Soldiers of Shropshire Museum

Soldiers of Shropshire Museum Soldiers Of Shropshire Museum, Shrewsbury Castle, Castle Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2AT An Arts Council England Accredited Museum.

Nearly three-hundred years of British Army Evolution seen through the eyes of the Shropshire Soldier. The county regimental museum housing the collections of :

The 53rd Shropshire Regiment 1755 - 1881
The 85th King's Light Infantry 1759 - 1881
The King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1881 - 1968
The Shropshire Yeomanry 1795 - 1970
The Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery 1860 - 1967
The Militia, Voluntee

rs and Territorials of Shropshire. One of the most complete and comprehensive Regimental collections in the UK. Member of the Association of Independent Museums. Proud to be a supporting member of the Heritage Volunteering Group

Cool Hub - in all this heat, remember it's lovely and cool inside our castle with its 4ft thick sandstone walls and natu...
23/06/2026

Cool Hub - in all this heat, remember it's lovely and cool inside our castle with its 4ft thick sandstone walls and naturally vented spaces...
You could also look at the amazing collections telling the stories of our county's soldiers over 270+ years, browse our gift shop, or try our weapons simulator... Or you are perfectly welcome to sit and chill...*

*Normal entry fees apply, chilling optional...

Proud to host Armed Forces Day 2026 in the grounds of our amazing museum on Saturday 27th June:
16/06/2026

Proud to host Armed Forces Day 2026 in the grounds of our amazing museum on Saturday 27th June:

We were very pleased to welcome the MP for Shrewsbury Julia Buckley MP on a visit to our museum at Shrewsbury Castle las...
14/06/2026

We were very pleased to welcome the MP for Shrewsbury Julia Buckley MP on a visit to our museum at Shrewsbury Castle last week, and grateful for the kind words she has given about the museum and its volunteers and staff. As many of our followers will know, our museum tells the important stories of Shropshire soldiers and their families in war and peace, at home and abroad, from the 18th century to today.

Today, 6th of June is 'Bligny Day', an important event in the history of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. On 6 Jun...
06/06/2026

Today, 6th of June is 'Bligny Day', an important event in the history of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. On 6 June 1918, during the First World War, the 4th Battalion successfully stormed Imperial German Army positions on Bligny Hill in France, for which it received the French medal Croix de Guerre. 🎖

We are very fortunate at the museum to have care of the original medal, which was sown onto the 4th Battalion's camp flag. 📸

📸Image 1 and 2: Croix de Guerre with palme on ribbon, stitched to the 4th Battalion's camp flag.

Exactly 82 years ago today, on 6th June 1944, the 2nd Battalion King's Shropshire Infantry stormed the beaches of Norma...
06/06/2026

Exactly 82 years ago today, on 6th June 1944, the 2nd Battalion King's Shropshire Infantry stormed the beaches of Normandy 🇫🇷 and advanced into France, reaching the outskirts of Caen.

⏰You can follow an hour by hour, minute by minute account of 6th June 1944 as experienced by soldiers of the 2nd Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry through our blog by museum volunteer David Shergold👇
https://www.soldiersofshropshire.co.uk/in-just-24-hours-i-grew-into-a-man-d-day-6th-june-1944-for-our-shropshire-soldiers-hour-by-hour-minute-by-minute/

📖The blog is based on David's excellently received book ‘Critical hours on D-Day: The epic advance of the 2nd Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry on Caen, 6th June 1944', which can be purchased online at Amazon ((https://amzn.eu/d/3TQjh2d) and at our Castle gift shop

You can explore D-Day through 8 key objects in our collection, from boots worn by Private Herring of the 2nd Battalion on Queen Beach, to a masonry fragment from the wall of Hitler’s bunker system at Obersalzberg! 👇
https://www.soldiersofshropshire.co.uk/d-day-80-in-8-objects/

You can explore the story behind the planning and preparation of D-Day for the King Shropshire Light Infantry by taking a look at another blog post at our website by David Shergold
👇
https://www.soldiersofshropshire.co.uk/our-shropshire-soldiers-and-the-planning-and-preparing-for-d-day/

You can also explore David Shergold's journey to Normandy in the footsteps of the KSLI on D-Day
👇
https://www.soldiersofshropshire.co.uk/in-the-d-day-footsteps-of-the-2nd-battalion-kings-shropshire-light-infantry/

Image: A photograph of Sword Beach, Normandy on the morning of 17th October 2024, overlain by a photograph of 2nd Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry bringing up equipment onto Sword Beach, D-Day, 6th June 1944.

Museum Director Richard here with a special message - We've said it a million times - and you probably already know - th...
02/06/2026

Museum Director Richard here with a special message - We've said it a million times - and you probably already know - that museums couldn't function without volunteers - and in this 2026 Volunteer week, I'd like to pay a very special and personal tribute to all the volunteers at Soldiers of Shropshire Museum - I honestly couldn't do this without you... from physical help, to mental support; IT advice to technical know-how; governance to research... you are all amazing and genuinely at the heart of our museum. Like many museums, we have some challenging years ahead of us, but I know we will endure because I know you will always get the job done!

Thank you:

John,
Chris,
Captain Nick,
Rob,
Helena,
Stuart,
Nell,
Elle,
Nancy,
Dave,
Maz,
Louise,
Ian P,
James,
Hannah,
Other Richard,
Tom,
New Derek,
Eve and Sammy,
Ben,
Caroline 'n' Tony,
The Churchill Warriors..and not forgetting our Trustee Board and Hayden...

🎺Join us for the final Friends talk of the season 😔 on Thursday 11 June at 19:30 with Brigadier (retired) Ben Barry OBE ...
19/05/2026

🎺Join us for the final Friends talk of the season 😔 on Thursday 11 June at 19:30 with Brigadier (retired) Ben Barry OBE who presents a talk based on his new book, ‘The Rise and Fall of the British Army, 1975–2025’.

Brigadier Barry, who trained at the Light Infantry Depot in Shrewsbury, will draw on his own personal experiences, as well as a wide range of new sources to set out a new interpretation of the Army’s recent evolution.

Tickets available here; https://www.ticketsource.com/soldiers-of-shropshire-museum

After training at the Light Infantry Depot in Shrewsbury, Brigadier Barry commissioned into its First Battalion. He commanded Second Battalion the Light Infantry in Germany and Bosnia, on United Nations and NATO operations. The tour is described in his book “The Road from Sarajevo”. He is Fellow for Defence and Military Analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and author of ‘Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq’.

📸 Shrewsbury Castle from Laura's Tower.

🎺We’re proud to announce a new online exhibition for everyone, available at our website, inviting you to explore how com...
16/05/2026

🎺We’re proud to announce a new online exhibition for everyone, available at our website, inviting you to explore how comfort has helped ease worry and distress for armed services personnel and their families from Shropshire, past and present, during deployment. 👇
https://www.soldiersofshropshire.co.uk/strength-from-comfort-military-deployment-and-the-power-of-comforting-things/

The importance of objects in providing comfort takes centre stage here, from rations 🍫🍞 to watercolours 🎨, letters 📧to good-luck badges. Critically, they have contributed to mental strength and resilience, helping personnel and families keep going, whether that means fighting, enduring, or simply getting through each day.

Our online exhibition is a sister to our new veteran-wellbeing display at the Headley Court Veterans’ Orthopaedic Centre, part of The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) in Oswestry. For more about the display at Headley and how we have produced the displays you can check out our article in the January edition of the Army Museums Network newsletter, link in the comments.

📸 For image descriptions please see the comments section to the individual images.

Join us for a fascinating talk this Thursday 7th May with Victoria Graham - "The Biscuit Club" - Retired Lieutenant Comm...
05/05/2026

Join us for a fascinating talk this Thursday 7th May with Victoria Graham - "The Biscuit Club" -
Retired Lieutenant Commander Victoria Graham QCVS RN talks about the challenges of living and working in Camp Bastion Afghanistan. Victoria established the full-time burns unit and plastic surgery nurse role in Camp Bastion for which she received the QCVS.
Talk is at Shrewsbury Castle, 7.30pm, Thursday 7th May
Tickets available here: https://www.ticketsource.com/soldiers-of-shropshire

Please note, the museum is closed on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd May while Loopfest takes place in the Castle grounds (a...
28/04/2026

Please note, the museum is closed on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd May while Loopfest takes place in the Castle grounds (and we are closed on Sunday and Monday as usual too).

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Shrewsbury Castle, Castle Street
Shrewsbury
SY12AT

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 4pm
Thursday 10:30am - 4pm
Friday 10:30am - 4pm
Saturday 10:30am - 4pm

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