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Other ranks’ cap badge, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, c1918
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The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was the body charged with supplying weapons, ammunition and equipment to the British Army.
A sepoy of the Bengal Army, 1815
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Sitaram Pande served with the Bengal Army from 1812 to 1860, taking part in many important campaigns. His memoirs provide a rare and precious glimpse into life in the Indian Army during the 19th century.
Other ranks’ cap badge, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own)
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The Middlesex Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, created in 1881 and amalgamated in 1966 into The Queen’s Regiment.
Cap badge, The Norfolk Regiment, 1919
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This infantry unit was raised in 1685 and subsequently served in many British Army campaigns during its long history. In 1959, it was amalgamated with The Suffolk Regiment to form the 1st East Anglian Regiment.
The Capitulation of Kars, 26 November 1855
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28 May 2025: The Museum is delighted to announce a new exhibition featuring over 100 works of art charting the changing attitudes to the military during the 19th century.
Cap badge, The Worcestershire Regiment, c1904
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This infantry unit was raised during the Army reforms of 1881. It existed until 1970, when it was merged into The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment.
Cap badge, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), c1914
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This infantry unit was formed in 1881 and recruited in western and central Scotland. It served with the British Army until 2006, when it was amalgamated into The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Other ranks' cap badge, The Royal Hampshire Regiment, c1971
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This infantry regiment was formed in 1881. It continued in British Army service until 1992, when it was amalgamated into The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment.
Cap badge, The Gloucestershire Regiment, c1930
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This infantry unit was raised in 1881. It served with the British Army until 1994, when it was merged into The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.
Other ranks' cap badge, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, c1902
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This cavalry regiment was formed in 1715. It served in several campaigns until 1960, when it was merged into the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s).
Other ranks' cap badge, The Welsh Guards, c1990
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This foot guard regiment was formed in 1915. As well as guarding the monarch and carrying out ceremonial duties, it has served on active deployments with the British Army for over a century.
Cap badge, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), c1898
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This rifle unit was formed in 1881 and recruited in Lanarkshire, Dumfriesshire and Galloway. It served with the British Army until 1968, when it chose to disband rather than be amalgamated.