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Suffolk Regiment Museum

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The Suffolk Regiment Museum was established in 1935. The first acquisitions were items that belonged to even older collections of badges, medals and uniform items that had been displayed in the Mess since before The Great War.

The museum contains a superb collection of badges and insignias and even the nameplate of the LNER railway engine, "the Suffolk Regiment" which was named in 1935. Many rare and interesting artefacts are now properly on display for the first time including the Imperial German flag, taken down from the German Governor's Building in Togoland on 5th August 1914 - almost certainly the first to be captured during The Great War.

The museum is open from 9.30am - 3.30pm on the first Wednesday each month and, throughout the summer, on the first Sunday of April to the first Sunday of September. The Museum will, of course, be open on Minden Day for the annual Regimental Reunion too. Entry is free but the Museum is always pleased to accept donations

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Further Information: Many of the weapons used, or captured, by the Regiment through the ages are now displayed in chronological order. Nearby the National Serviceman's bedspace gives just a taste of life in the Regiment in the 1950s both at The Depot and on active service.
Please Note: The Museum does not undertake valuations but the Trustees are always pleased to accept new items for the collection and always like to see treasured items which families would like to keep
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