PWRR & Queen's Regiment Museum

We tell stories of the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment and Queen’s Regiment from their beginnings right up to today. Based in The Keep Yard of Dover Castle!

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It is Children’s Mental Health week and @PWRR_Museum we recognise the importance of allowing kids to play and explore.
Saturday 8th February we will be taking part in Dover's Winter Light Up - offering FREE craft activities.
#KidsMentalHealth #MindfulKids #PositiveMentalHealth

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Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, when we remember all those murdered during the Holocaust, Nazi persecution of other groups, and in more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Visit the @HMD.UK website to find out more: https://t.co/EHZKPVL1Iz #HMD2025

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#ShoutoutSaturday to everyone who is joining the #BigGardenBirdWatch
These are just a few birds we see from our balcony @PWRR_Museum at @EHdovercastle

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We're taking part in the #TourmalineTrail from @kidsinmuseums & Little Tiger!
Join us for a free, family spotter trail at The PWRR & Queen’s Museum this February half term. Complete the trail to receive a free sticker!
Find out more: https://t.co/3l8pm8ynxd

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This #ThrowbackThursday we have an order of service from The Queen's Regiment Warrant Officers and Sergeants Past and Present Dinner. Held at Bassingbourn Barracks, Cambridge in October 1990.
The name "Tug" is written on the front referring to Reverend Duncan Thomas Wilson.#pwrr

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During the First World War Captain Christopher Amyand Haggard, of The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment and the Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) earned a Croix de Gurre at Villers Bretonneux in April 1918.
#WW1 #MilitaryMedals #pwrr #Queens

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Please take a minute to nominate us for £1,000.
Every penny helps keep the museum open
https://t.co/JSTY1Z2dbg

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#OnThisDay
This handwritten invitation to tea was sent by Captain Martin Pryce Weedon to Captain Christopher Man during their internment in a prisoner of war camp in Japan 1944.
Proving a British afternoon tea can not be stopped!
#WW2 #Afternoontea #BestOfBritish

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Congratulations to our outstanding military personnel and civil servants who have been awarded a selection of commendations and medals.

Read more ⬇️
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#SundayFunday
Was bath time always a family affair??? the water might get a bit muddy..
#pwrr #bathtime #family #dogs #visualhistory

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#NewYearNewName! #FunFactFriday
In 1685/86 The Queen’s Regiment was renamed The Queen Dowager’s Regiment upon the death of Charles II & the accession of James II. It was renamed again in 1703, The Queen Dowager’s.
Hard to keep up we imagine!

#pwrr #regiments #historyofnames

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Happy New Year to all
We look forward to seeing you all in 2025
#HappyNewYear2025 #pwrr #tigers #newyear #celebration

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Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us at @pwrrqueensmuseum

We would also like to thank our volunteers and all those who have visited and supported us this year.

#pwrr #ChristmasWishes #happynewyear #DaysOutInKent #thankyouforyoursupport

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#getoutdoors during Christmas limbo and visit us at @PWRR_Museum at @EHdovercastle. Take part in family trails, wander round the grounds and warm up with a cuppa
#Christmas2024 #NewYearsEve2024 #pwrr #familyChristmas

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Capt. Christopher Amyand Haggard earned this
Croix de Guerre at Villers Bretonneux in April 1918. The #medal was created in 1915 and would be bestowed upon foreign military forces allied to #France.
The bronze star signifies the recipient was mentioned in dispatches.
#pwrr #WW1

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CSM Reginald Champion remembered his Aunt at Christmas time. Reginald began his service with the Buffs in #WW2 as a private. #ChristmasRememberance #pwrr #familychristmas #christmascards1940 #christmasart

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#ThrowbackThursday
Does anyone remember #smoking as a patient in #hospital?!!
This photograph belonged to #Kentish born Rifleman William Edward Wyles of the London Regiment. We hold a selection of images linked to William, several of soldiers in hospital.
#pwrr #WW1

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Make our Christmas and nominate us today... thank you #pwrr @benefactgroup #charity #Christmas2024
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Are you stuck for the perfect gift??
Why not offer a gift that lasts all year.... a @PWRR_Museum Friends Membership- available for individuals or families offering a whole years entry to the museum and @EHdovercastle
#optoutside #giftofeducation @VisitKent @VisitDover #family