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Wardown Park Museum, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment Association Museum Collection
Wardown Park Museum, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment Association Museum Collection

Photo credit: Shaun Wallin (source: Flickr)

The Wardown Park Museum houses the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (formerly 16th Foot or Bedfordshire Regiment) gallery which explores the history of the Regiment from its inception in 1688 through to the amalgamation with the Essex Regiment in 1958 to form the East Anglian Regiment (Royal Anglian regiment from 1964). Displays featured include recruitment, the early years of the Regiment, the Boer War, First World War, Second World War, service in India and the Far East and National Service, medals, and an interactive oral history display.

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Wardown Park Museum, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment Association Museum Collection is managed by Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment Association Museum Collection

Wardown Park Museum, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment Association Museum Collection

Old Bedford Road, Luton, Bedfordshire LU2 7HA England

museum.gallery@lutonculture.com

01582 546722

http://www.lutonculture.com/wardown-house

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Artworks

  • Lieutenant Colonel Sir David Ximenes (1777–1848)
    Lieutenant Colonel Sir David Ximenes (1777–1848) H. Ximenes
  • Major James Brand (c.1790–1853)
    Major James Brand (c.1790–1853) unknown artist
  • Lieutenant G. J. Peacock, Lieutenant Colonel of the Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment (1859–1870)
    Lieutenant G. J. Peacock, Lieutenant Colonel of the Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment (1859–1870) unknown artist
  • The Unveiling of the Second Obelisk at Kempston Regimental War Memorial
    The Unveiling of the Second Obelisk at Kempston Regimental War Memorial unknown artist
  • Lieutenant Charkham's Platoon of 'D' Company, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment amongst the Rubble of the Blown Escanaffles Railway Bridge at Avelghen during the Withdrawal to Dunkirk
    Lieutenant Charkham's Platoon of 'D' Company, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment amongst the Rubble of the Blown Escanaffles Railway Bridge at Avelghen during the Withdrawal to Dunkirk Thomas Sherwood La Fontaine (1915–2007)
  • Portrait of an Officer in a Red Tunic with a Sash
    Portrait of an Officer in a Red Tunic with a Sash unknown artist
  • The Crossing of the Indaw Chaung, Burma, 1944
    The Crossing of the Indaw Chaung, Burma, 1944 Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907–1996)
  • 3 more