Bugle Says 3/11/2017
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Bugle helps fundraising
Say a big “Hello” to Bugle, our mascot, today – he will be at Central Station, gently “persuading” travellers to support the Museum by parting with some of their hard-earned cash! Members of the Glasgow & West of Scotland branch of the Parachute Regimental Association collect money, four times a year, for the Museum’s Heritage
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The Durand Cup on loan
The Durand Cup, the oldest non-UK football trophy, is possibly one of the most iconic objects in our collection and it is currently on loan to the FIFA World Football Museum in Zurich! Worried that the British soldiers in India were becoming fat and unfit, Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, civil servant and Foreign Secretary of India from
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General Sir David Baird
“Sir David Baird will gain the day. Huzza boys Huzza.” Among the many interesting objects depicting the long periods of service of our antecedent regiments in India is a small, beautiful little jug adorned by these somewhat enigmatic words. Less puzzling when one realises that the words refer to General Sir David Baird (1757-1829), legendary
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Lance Corporal John Brown Hamilton VC
Acting Lance Corporal John Brown Hamilton of 1/9th Battalion (Glasgow Highlanders) The Highland Light Infantry was awarded the Victoria Cross for his courageous action 100 years yesterday and today (26/27 September 1917). John was honoured three days ago in the place of his birth, Dumbarton, by the unveiling of a commemorative paving stone; however, the
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John Brown Hamilton VC
Although, sometimes windswept, Dumbarton’s war memorial, in Levengrove Park, is a wonderfully peaceful location with amazing views of the Clyde. Yesterday, 23 September, it provided the perfect setting for the small, intimate family ceremony to commemorate the centenary of the action for which John Brown Hamilton was awarded the Victoria Cross, by the unveiling of
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Assaye Day
Today, 23 September, is Assaye Day, when the Regiment remembers one of its most famous battle honours: the Battle of Assaye in 1803 – which, the Duke of Wellington (as he was later known) considered was the finest thing he ever did in his fighting career. The small British army of c9,500 men managed to