Shropshire Regimental Museum

We visited Shropshire Regimental Museum yesterday to discuss plans for the Pop up Museum at Southwater library Saturday 7th November 10am-2pm. It was a great experience to have a look around the museum and see all of the great collections they have on display. The museum staff are all very knowledgeable and friendly and will make your experience more enjoyable.

The museum has a large section of WWI artifacts including an original video display of footage from the Western Front and this WWI uniform.

 

There are displays about each of the Shropshire based regiments that fought during WWI including the 1st Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry who were involved throughout the war and famously fought at the Somme. They lost 988 men during the conflict. You can also discover the story of the 4th Battalion KSLI who were involved in a brave counter attack at Bligny Hill that led to them being awarded the Croix de Guerre.

 

Of course there is lots more to see in addition to the World War I display including a really great display about the battle of Waterloo (which was 200 years ago this year) and a very informative display about the Boer War.

 

 

To top it all off the museum is located within the wonderful Shrewsbury Castle which is full of history dating back to the 11th century. The museum makes the most of the setting and contains some displays relating to the history of the Castle itself.

 

 

Overall, I can't recommend a trip to the Shropshire Regimental Museum highly enough. It makes for a really interesting day out in the historic town of Shrewsbury and will inspire you to find out more about what's on our doorstep.

 

 

You can visit their website here