Leicestershire Regiment Museum and Memorial

[Rlangham]

Went over to the new exhibition on the Leicestershire Regiment today at the Newarke Houses museum in Leicester, excellent I thought and well worth a visit, although I really want to buy WWI and Boer War kit now and i've only just about finished my WW2 gear!

 

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Part of the pre-WWI display

 

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Lee Enfield No 1, wonder how much these go for nowadays?

 

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Poster in the pub in the downstairs 1940's street - there's also a small pack and a cross strap in there, and some photos presumably of the Leicesters, couldn't make out much apart from one of a Bedford MW

 

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Trench display

 

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Photo of a parade in Leicester at the end of the war - took me a while to find out what the big 8x8 beast it, turns out it's a T18 Boarhound armoured car, 2500 were ordered from the USA for the UK but only 30 delivered, and was never used in combat. There's only one left, and that's at Bovington

 

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A real tigers head used as a snuffbox

 

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Tigers skin

 

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Memorial stone at Tigers Wood, in between Bagworth and Desford

 

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Plaque on the stone

 

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View from the memorial - would have been a beautiful view if the weather was nice, but unfortunately raining a lot

[Mrs Hardyferret]

:-D Interesting photos, thanks for posting them.