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Pensioners Share Their Wartime Stories

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE

Chelsea Pensioners Share Their Wartime Stories

The Museum has embarked on an exciting collaborative project which aims to document and store the personal accounts, expertise and careers of the remarkable residents of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

Watch clips from some of the interviews

Watch online - 'War in the Wilderness: Chindit Campaigns of 1943-44'

Videos

War in the Wilderness: Chindit Campaigns of 1943-44

Our latest video tells the story of the Chindits - an Allied special forces unit operating in Burma during the Second World War. It examines the extreme physical and psychological pressure these remarkable men had to endure.

Watch lectures online

Other ranks’ cap badge, Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s), c1940

Famous Units

Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s)

The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) is one of several recent additions to our Famous Units section, a growing resource introducing historic regiments and corps of the British Army.

Learn more about Famous Units

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Events

A Soldier's Life in...

Family Workshops

Saturdays at 2.00pm and 3.30pm

Spies & Spymasters

Targeted Talks

Spies & Spymasters

Michael Smith, Sinclair McKay, Sarah Helm, Roger Hermiston and more...

22 June 2013