- Wikidata identifier:
- Q5092965
- Instance of:
- military museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 140
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q5092965/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Arms and Armour Collection
Personal and regimental material relating to the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards), 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, the Cheshire Yeomanry and 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment including uniforms, equipment, weapons and weapon systems, furniture, silver, pictures, photographs, musical instruments, models, documents and personal effects. Items date from 1685 to present day (i.e. the historical period of the Regiments concerned) and include items from a wide range of provenance that reflect the postings of the Regiments throughout the world, operations participated in, social and sporting aspects and achievements and regimental traditions. There are also trophies of war captured or acquired from the enemy.
Subjects
Arms and Armour
Medals Collection
Medals relating to the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment.
Subjects
Medals
Fine Art Collection
Includes the ‘Mecanee’ painting by George Jones.
Subjects
Fine Art
Decorative and Applied Art Collection
Uniforms including a 5th Dragoon Guards Jacket worn during the Union Brigade charge at Waterloo.
Subjects
Decorative and Applied Arts
Archives Collection
Several thousand photographs and both personal and military documents relating to the Cheshire Regiments.
Subjects
Archives
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC