National Army Museum, London
Image: Exhibition area in the Global Role gallery.
The National Army Museum can be found next to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, in London. Purpose-built in the 1970s, where one wing of the hospital had been destroyed in the Blitz. Housing the extensive collections of the British Army, the interiors and exhibition spaces were redesigned in 2017. The Museum aims to examine the Army's role from the British Civil Wars to the modern day. It also covers the pre-independence history of the East India Company Army, the British Indian Army as well as other historical colonial units. It also houses an excellent publically accessible research facility, the Templar Study Centre and Archive. Their library contains over 55,000 books and periodicals, over 3,670 maps and charts and 10,000 separate photographic collections available to view.
Model soldier, a sepoy of the 101st Grenadiers, National Army Museum, London. Maker unknown, from a set of four. During World War One, the 101st Grenadiers fought in East Africa and in the Middle East.
26th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, Poti, Caucasus, January 1919, National Army Museum photographic collection.
Recruitment poster, 1920, National Army Museum collection.
