Museum blog focusing on history and connections of object on the museum display.
“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 […]
General Sir David Baird Read More »
A cry that struck terror into the hearts of enemies of British soldiers sporting the iconic red coat. Indeed, the American patriot, Paul Revere, probably shouted: “The Redcoats are coming!” to warn of the imminent arrival of the British army in 1775, rather than the oft-quoted “the British are coming!”; which would have made little
With so much modern technology available to today’s infantry soldier, it is difficult believe that the bayonet is still needed. However, in 2004, soldiers from The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, along with reinforcements from The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, were engaged for three hours in fierce and bloody hand-to-hand fighting with bayonets fixed against
No. 4 Mk. II Spike Bayonet Read More »
Last time we focused on the tremendous development that happened in field of medicine in British Army between the Boer War and WWI, but the Great War and the one that followed it 20 years later. These advancements opened many fields of development and foundations for leaps in many other technologies. Besides the obvious advancements,
Wireless Set No.88 Read More »
For some WWI soldiers, the thought of a short stay at a field hospital might seem like a a welcome holiday. After all, in comparison with the harsh environment of trench warfare, the beds and tents of that temporary home must have seemed like a haven of peace in the midst of a maelstrom. Not to mention that convalescence quite often included entertainment ranging from amateur
Medical collection of Dr J Dunbar of 6th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, Read More »
Nowadays, when smoking is a barely-tolerated social habit, cigarette cases and boxes are not so common and it is difficult to imagine utilising one as a presentation gift. However, for most of the 20th Century, this was not the case; and the Museum has very many examples of silver cigarette boxes presented to individuals, messes
Silver cigarette box with braille writing Read More »
By 1917, the British army had captured more than one hundred thousand Turkish soldiers; and by the end of the war, this had risen by a further fifty thousand. These were soldiers of the much-weakened and crumbling Ottoman Empire, who had not really been able to compete with the well-trained British troops whose morale was
Beaded snakes – Other theatres case – Object no 8 Read More »
Soldiers from The Royal Highland Fusiliers and our antecedent regiments have fought in virtually every war, battle and conflict since the formation of The 21st of Foot (later The Royal Scots Fusiliers) in 1678. So, our collection of medals is probably one of the most comprehensive: dating from the Military General Service Medal (MGSM) that
Foreign medals on our display – Honours, medals and decorations case Read More »
This month our visitors has decided on object that while deeply rooted to military music history, it could be easily one of our key exhibits on Great War patriotism and spontaneous recruitment that happened in the dawn of the war as well as eagerness of Glaswegian people to join efforts of the war. It links
Copper Bugle – Music case – object no 4 Read More »
Last month we were curious about which objects like our visitors on our exhibition. We wanted to know, from all the objects. Which one they find most interesting, extraordinary and aesthetic. The one, that if given choice they would like us to tell them more about. So, we did. We chose four objects from display
Walrus shaped jug made of silver, Military life case, object no 18 Read More »
