The Rifles Berkshire And Wiltshire Museum

Remembering D-Day.
5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, June 1944 in their role as Beach Landing party. A Churchill tank followed by a new Comet tank exit from an LST on the late afternoon of D Day. Beach Group personnel can be seen with white bands round their helmets.

Answer to our mystery object... From the Wiltshire Regiment - A Medal Bar for wearing a group of medals together which belonged to Warrant Officer Class 2 Arthur Bance. A photograph of Warrant Officer Class 2 Arthur Bance with his wife, taken circa 1908 Photographer; S J Allen, Pembroke Dock, Wales.

Our last mystery object for now...

D-Day Remembered.
5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, June 1944 in their role as Beach Landing party.

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Answer to the mystery object... 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A cigarette holder originally owned by Corporal Nelson A Carrier.

Another mystery object to contemplate....

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Remembering D-Day
5th Battalion Berkshire Regiment, June 1944 in their role as Beach Landing party on the beach at Bernieres. There was low tide on 'Juno' Beach on the evening of D-Day with follow up forces and HQ vehicles coming ashore. The tracked vehicle in the centre is a tank destroyer followed by a Sherman tank - note that all allied vehicles displayed the 'American Star'

Mystery object answer...Weapon Cleaning Equipment; Unit unknown or none - A rifle pull through.

Can you guess the mystery object?

Remembering D-Day.
5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, June 1944 in their role as Beach Landing party to get the Canadians ashore on the beach at Bernieres landing at the West end of the beach.

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After the events of last year Salisbury and local attractions like ours have been affected. It would be great to have our visitor figures back up again. Pick yourself up our 2019 leaflet from the Salisbury Information Centre and bring it along for an extra £1 discount on entry.

Every now and again something is donated to the Rifles Museum that really stands out. This happened recently when an original complete First World War Uniform was donated to the museum by the family of a Royal Berkshire Soldier.
The soldier in question was Corporal Fred BUTTER of the 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. He was gassed in 1918 and after demob became a Police Officer in the Hampshire Constabulary, retiring as an Inspector and dying in 1957. When he was ...demobbed and after receiving hospital treatment he retained his full uniform, including his greatcoat, puttees, gloves, cap and other similar items. In addition, he kept a ‘Gas Rattle’ which was used in the trenches to warn of a gas attack [Very unusual as most were left to rot in the trenches], and a trench club, used on trench raids and fighting patrols. Unusually the uniform jacket still has the Divisional arm badge which is a round blue circle signifying the 61st Division to which the battalion was attached on both arms, and the Regimental shoulder titles.
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Mystery object answer...From the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment it is a bed plate belonging to Private Biggs.

Another mystery object..

Remembering D-Day.
5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment A black and white photo of D Day and thereafter in June 1944 in their role as Beach Landing party etc mainly to get the Canadians ashore on the beach at Bernieres - 9 Brigade, 3 (Canadian) Division, landing at about midday with the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment already on the beach.

We have some great plays coming up in the garden here at the Rifles Museum this summer. Do check them out and book a seat.