For #InternationalChessDay here are some special playing pieces, carved by a Boer prisoner of war while at a POW camp in Ahmednagar in India in 1901.

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Here’s another picture of our goat for #NationalPetDay – this one is Taffy IV and he’s with Goat Major, Cpl Joseph in 1994.
#petday #goat #army #armylife #loveyourpet #museum #archive #collection #collectioncloseup

#FlashbackFriday to a time when printing a loved-one's photograph onto a handkerchief was a way to show you cared! This wonderful artifact shows Private J Dymond, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment, in 1900.
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#Flashbackfriday to the First World War and the Battle of Loos in 1915. This chalk carving of the Welsh Regiment cap badge was made by a member of the 1st Battalion, the Welsh Regiment, from chalk cut from the trenches at Loos.

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#SnoozySunday Captain John Edward Stevenson of the Welch Regiment takes a nap in a trench during the invasion of Sicily in July, 1943.

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#HappyMothersDay to all the mums and mother-figures in our lives! Here’s a lovely gift sent home from Egypt during the First World War and embroidered “To mother from Tommy”.

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#MinaitureMonday here’s a lovely little portrait of Major J Nokes who served with the 24th Regiment of Foot from 1808 to 1827. The picture was painted in India in 1815.

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Today we #remember William 'Willie' Henry Seager, 10th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, killed in action on February 7th 1916 at Neuve Chapelle. Willie was buried in the St Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg L’avoue, France. He was 23 years old.
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Portrait of 17828 Pte John Britton, 14th Bn Welsh Reg. Pte Britton was wounded in 1917 but recovered to rejoin his regiment at the front. He was killed in action on the 8th May 1918. Pte Britton is buried at Hedauville Cemetery, near Albert in France. #WW1 #LestWeForget #CollectionCloseUp

#WhatIsItWednesday? Here we have a 1935 pattern Luftwaffe steel helmet with national decal and eagle and swastika emblems on it. It was found in Sicily by a soldier of the Welch Regiment in 1943.
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Today’s #MuseumWeek theme is games and so we are sharing our little chess set with you. The pieces were carved by a Boer prisoner of war, while being held at a camp in Ahmednagar in India in 1901.

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Death notification sent to the mother of 21612 Cpl Frank Robinson of the 5th Bn, SWB. Frank, from Merthyr, died aged 24 on the 7th June 1918 at the battle of the Aisne. He is commemorated on the Soissons Memorial in France. #LestWeForget #WW1 #Remembrance #CollectionCloseUp