Army museum at Catterick

[Rlangham]

Read somewhere a while back about a large museum at Catterick barracks, from what I remember it would partly consist of the vehicles left over from the army transport museum at Beverley (the ones that weren't given back to their owners). Anyone know any more about this or have any information on it anywhere?

[jchinuk]

Read somewhere a while back about a large museum at Catterick barracks, from what I remember it would partly consist of the vehicles left over from the army transport museum at Beverley (the ones that weren't given back to their owners). Anyone know any more about this or have any information on it anywhere?

 

I think it was going to be for the National Army Museum owned exhibits formerly at Beverley, however, I think the proposed museum project is stalled.

 

The Beverley collection was owned by several organisations and seem to have been distributed around the country, some of the railway exhibits (and the "Mk.I" Crusader) are at the National Railway Museum's Locomotion Annexe, at Shildon. Some items, for example Kitchener's coach, is at Chatham Dockyard, under the RE Museum's care. The narrow gauge exhibits were moved to a railway in Lincolnshire (I think). Some of the vehicle exhibits are at the REME reserve collection at Borden (not open to the public) and some vehicles are at Bovington (notably the Churchill Mk.II).

 

jch