Home of the Infantry Regiments of Berkshire and Wiltshire

Donations

We have had a large collection of donations again this year which include documents and medals that belonged to Lieutenant Colonel George, items including a tin hat and mess tins that were found with the remains of Private Lewis Curtis, a framed print of the Battle of Maiwand, drumsticks and medals that belonged to William Wynne of the 66th Regt, who
served at Maiwand. We also had film footage from the BBC, plus programmes, menus etc and photos of HM The Queen’s visit here at the Wardobe on 1st May, and a DVD of Chris Tarrant's programme about his father’s Second World War accomplishments, filmed at here The Wardrobe. We have also had a large collection of medals awarded to  numerous recipients and donated by their families.