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he battle-worn tunic of a local First World War soldier is to go on display in Chelsea's National Army Museum when it re-opens next year as a poignant reminder of the brutality of trench warfare - specifically the Battle of the Somme. The Museum also tells the story of Captain George Johnson on its First World War in Focus online portal.
As the First World War centenary period draws to a close, the National Army Museum hosts its November 'museum late', asking the pertinent question: Are we getting Remembrance right?
Buy a copy of Robert Sackville-West’s book which tells the story of Britain’s century-long search to recover, identify and honour the missing soldiers of the First World War.
The personal diary of Sergeant James Littler is being published online 100 years after he survived the fierce fighting at the Battle of the Somme on the National Army Museum's commemorative website First World War in Focus.
Buy a copy of Alan Allport's new book, which takes a fresh look at the gruelling first half of the Second World War and its transformative effect on Britain and its people.
On 30 March 2017 the new National Army Museum will open to the public with its first temporary exhibition, War Paint: Brushes with Conflict. Over 130 paintings and objects explore the complex relationship between war and the men and women who map, record, celebrate and document it.
A hundred years ago today, Second Lieutenant Cyril Edwards became the first officer to undergo and survive a blood transfusion at a front-line hospital after his foot was blown off by a grenade.
15 May 2023: Today, the National Army Museum installed a large Bofors anti-aircraft gun. The 4-metre x 2-metre gun is on public display for the first time at the Museum’s site in Chelsea, London.
From 30 November 2018 to 3 March 2019, the National Army Museum will exhibit the work of Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959) in 'Alfred Munnings: War Artist, 1918'.
There's a lot to explore at the National Army Museum. But if you're short of time, here are some of the most popular things to see and do around the galleries.
On 16 May 2017, one hundred years after the Battle of Arras, the National Army Museum is publishing the drawings and watercolours of Lieutenant Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly, who, as a Forward Observation Officer, had a front row seat of the Arras offensive.
