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Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier

Coordinates: 51°28′55″N 3°10′52″W / 51.482°N 3.181°W / 51.482; -3.181
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Firing Line
Amgueddfa'r Milwr Cymreig
Entrance of the Firing Line Museum
Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier is located in Cardiff
Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier
Location within Cardiff
Established2010
LocationCardiff Castle, Cardiff, Wales
Coordinates51°28′55″N 3°10′52″W / 51.482°N 3.181°W / 51.482; -3.181
TypeMilitary
WebsiteMuseum of the Welsh Soldier

Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier (Welsh: Tanio llinell: Amgueddfa Castell Caerdydd o'r Milwr Cymreig) is an accredited, charitable museum which exhibits the collections of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and The Royal Welsh. It occupies the lower floor of the interpretation centre at Cardiff Castle.

History

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The individual collections of the Queen's Dragoon Guards Museum, which had been based at Bowness-on-Windermere,[1] and of the Welch Regiment Museum, which had been based in the Black and Barbican Towers of Cardiff Castle,[2] were brought together at Cardiff Castle in 2010.[3]

Collections

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The museum is dedicated to the history of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and the Royal Welsh.[3] Its mission is to commemorate and celebrate regimental culture and ethos whilst highlighting the stories of ordinary people who have done extraordinary things in the line of military service.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Regimental museum of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards". Which Museum. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. ^ Kemp, David (1992). The Pleasures and Treasures of Britain: A Discerning Traveller's Companion. Dundern. p. 208. ISBN 978-1550021592.
  3. ^ a b "Regimental museum to open doors". BBC News. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Welcome to Firing Line". Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
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