National Army Museum

National Army Museum

      museum of the British army. Established in 1960 at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, it has occupied purpose-built premises since 1971 on Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London.

      The collections of the National Army Museum relate to all aspects of the British army from the Battle of Agincourt (Agincourt, Battle of) (1415) to the present day. They include material from the militia, yeomanry, volunteers, and territorial armies. The uniform and decoration collections are particularly outstanding. An important art collection of notable military personalities and events includes works by Thomas Gainsborough, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir Henry Raeburn, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and George Romney. There is also a strong section on the army in India and on the armies of the East India Company. At an "outstation," or branch museum, at Sandhurst, Berkshire, is the Indian Army Memorial Room. Another branch is utilized by army recruits at the Museum of Infantry, Catterick, North Yorkshire.

      The museum provides both permanent and temporary exhibitions. The story of the British soldier is told through a series of permanent galleries, the first of which brings the visitor through time from the 15th century to the redcoats of the American Revolution and the last to conflicts of recent years. Throughout the sequence, particular attention is paid to the individual soldier. Contributing to this focus are unusual personal relics, video recordings, scale models, and realistic life-size models. Thus, visitors can listen to recordings of soldiers' songs; view life-size models and reconstructions of life in Wellington (Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of, marquess of Douro, marquess of Wellington, earl of Wellington, Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington, Baron Douro or Wellesley)'s army during the Napoleonic era, in a Flanders trench during World War I, on a landing craft during the Normandy Invasion, or in the Burmese jungle during World War II; or see an exhibit on the role of women in war that includes orders, decorations, and personal jewelry belonging to Florence Nightingale (Nightingale, Florence). The orders, decorations, and uniforms of Edward VIII (the duke of Windsor) as well as those of a number of field marshals are also exhibited, as are the personal stories of more than 30 people awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest honour for valour in war.

Geoffrey D. Lewis
 

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