MoD cuts cash to regimental museums... 'Local military heritage at risk' as MoD cuts cash to regimental museums
from the link Geoff posted: Regimental museums losing MoD funding in 2017 Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Regimental Museum, Eastbourne. Museum of The King's Royal Hussars, Preston. 13/18 Royal Hussars and The Light Dragoons Museum, Barnsley Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen Surrey Infantry Museum, Surrey Royal Hampshire Regt Museum, Winchester The Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland, Alnwick Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire), Warwick Essex Regiment Museum, Chelmsford York and Lancaster Regt Museum, Rotherham Royal Welsh Museum - Firing Line, Cardiff Rifles - Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, Gloucester Mercian Regt Museum, Worcester Shropshire Regimental Museum, Shrewsbury Source: MoD
This type of news, makes places like WW2Talk all the more important for helping with research and collating information and documents.
Two are almost within spitting distance of me and housed in county council funded historic buildings, on their own floor - so I hope they have a future. The others, I really should visit.
Been in touch with the Hussars museum two weeks ago as I was looking for 8 KRIH recollections/photos. They hope to open in May(ish) in the new facility in Warwick. All the best Andreas