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impact and appeal through the widespread application of social and digital media, has started to bear fruit. This digitisation and digitalisation strategy comprises a number of important strands of concurrent activity to take place over the next three years.
The Museum has commissioned a new website from Orange Leaf Ltd www.worcestershireand mercianregimentmuseum.org
This will provide online access to the museum’s collection catalogue as well as
a subset of the museum’s many databases and virtual shop. The project commenced in August and has made good progress and is due for completion in February 2022.
The Worcestershire Regiment 1881-1920 database enhancement has continued apace and there are currently 64684 entries. This has now been augmented by the Militia and Boer War records and over 9,500 photographs.
In addition, our volunteers have digitised into searchable pdf formats the following works: ‘Firm’ and ‘Firm & Forester’. In all this covers 239 issues containing about 20,000 pages; The Nominal roll of the 29th Regiment of Foot 1808 to 1880; and the Records of Service of the Officers’ of the 36th Regiment of Foot, 1710 to 1880 and the 29th Regiment 1695 to 1880.
Our Worcestershire World War 2 Database and Transcription Project has made excellent progress and currently
holds over 11,100 complete entries.
To complement and enhance this the museum has continued to digitise the WW2 Regimental war diaries via occasional visits to The National Archives at Kew to acquire further material.
27th September 1844 aged 19 and served in the Punjab and India Mutiny. He was discharged on 17th October 1865 having served 21 years. The importance lies in that only 129 men of the 29th Regiment served in both the Punjab campaign and the mutiny.
In September the Museum received the WW1 medals, including his Military Cross, of
The Museum’s participation in The Ogilby Muster (TOMS the Army Museums Ogilby Trust’s WWI archival project) has created over 40,000
digital images which
have been loaded on
the TOMS database.
The Ogilby Muster
was launched on
3rd November can
be viewed at www.
theogilbymuster.com.
AMOT have done the
basic and technical
metadata. However,
our challenge remains
the production of the
historic and collections
metadata.
Finally, the Museum
has also continued to acquire significant material for the collections, including
two important medal groups. It recently acquired the Punjab medal of 2345 Private John Fudge, 29th Foot. This completes
a set of medals (Indian Mutiny and LSGC) that the Museum has held for some considerable time. Fudge enlisted on the
Major R. A. F. Freeman of the 3rd Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, which
were presented by his daughter.
Perhaps most significantly, in June 2021, the museum received the donation of a British Infantry Officer’s, 1897 pattern sword complete
with steel scabbard belonging to Captain Edward Kingham Myles V.C. D.S.O. It
is inscribed: PRESENTED BY THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT DE WONCOURT
P.C. CHAIRMAN PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY TO CAPTAIN E.K. MYLES VC DSO AS A MARK OF THE ESTEEM AND ADMIRATION OF HIS COLLEAGUES.
The Trustees’ ambitious strategy to secure the Museum’s future and extend its impact and appeal through the widespread application of social and digital media, has started to bear fruit
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