take home, get your face painted, dress up in uniforms from throughout history,...

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 8d

Our newest member of staff is this adorable little pumpkin Rifleman! You can make your own to take home with you this week when you visit the Museum.

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 9d

Good morning! We're open as usual this week, Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm (last entry 3.30pm).

Join us this week for our Halloween Half Term Family Fun Day on Wednesday 29th, 11am-2pm, with crafts, face painting, lucky dip, games, a themed trail, tasty treats, and more! Check out our website for more details!

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 12d

This week's image #FromTheArchive shows exactly how we've felt a few times this week with all the rain! Lt Paul Luckhurst enjoys 'ablutions' on return from patrol, Crossmaglen c.1977.

We hope your weekend is a little drier!

The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 14d

This is a picture of Coal Box from 1916, decorated with an Iron Cross! Image Courtesy of IWM (Q 4329).

Find out more about this object & its story in our Digital Collection: https://riflemansmuseum.co.uk/collection/silver-plated-pony-hoof

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 14d

This is one of the four hooves of ‘Coal Box’, a German pony befriended by bandsmen of the 2nd Battalion, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps (2KRRC), during WWI. After Coal Box’s death, the hoof was plated and kept as a memento, and later donated to the Museum.

#militaryhistory #horse #pony

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 15d

Celebrate remembrance this year without our RGJ remembrance poppy pins, available in our online store or in the Museum shop.

Buy online: https://shop.rgjmuseum.co.uk/rgj-remembrance-poppy-pin-2079-p.asp

Please note that our shop orders are dispatched once per week on a Friday!

The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 16d

Good morning! We're open as usual Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm (last entry 3.30pm).

Our free monthly Models for Heroes session is this afternoon, drop in from 12.30pm.

Plus, there's still a few tickets left for Thursday's evening talk. Find out what's on: https://riflemansmuseum.co.uk/whats-on

The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 19d

Today's photo #FromTheArchive is of "B" Coy London Rifle Brigade at Rushmore Camp, 1929.

Raised in 1859 as a volunteer unit, the LRB was at various times connected with KRRC, The Rifle Brigade, and The Royal Green Jackets. Its lineage continues today as part of the 7th Battalion, The Rifles.

The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 20d

This beautifully preserved scarlet coatee dating from before 1820 belonged to Lt-Col John Hunt of the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, Light Infantry.

Find out more about this item and its owner in our digital collection: https://riflemansmuseum.co.uk/collection/hunt-coatee

#militaryhistory

A scarlet coatee military uniform from the Peninsular Wars/Napoleonic wars.

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 21d

Follow the story of one family throughout World War II with Annabel Venning in our next evening talk on 23rd October. Find out more and buy tickets:

Blitz, Battles, Capture, Survival: The Story of One Amazing Family During the Second World War | The Rifleman's Museum

How would it feel if all your sons and daughters were caught up in war? What would it be like to spend six years fearing what a telegram might bring?That was the heart-wrenching reality faced by so many families throughout the Second World War, including the parents of the Walker children. From the...

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 21d

How would it feel if all your sons and daughters were caught up in war? What would it be like to spend six years fearing what a telegram might bring?

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · 26d

This week's photo #FromTheArchive shows a very photogenic A Coy, 1RGJ in Cyprus in 1976. We don't have any names recorded for this photo - anyone spot any faces you recognise?

Have a great weekend!

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · Oct 6

Good morning! We're open as usual, Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm (last entry 3.30pm).

Coming up this month we've got another exciting evening talk, a half-term family fun day, and our monthly Models for Heroes social & modelling session for veterans and serving soldiers. Check our website for more info!

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · Oct 3

This week's impressive photo #FromTheArchive is of a 3RGJ tank parade with accompanying helicopter in Celle, Germany in 1968. We hope you're all rolling into the weekend with this much confidence!

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · Oct 2

Join us on 23rd October to explore the journey of one family throughout World War II. Tickets available now for in-person and online attendance!

Find out more:

Blitz, Battles, Capture, Survival: The Story of One Amazing Family During the Second World War | The Rifleman's Museum

How would it feel if all your sons and daughters were caught up in war? What would it be like to spend six years fearing what a telegram might bring?That was the heart-wrenching reality faced by so many families throughout the Second World War, including the parents of the Walker children. From the...

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · Oct 2

A surgeon. A nurse. A prisoner of war. A soldier in Italy. A soldier in Burma. A young woman chasing love in London. Annabel Venning's evening talk, 'BLITZ, BATTLES, CAPTURE, SURVIVAL' follows the stories of six siblings, her relatives, throughout World War II.

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · Oct 1

The English translation of the motto went on to be adopted as the Regimental Motto of The Royal Green Jackets, and was later taken up by the The Rifles in 2007.

Read more:

Memorandum Concerning the Regimental Motto | The Rifleman's Museum

Item Details: A framed, hand-written memorandum regarding a request to His Majesty the King that the 60th Regiment be permitted to resume the motto ‘Celer et Audux’.

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · Oct 1

The motto Celer et Audax, “Swift and Bold”, was conferred on the 60th Royal American Regiment by General James Wolfe in recognition of its bravery during the siege of Quebec in 1759. This memorandum from 1824 notes that the Regiment has formally requested to be allowed to resume the motto.

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · Sep 29

Good morning! We're open as usual Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm (last entry 3.30pm). We look forward to seeing you!

The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · Sep 26

They remained until early January 1964, and as they had been "living fairly rough...most of them were not sorry to return to Colchester (and their wives and families)"!

The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · Sep 26

In this week's photo #FromTheArchive, men of 2GJ, KRRC board a Britannia Aircraft of transport command Royal Air Force at Lyneham on the 4th of July 1963, bound for the British Guiana where they supported the ongoing Internal Security Duties.

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The Rifleman's Museum @riflemansmuseum.co.uk · Sep 25

Read his whole story:

Rifleman George Peachment VC | The Rifleman's Museum

George Peachment was born on 5th May 1897 in Bury, Lancashire. After leaving school, he worked as an apprentice fitter, but like many young men of his generation, he was determined to serve when war broke out in 1914.

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