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Wikidata identifier:
Q59606865
Also known as:
Herefordshire Light Infantry Regimental Museum
Instance of:
regimental museum; independent museum
Museum/collection status:
Accredited museum
Accreditation number:
1951
Persistent shareable link for this record:
https://museumdata.uk/museums/q59606865/

Collection-level records:

  • Collection history (Collection development policy)

    The Hfd LI Museum Trust was formally established in 1961 to safeguard the Regimental Museum and to perpetuate the traditions and Military Collection of the Regiment, and to hold the contents of the Museum and any further acquisitions upon trust

    Source: Collection development policy

    Date: 2019

    Licence: CC BY-NC

  • Collection overview (Collection development policy)

    The Museum’s contents include:

    • Uniforms and Equipment
    • Arms and Weapons
    • Band and Bugles Equipment
    • Medals
    • Colours and Standards
    • Archives, Documents and Library
    • Pictures, Prints and Photographs
    • Honour Boards and Rolls of Honour
    • Regimental Silver and china/porcelain items.

    of historical relevance to:

    • 36th Herefordshire Regiment of Foot 1701 – 1881
    • 1st Herefordshire Rifle Volunteers 1860 – 1881
    • 1st Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps 1881 – 1908
    • Herefordshire Regt 1908 – 1947
    • Herefordshire Light Infantry 1947 – 1967
    • Light Infantry (Volunteers) 1967 – 1971
    • 5th Bn Light Infantry 1971 – 1999
    • 6th Bn Light Infantry 1971 – 1993
    • LI Home Service Force 1982 – 1992
    • West Midlands Regiment 1999 – 2006
    • 6th Bn Rifles 2014 –

    Source: Collection development policy

    Date: 2019

    Licence: CC BY-NC

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