• Medal Set Purchased at Auction for the Museum’s Displays

    15 November 2024 | Blog

    The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum is delighted to announce that we have recently purchased at auction the medals of Colonel William Bell Kingsley. These were purchased with support from Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, and we are extremely grateful for their support. Bell Kingsley served from 1855 until 1886 in the 67th Regiment of

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  • Armistice Day 2022

    11 November 2022 | Blog

    3rd Battalion laying wreaths at Winchester War Memorial, 1924. Armistice Day 2022 “In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. ‘In Flanders Fields’…” – John McRae

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  • A Hampshire Regiment Soldier and the First Poppy Factory

    09 November 2022 | Blog

    You may know about the story of the Remembrance Day poppy, but do you know of its relation to our Regiment? Read on to find out about Major George Arthur Howson and the creation of the first poppy factory!

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