Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum
Facilities Coach Parking
Car Parking
 Restaurant/Cafe
Toilets
Lecture Room
Shop
Other: Refreshments adjacent. Some disabled access. |
How to get there: The museum and regimental archive are housed in a listed Militia building built in 1859. From the raising of the regiment in 1702 and the capture of Gibraltar in 1704, the museum covers the history of the County Regiment of Cornwall until its amalgamation in 1959. More recent displays relate to its successor regiments, The Light Infantry and The Rifles. Exhibits include weapons, medals, insignia, uniforms, pictures and George Washington’s Bible, captured by the 46th Foot in 1777. Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, 32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry, 32nd (or the Cornwall) Regiment of Foot, Colonel Fox’s Regiment of Marines, 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot, 46th (or South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot, 46th Regiment of Foot, Colonel Price’s Regiment of Foot. Opening Hours: |
Address: Tel: 01208 72810 Fax: 01208 72810 Email: Curator: Admission charges: Others: 
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