Bugle the Assaye Elephant has joined the Royal Highland Fusiliers Veterans’ Battlefield Tour to Germany and we will be following his travels courtesy of our “Errant Chronicler” (Jim Devine) who will hopefully(!) enthrall our readers with photographs and literary ramblings from the front. Bugle will be accompanied and protected at all times by Jackie, you […]
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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 »
Bugle, the Assaye Elephant, was a very busy, little pachyderm on Saturday 24 June, out and about checking on how everyone was celebrating Armed Forces Day (AFD). He got up bright and early to help Dunbartonshire SSAFA (The Armed Forces Charity) with their street collection in Helensburgh. Formerly known as Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families
Bugle celebrating Armed Forces Day (AFD) on Saturday 24 June 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 »
Yesterday, our mascot, Bugle the Assaye Elephant visited Holy Fair with Armed Forces Day and Pipes in the Park in: “Auld Ayr, wham ne’er a town surpasses. For honest men and bonnie lasses” And, it certainly would have been difficult surpass the beautiful Low Green: “hoochin’” with numerous honest men, bonnie lassies and their excited
Armed Forces Day and Pipes in the Park in Ayr Read More »
Our Mascot, Bugle the Assaye Elephant welcomed some visitors to the Museum yesterday – as they had something of an action-packed journey from Manchester, they seemed delighted to have actually reached 518 Sauchiehall Street! Michael (Mick) Purvis and his girlfriend, Val Burgess, are visiting the military museums in Scotland by motor cycle to raise money
Bugles and the Lee Rigby Foundation 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 »
For the last part of his excursion Bugle went to the place much closer to home. National Museum Scotland in Edinburgh, place we all know and love. While he deeply enjoyed all the exhibitions. Being fascinated with reach and varied scope of object and stories enclosed between those walls. Out of whole museum he liked
Bugle and the National Museum Scotland in Edinburgh Read More »
Following week we moved to Gdańsk to the recently opened Museum of the Second World War. As they put it: “The mission of the Museum of the Second World War is to create a modern institution that will present the history of the war as the greatest cataclysm of the 20th century. Despite the fact
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