Royal Fusiliers Museum, London

dbf · 04-06-2008, 09:02 PM

http://www.touruk.co.uk/london_museums/royalfusiliers_museum1.htm

Gotthard Heinrici · 05-06-2008, 10:51 AM

Have you been DB? Whats it like?

marcus69x · 05-06-2008, 11:22 AM

Excellent photos DBF. Looks like an interesting place to visit.

dbf · 05-06-2008, 12:32 PM

Hi,
Thanks VP for moving this.

Yes GH, went on Friday last. It is in Tower of London grounds. Dragged the kids in with me, but should have gone in alone!

Very small, but what's on display is fascinating. WWII only a small part - 2 displays, but that is about average per campaign.

What is amazing to see is the impressive collection of VCs & WWI medals all lined up in a row - clearly marked with a small biog and photo. Of course the Boer War displays grabbed my attention also. A few illustrated info boards fill up the gaps between displays, but are not terribly informative beyond the basic. Got a small book, but haven't had a chance to read it yet.

There is a small extra entrance fee £1, on top of that for the Tower itself, worth it to get away from the crowds if nothing else.

Thanks Marcus, for the comment about the pics, hard to take more than snaps when my kids are around.
d

Gotthard Heinrici · 05-06-2008, 01:16 PM

Grrrrr!! Cant see the photos!! No Fair! Will have to wait until this evening to see them!

dbf · 05-06-2008, 01:21 PM

Boer War and earlier

Put the one below in for Owen - see the New Testament?

dbf · 05-06-2008, 01:56 PM

WWI

Rich Payne · 05-06-2008, 06:24 PM

I had no idea the museum was there. Much preferable to those over-rated baubles (or are they copies ?) that we were forced to see on school trips.

Interesting to see the camouflaged Mk11 helmet from Salerno. I wonder how widespread the practice was ?

Those V.C. / M.M. groups are special, aren't they ? What a shame that the background info is limited to the original citation. There must be much more that could be said about their careers. One group includes the present Queen and the other commences in South Africa.

dbf · 05-06-2008, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich Payne

I had no idea the museum was there. Much preferable to those over-rated baubles (or are they copies ?) that we were forced to see on school trips.

Interesting to see the camouflaged Mk11 helmet from Salerno. I wonder how widespread the practice was ?

Those V.C. / M.M. groups are special, aren't they ? What a shame that the background info is limited to the original citation. There must be much more that could be said about their careers. One group includes the present Queen and the other commences in South Africa.

Rich,
It's a nice place to have the Mess too! The info was basic admittedly, but at least these medals had photos etc. alongside them. I am sorry that I didn't have peace to photograph them all and to do it properly.

The Guards Museum at Wellington barracks has a lovely display of VCs etc close to the entrance, but you'd have to go back and forward to a folder with laminated photocopied sheets to read up on the recipients!

The prices that the gift shops were charging, you'd think the original baubles were being sold there. Pleased to say my daughter, spent her money in this Museum shop!

dbf

Owen · 05-06-2008, 10:58 PM

Cheers for these Diane, never been in RF Museum even though I've been around the Tower a few times.
(Strange, I know, me not going into a Regimental Museum.)

Who was the DCM for underneath the MG 34?

04-06-2008, 09:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
dbf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland Posts: 596	Royal Fusiliers Museum, London http://www.touruk.co.uk/london_museums/royalfusiliers_museum1.htm Last edited by dbf; 04-06-2008 at 09:29 PM.

05-06-2008, 10:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,468	Have you been DB? Whats it like? __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino)

05-06-2008, 12:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
dbf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland Posts: 596	Hi, Thanks VP for moving this. Yes GH, went on Friday last. It is in Tower of London grounds. Dragged the kids in with me, but should have gone in alone! Very small, but what's on display is fascinating. WWII only a small part - 2 displays, but that is about average per campaign. What is amazing to see is the impressive collection of VCs & WWI medals all lined up in a row - clearly marked with a small biog and photo. Of course the Boer War displays grabbed my attention also. A few illustrated info boards fill up the gaps between displays, but are not terribly informative beyond the basic. Got a small book, but haven't had a chance to read it yet. There is a small extra entrance fee £1, on top of that for the Tower itself, worth it to get away from the crowds if nothing else. Thanks Marcus, for the comment about the pics, hard to take more than snaps when my kids are around. d __________________ Avatar: Volunteer BETTY BURLEIGH W/39496, Auxiliary Territorial Service who died age 21 between 15 April 1941 and 16 April 1941 Daughter of William and Mary Burleigh, of Florencecourt. Remembered with honour KILLESHER CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD _________________________ "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither, and lose both." Benjamin Franklin. "All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures." Julius Caesar

05-06-2008, 01:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,468	Grrrrr!! Cant see the photos!! No Fair! Will have to wait until this evening to see them! __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino)

05-06-2008, 01:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
dbf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland Posts: 596	WWI Last edited by dbf; 05-06-2008 at 02:06 PM.

05-06-2008, 11:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
marcus69x I love WW2 meah!!! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, UK Posts: 1,345	Excellent photos DBF. Looks like an interesting place to visit.

05-06-2008, 01:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
dbf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland Posts: 596	Boer War and earlier Put the one below in for Owen - see the New Testament?

05-06-2008, 06:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
Rich Payne Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 621	I had no idea the museum was there. Much preferable to those over-rated baubles (or are they copies ?) that we were forced to see on school trips. Interesting to see the camouflaged Mk11 helmet from Salerno. I wonder how widespread the practice was ? Those V.C. / M.M. groups are special, aren't they ? What a shame that the background info is limited to the original citation. There must be much more that could be said about their careers. One group includes the present Queen and the other commences in South Africa. __________________ 1939 ex-BEF Norton WD16H restoration detailed on http://www.wdnorton.nl/

05-06-2008, 10:58 PM	#10 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 8,587	Cheers for these Diane, never been in RF Museum even though I've been around the Tower a few times. (Strange, I know, me not going into a Regimental Museum.) Who was the DCM for underneath the MG 34?

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