08 January 2025 | Blog
The Museum is temporarily closed while we carry out some much needed Collections Work on the displays, and also some repairs and repainting. We are aiming to reopen on 11th February, but will update our website and social media if this changes. We need to check on the condition of all our artefacts on display,
Read more15 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
Read more11 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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