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THE MUSEUM WEB SITE INCLUDES AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT THE HEREFORDS WERE DOING 100 YEARS AGO DURING WW1
they held a few steel helmets which they could no longer use. One turned out to be a Herefordshire Home Guard helmet complete with transfer badge. This rare object is now displayed in the museum. Other additions to the collection have included:
• A rare - only 2 are known to exist - 36th Regiment Regimental Medal, awarded, in July 1836, to an un-named NCO for 30 years service.
• The medals group of Lt Col WF Chipp, the Herefordshire Regiment’s most decorated soldier. The medals were purchased with the assistance of a loan from The Army Museums’ Ogilby Trust (AMOT), and the Museum has now embarked on a fund raising campaign to repay the loan. See separate account.
• A 10” high string puppet of a Major who served in the Herefordshire Light Infantry during the Second World war and subsequently the reformed Home Guard. The puppet had been made by the disabled daughter of the Major. A Museum Volunteer who is the nephew of the Major donated the object.
• A de-activated Lee Enfield .303 rifle, dated 1941. This was donated by a retired officer who had been presented with it many years ago on posting from a weapons’ related staff appointment.
• A very simple brass plaque engraved ‘Victory 1919’.
• Two new ‘state of the art’ display cases that now hold Suvla Bay and WW2 displays.
Last but not least the museum web site includes an account of what the Herefords were doing 100 years ago during WW1. This latter ‘post’ is attracting much positive comment. If you haven’t done already – please take a look! http://herefordshirelightinfan- trymuseum.com
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