Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum
Inspiring and amusing stories from the museum dedicated to the five regiments of the Sovereign's Foot Guards. As well as describing the artefacts in this great collection of regimental ephemera, the Director of this brilliant museum gives some insights into the museum, its background, the people who work there and the challenges involved in running an independent museum in these troubled times. Stories which will inspire, astound and amuse.
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 12
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Andrew Wallis, MBE, OL, DL
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Season 1
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Episode 12
The war to end all wars.....or so they thought at the time. This week the Director continues the virtual tour of the museum and focuses on the Great War. Four years of mud, blood and tears in which the Guards saw some of the fiercest fighting ever experienced in war. Through the exhibits in display, the Director shares something of what it was like to serve in the trenches.