{"id":5167,"date":"2012-12-03T22:11:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T21:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/?p=5167"},"modified":"2022-05-07T12:29:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T11:29:43","slug":"royal-green-jackets-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/?p=5167","title":{"rendered":"The Royal Green Jackets \/ Rifles Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Royal Green Jackets \/ Rifles Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE ROYAL GREEN JACKETS (RIFLES) MUSEUM TRADING COMPANY LIMITED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Company number&nbsp;02193863<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A Private Limited Company Incorporated on 13th November 1987<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2382-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2382-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2382-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2382-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2382-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Always a warm welcome<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lots to see and lots to do, You can even Buy Corporate Goods<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The original Curator of the Royal Green Jackets Museum was Ron Cassidy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/RC-and-The-Boys-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/RC-and-The-Boys-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/RC-and-The-Boys-768x711.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/RC-and-The-Boys.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/RC-and-The-Boys-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>Ron Cassidy with his new recruits outside The Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Picture sourced from a Museum leaflet&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The <strong>Royal Green Jackets Museum<\/strong> in Winchester, England showcases artifacts from British military history, specifically that of the Royal Green Jackets regiment and its antecedent regiments.<\/p>\n<p>The spotlight on the Royal Green Jackets (1966) includes the Green Jackets Brigade (1958), the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, The King`s Royal Rifle Corps (1755), The Rifle Brigade, and other military organizations dating back to 1741.<\/p>\n<p>The museum houses uniforms, weapons, silver, paintings, medals, battle models and dioramas, including:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">34 of the Regiment&#8217;s Victoria Cross medals are on display<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/066.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5574\" title=\"066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/066-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/066-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/066-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/066-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Writing case used by General James Wolfe at Quebec<\/p>\n<p>Clothing worn by the Duke of Wellington.<\/p>\n<p>Nine scale models of famous battles, including a Battle of Waterloo diorama made up of 22,000 pieces<\/p>\n<p>Prisoner of War uniform worn by Sergeant Andy McNab after the Iraqis captured him in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors also have the opportunity to fire a replica of the baker rifle.<\/p>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II, the regiment&#8217;s commanding officer, opened the museum in 1989.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ken_gray3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ken_gray3-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"ken_gray3\" width=\"132\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ken_gray3-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ken_gray3-1x1.jpg 1w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ken_gray3.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kenny Gray showing off a set of medals outside the museum&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5220\" title=\"023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/023-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/023-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/023-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/023-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Picture by Memorial at Peninsula Ltd<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sharpe - Over the Hills and far away\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Fy3tSim3to?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Over the Hills and far away<\/p>\n<p>From You Tube<\/p>\n<p>Sourced from You Tube<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Gray pic Credited to RGJ Museum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Green Jackets Museum in Winchester, England showcases 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