Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum.

“It is located within the historic docks in the city of Gloucester.

“The museum was originally opened by HRH The Duke of Gloucester in 1980 although significantly remodeled in the late ’80s and reopened in the former Custom House at Gloucester Docks on 24 June 1990. On 14 April 2014, the museum reopened to the public after an extensive refurbishment with a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The museum now tells the story of two famous county regiments, The Gloucestershire Regiment (The Glorious Glosters), including their antecedents The 28th Regiment of Foot/61st Regiment of Foot and The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars.

“Traditionally both regiments recruited from Gloucestershire and the surrounding areas including Cheltenham, Cirencester, Stroud, Tewkesbury, The Forest of Dean and from the city of Bristol.

“The items on display have been accumulated over the last 300 years and exhibits include life size dioramas, sound effects, archive film and many fixed displays reflecting campaigns in the Napoleonic Wars, The First Anglo-Sikh War, Second Anglo-Sikh War, The Indian Mutiny, The Boer War, The First World War, The Second World War, The Korean War (including The Battle of the Imjin River), and peace keeping duties in Cyprus, Bosnia, Kosovo and Northern Ireland. Since amalgamation in 1994, first into the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and then into The Rifles, the museum has maintained the currency of its exhibits and current campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan are also represented.

“Three Victoria Crosses awarded to soldiers of the Regiment are held by the Museum. These are to Surgeon Herbert Taylor Reade (1857), Col. Daniel Burges (1918), and Col. James Carne (1951).”