11 September 2026 | Events, What's On
On the 19th of September the Regimental Garden will come alive with re-enactors from the Hampshire Regiment Re-enactment Society, as they showcase their collection and highlight the everyday lives of Hampshire soldiers during the Second World War. The Museum will be open with our brand new feature exhibition highlighting the Everyday Lives of Soldiers; there
Read more04 September 2026 | History
Thrice decorated, wounded and promoted from the ranks, Captain Joseph Milne was one of the only men of the 2nd Battalion to serve from their first day of action at Gallipoli on the 25th April 1915, through to the end of the war on the 11th of November 1918. Born in Edinburgh in 1881, the
Read more28 August 2026 | History
On the 3rd of September 1939, the United Kingdom declared war on Nazi Germany. The declaration of war was heeded around the world. Tensions had been building for months before the declaration. The previous year the Munich agreement and resulting surrender of the Sudetenland to Germany in September 1938 had promised ‘peace in our time’
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