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Wednesday 1st September, 10.30 – 12.30pm. Children’s
Holiday Activities – New Recruits.
For those budding little soldiers out there, an opportunity
to dress up in military uniform and go on parade. For more
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Saturday/Sunday 11/12 September – Heritage Open Weekend
Free admission to the Museum on both days
‘The Rifles Living History Society’ will be present on
Saturday with displays of World War One uniforms and
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6.15pm Monday 20 Sep 10 – Evening Talk
Subject: “The Battle of Britain, 1940: The Facts”
Speaker: Dr Christina Goulter, lecturer King’s College,
London, and Joint Services Command and Staff College,
Shrivenham
Venue: McDonald Gallery, The Gurkha Museum, Winchester
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13.15-13.45pm Thursday 30 September – Lunchtime Talk
Subject: “Rifles in Motion”
An opportunity to view extracts from military film held by
the Wessex Film & Sound
Archive, including film about the antecedent regiments of
The Royal Green Jackets
Presenter: David Lee
Venue: Hampshire Record Office, Winchester
Admission: Free
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12.40pm Thursday 7 October – Lunchtime Talk followed by
sandwiches
First in Series of Winter Talks sponsored by Winchester’s
Military Museums
Subject: “Balancing the Army’s Books” – about the role of
the Army’s paymasters
and the Royal Army Pay Corps
Speaker: Ian Bailey, Curator of the Adjutant-General’s Corps
Museum
Venue: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum, Winchester.
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12.40 pm Thursday 11 November – Lunchtime Talk followed by
sandwiches
Second in a Series of Winter Talks sponsored by Winchester’s
Military Museums
Subject: “Everything is such as would not be seen in a
dream” – about The Royal
Pavilion Military Hospital, Brighton, as a vision of Empire
during World War One
Speaker: Kevin Bacon, Curator of Photographs, The Royal
Pavilion & Museums
Venue: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum, Winchester.
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6.15pm Monday 22 Nov 10 – Evening Talk
Subject: “The Royal Naval Division in the First World
War”
Speaker: Captain (Retd) Chris Page RN, until recently Head
of the Naval Historical Branch
Venue: McDonald Gallery, The Gurkha Museum, Winchester
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12.40pm Thursday 9 December – Lunchtime Talk followed by
sandwiches
Third in Series of Winter Talks sponsored by Winchester’s
Military Museums.
Subject: “The Road to Armageddon” – about the 1st Battalion,
The Royal Welch Fusiliers,
in 1914. Speaker: Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Cadogan, author
Venue: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum, Winchester.
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Saturday 18 December to Monday 3 January 2011 inclusive
Museum closed for Christmas and New Year. Museum reopens at
10am on Tuesday
4 January 2011.
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12.40pm Thursday 13 January 2011 – Lunchtime Talk followed
by sandwiches
Fourth in Series of Winter Talks sponsored by Winchester’s
Military Museums.
Subject: “New Forest Territorials in Mespotamia in World War
One”
Speaker: Major Roger Coleman MBE
Venue: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum, Winchester.
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12.40pm Thursday 17 February 2011 – Lunchtime Talk followed
by sandwiches
Fifth in Series of Winter Talks sponsored by Winchester’s
Military Museums.
Subject: “The Anglo-Nepal War – The Battle for Kalanga (Nalapani)
Fort, 1814”
Speaker: Major Gerald Davies, Curator, Gurkha Museum
Venue: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum, Winchester.
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12.40pm Thursday 17 March 2011 – Lunchtime Talk followed by
sandwiches
Last in Series of Winter Talks sponsored by Winchester’s
Military Museums
Subject: “Wellington in Winchester” – about the Duke of
Wellington’s association
and involvement with the City of Winchester
Speaker: Geraldine Buchanan
Venue: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum, Winchester.
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