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Half Term Children’s Activities: 10.30 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.
13 February – 17 February 2012.
Craft activities to keep the young soldier busy during
the School Holidays. Normal Admission Fee applies – if you
Gift Aid your Admission Fee you get free entry for a year! |
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6.15pm Tuesday 6 March 2012 – Evening Talk
Subject: “Two for the Price of One: Sir Harry and Lady
Smith”
Speaker: General Sir Garry Johnson
Venue: McDonald Gallery, The Gurkha Museum, Winchester
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Friday 30 March to Monday 7 May 2012
inclusive
Temporary Exhibition: “Two for the Price of One”
This exhibition focuses on the lives of
Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith and his wife, Juana, who
met and married in the immediate aftermath of the Siege and
Capture of Badajoz in Spain in April 1812, and who remained
happily married for 48 years. The exhibition features items
on loan from a private collection, not previously exhibited
publicly. They include Sir Harry’s orders, decorations and
medals, and those awarded to his wife and brother, Tom. |
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6.30pm Monday 2 April 2012 – Evening Talk
Subject: “Thirty Years On: Reflections on the Falklands War,
1982”
Speaker: Field Marshal Lord Bramall
Venue: McDonald Gallery, The Gurkha Museum, Winchester
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Wednesday 11th April, 2012 - Fun Day at The Royal Green
Jackets (Rifles) Museum.
Excitement for all the family – discover a soldier’s life
from the past with the living history society, dress up in
military clothing, plus face painting and quizzes.
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6.15pm Tuesday, 15 May 2012 – Evening Talk
Subject: “The Use of Artillery in the First World War and
its Ongoing Relevance”
Speaker: Major-General Jonathan Bailey, military historian,
author and subject matter expert
Venue: To be confirmed
More details in due course |
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Wednesday 6th June to Friday 8th June, 2012 –‘The
Victoria Cross’
Children’s Half Term Learning Activities at The Royal Green
Jackets (Rifles) Museum. 10.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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6.15pm Thursday, 12 July 2012 – Evening Talk
Subject: “How did Wellington win the Battle of Salamanca?”
Speaker: Dr Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones, military historian and
author
Venue: To be confirmed
More details in due course |
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Wednesday 15th August, 2012 – Fun Day at The Royal Green
Jackets (Rifles) Museum.
Excitement for all the family – discover a soldier’s life
from the past with the living history society, dress up in
military clothing, plus face painting and quizzes.
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