Opened by her Majesty the Queen on 20th April 2016
Installed to commemorate Her Majesty the Queen becoming the longest-reigning British monarch and Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces.
The bandstand celebrates the close links . . . — — Map (db m229540) HM
Captain Brevet Major Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Elder son of Prince & Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
Grandson of Victoria Queen of Great Britain and Ireland Empress of India
Born at Windsor Castle AP 14 1867 Died at Pretoria Oct 29 . . . — — Map (db m229080) HM WM
This tablet marks the birthplace of Robert Keayne 1595 - 1656
A member of the Honourable Artillery Company of London
A distinguished member of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay
Founder and first captain of the Ancient and Honorable . . . — — Map (db m217515) HM
Walter Raleigh Gilbert
Born
March 18 1785
Died
10 May 1855
To the Memory of
Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert.
Lieutenant General in the Bengal Army
who, after sharing as a Subaltern
in the campaigns of 1803 and 1804 under Lord Lake . . . — — Map (db m124240) HM WM
In 1859, because of the aggressive foreign policy pursued by Napoleon III, Britain felt herself under threat of invasion by France. This keep was built in that year, on land donated by the Town of Bodmin, as a militia stores, designed to hold . . . — — Map (db m124237) HM
Erected
By the DCLI
To Their
Glorious Dead
255 Officers
4027 Other Ranks
1914 — 1919
I
France & Flanders 1914 – 1917
Italy 1917 – 1918
France & Flanders 1918 – 1919
VI
France & Flanders 1915 – . . . — — Map (db m124233) HM WM
The Trafalgar Way
Bodmin – 3rd Post-Horse Change
On Monday, 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed the . . . — — Map (db m122160) HM
The Trafalgar Way
Launceston - 4th Post-Horse Change
On Monday, 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed the threat . . . — — Map (db m122161) HM
1758 1968
The Durham Light Infantry
Dedicated to All
Who Served in the Regiment
And in Memory of
Those Who Gave Their Lives
In the Cause of Freedom
Faithful
( side plaque )
The Regiment’s long connection with County . . . — — Map (db m126171) HM WM
The Trafalgar Way
Axminster - 9th Post-Horse Change
On Monday, 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed the threat . . . — — Map (db m122166) HM
The Trafalgar Way
Kilmington
On Monday, 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed the threat of invasion of England . . . — — Map (db m122162) HM
The Trafalgar Way
Blandford Forum - 12th Post-Horse Change
On Monday, 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed the . . . — — Map (db m122167) HM
Centurion Mark 12 Hull with Fv4005 Turret
This British vehicle is a Centurion tank hull fitted with a 183mm L4 gun - the biggest
direct fire gun ever mounted on a tank. It was built after the Second World War to
counter the threat of the . . . — — Map (db m123579) HM
The Challenger I design was originally planned for the Imperial Iranian Army and was due to be named the Shir (Lion) I. With the fall of the Shah (King) in 1979, the vehicle was renamed Challenger and adopted by the British Army to replace . . . — — Map (db m123585) HM
FV603B Armoured Personnel Carrier, Mark 5
The Alvis FV603 Saracen was an armoured personnel carrier and part of the FV600 series of vehicles. It first appeared in 1952 and saw action during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960).
It was later . . . — — Map (db m123587) HM WM
In Memory of Those Serving in the Household Cavalry Armoured Corps Who Have Died on Operations Since 1945
Take these men as your example.
Like them remember
That prosperity can only be for the free,
Who alone have the courage to defend . . . — — Map (db m123581) WM
M4A1 Medium Tank, Grizzly Mark I
During the Second World War the Canadians built the M4A1 Sherman named 'Grizzly.' It had a few modifications including a Canadian Dry Pin Track (if you look at the tracks there is no rubber used). The Grizzly . . . — — Map (db m123580) HM WM
This exhibit is a fibreglass model used to create the bronze statue that now stands in Whitehall Place, London. The London statue was unveiled by the Royal Tank Regiment's Colonel in Chief, Her Majesty the Queen, on the 13th of June 2000.
The . . . — — Map (db m123583) HM WM
This tank had been restored to the appearance of a Mark I Churchill, belonging to the 14th Canadian Tank Regiment. The Mark I was armed with a 2-pounder high velocity anti-tank gun in the turret and a 3 inch howitzer in the hull. The Churchill . . . — — Map (db m123586) HM WM
The Trafalgar Way
Bridport - 10th Post-Horse Change
On Monday, 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed the threat . . . — — Map (db m122165) HM
The Trafalgar Way
Dorchester - 11th Post-Horse Change
On Monday, 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed the threat . . . — — Map (db m122163) HM
Russian Cannon
This cannon is a trophy from the Crimean War and was never used by soldiers in this castle.
Britain, France and Turkey fought against Russia in the Crimean War from 1854-6. After the Siege of Bomarsund in Finland (then part of . . . — — Map (db m129663) HM WM
This monument is dedicated to all the animals that served and died alongside British and Allied Forces in wars and campaigns throughout time
They had no choice
Many and various animals were employed to support British and Allied Forces in . . . — — Map (db m121337) WM
To the Memory of
2162
Officers Non-Comd. Officers
and Privates of the
Brigade of Guards
Who Fell During the
War with Russia
In 1854-56
Erected by their comrades — — Map (db m117833) WM
Charles James Napier
General
Born
MDCCLXXXII
Died
MDCCCLIII
Erected by Public Subscription
The Most Numerous Contributors
Being Private Soldiers — — Map (db m118034) HM
On this site in January 1918
Dame Katharine Furse G.B.E.
Established the first headquarters of the
W.R.N.S.
Womens Royal Naval Service — — Map (db m121376) HM
To the Everlasting Memory of All the Men and Women from the United Kingdom, the British Commonwealth and the Many Allied Nations Who Have Given Their Lives Whilst Serving in the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm.
He rode upon a . . . — — Map (db m117926) WM
To
Major General
Sir Henry Havelock
K.C.B.
And His Brave Companions
In Arms
During the Campaign in India
1857
“Soldiers! Your labours
your privations your sufferings
and your valour
will not be forgotten by
a . . . — — Map (db m118035) HM
City of Westminster
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force was formed
and had its first headquarters here
in the former Hotel Cecil
1st April 1918
Through Adversity To The Stars
( small brass plaque )
This Plaque was Unveiled by . . . — — Map (db m122116) HM
Erected
by the Officers and Men
of the
Royal Marines
In Memory of Their
Comrades who were Killed In Action
Or Died of Wounds or Disease
In South Africa and China
1899 - 1900
( rear plaque )
South Africa
Major J.H. . . . — — Map (db m117786) WM
The Gurkha
Soldier
Bravest of the Brave
Most Generous of the Generous
Never Had Country
More Faithful Friends
Than You
Professor Sir Ralph Furner MC
( rear bronze plaque )
First World War
1914 — 1918 . . . — — Map (db m118813) HM WM
Trenchard
1873 – 1956
( back )
Marshal of the Royal Air force
The Viscount Trenchard
G.C.B. O.M. G.C.V.O. D.S.O.
Chief of the Air Staff 1918 1919 - 1929
Royal Scots Fusiliers 1893 – 1919
West African Frontier . . . — — Map (db m117943) HM WM
Made by Murad, son of Abdullah
Chief gunner in 1524 taken in
Egypt by the British Army 1801
The gun is inscribed
The Solomon of the age the Great Sultan Commander
the dragon guns (to be made) When they breathe roaring
like thunder. . . . — — Map (db m109532) HM
The building on the East side of Number 1 Street, which now houses The Firepower Museum, used to be the Paper Cartridge Factory and The Royal Laboratory Offices.
The exact charge of powder for a firearm was placed in a cartridge case or . . . — — Map (db m118530) HM
Gun 2/46 Muzzle stamped 100, on the chase is a coronet with the letter "M" for the Duke of Marlborough. On the reinforce it states "GR" under a crown, referring to the Royal George ship on which it was once mounted and from whose hull it was . . . — — Map (db m118558) HM
Gun 2/75 On the chase the cypher of the Earl of Chatham, a peerage created in 1766 for William Pitt the Elder. On the first reinforce the cypher of George III. On the first reinforce ring the maker's name"J & H King" and the date 1809. On the . . . — — Map (db m118557) HM
Gun 2/86
On the base ring the maker's name and date of manufacture "S·Eccles 1854".
On the first reinforce a cypher of Queen Victoria with the words "Dieu et Mon Droit".
This translates as "God and My Rights" and was a motto of the . . . — — Map (db m118556) HM
Gun 2/90 On the base ring this gun shows the maker's name "F.M. Eardley-Wilmot".
On the first reinforce a cypher of Queen Victoria with the words "Dieu et Mon Droit".
This translates as "God and My Rights" and was a motto of the British . . . — — Map (db m118560) HM
Gun 2/91 On the base ring this gun shows the maker's name "F.M. Eardley-Wilmot".
On the first reinforce a cypher of Queen Victoria with the words "Dieu et Mon Droit".
This translates as "God and My Rights" and was a motto of the British . . . — — Map (db m118559) HM
Gun 28/10
The Gibraltar Gun is one of the largest and heaviest objects in the Royal Artillery's collection – a 38 foot long coastal defence artillery piece weighing 40 tonnes.
The 9.2 inch calibre gun is a rare surviving example . . . — — Map (db m118555) HM
Gun 3/39 Date 1785
36 pounder
Smooth Bore Muzzle loading
Manufactured in Falkirk Scotland by the Carron Company in 1785
This piece is mounted on a 42 pounder number 42 standing skeleton carriage. — — Map (db m118564) HM
James Clavell Square
This Square is named after James Clavell, the famous author, screenwriter film director and producer. His connection to Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum and Woolwich is through his service in the Royal Artillery. In May . . . — — Map (db m118539) HM
This Monument
Is Erected
By The Surviving Officers
And Men
In The Memory Of Their Comrades
Who Fell In Action
In New Zealand
During The Years 1863-1864 — — Map (db m117748) WM
Royal Regiment of Artillery
On 26 May 1716 the first two permanent companies of
Royal Artillery were formed by Royal Warrant in the Reign of George the 1st.
The two companies numbered 100 men each.
The warrant was signed on this site then . . . — — Map (db m118538) HM
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Engineering
Heritage Award
The Royal Arsenal
1671 to 1967
The Royal Arsenal produced much of the armaments required by this country during the growth of the British Empire and through two World Wars. Many . . . — — Map (db m118531) HM
This Turkish bronze gun was cast in 1790-91 (AH1212), in the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Selim III. It weighs 5.2 tonnes, fired stone shot just over 56 kilos and is one of two taken by Admiral Sir John Duckworth from Kinali Island in the sea of . . . — — Map (db m117749) HM WM
Turkish Gun
A Turkish gun made around 1798. This model is called a Licorne and the Turkish emblem, a star ans crescent, is visible on the top of the gun. — — Map (db m118562) HM
Venetian Gun
A 15th Century Venetian gun made by the Albergetti family. This model is called a Falconet and has a calibre of 2.92 inches. — — Map (db m118563) HM
Wellington HQ/ Royal Laboratory
The Principal Officers of the Ordnance gave an estimate to the Treasury in 1694 for a new laboratory to be built, which was completed in 1696. It consisted of two ranges of buildings with a courtyard in . . . — — Map (db m118533) HM
Introduced in 1939, the 25 Pounder was the most numerous and famous British artillery gun of the Second World War. A 25 Pounder last fired on active service with the Special Air Service at Mirbat, Oman in 1972. The example displayed here was a . . . — — Map (db m117668) HM
Weighing 5 ¾ tons (5842 kg), this gun was commissioned by order of St John. Its decoration includes heraldic devices, bands of cupids and vines, and St Michael overthrowing Satan. Brought from Malta to England around 1800, it was transferred from . . . — — Map (db m117699) HM
This is engraved with the monogram of King George III and that of Charles, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Master General of the Ordnance 1795-1801.
British, Woolwich, dated 1798, cast by John & Henry King. Carriage later — — Map (db m168238) HM
This gun was cast by Samuel Walker & Company of Rotherham, Yorkshire, and it bears the monogram of King George III. For many years it was used in the Tower as a lamp post.
British, about 1800 — — Map (db m117679) HM
This [gun] was probably cast by in Sussex by John Fuller II or III and it bears the monogram of King George II.
British, about 1745 — — Map (db m117682) HM
Probably one of the large artillery pieces made in England for export to the Venetian Republic in 1684. In 1716 the Venetians used such mortars to defend the island of Corfu against Turkish attacks. The chase bears in relief the Lion of St. mark, . . . — — Map (db m117751) HM
Cast in one with its base, probably intended for sea service or coast defence.
Spanish or French, mid 18th century, and initialled GS. Possibly cast at the Saint Gervais foundry, France — — Map (db m117750) HM
These two guns were probably cast by John Fuller III at Heathfield, Sussex and proved at Woolwich in July 1747. They were part of a series of guns for the Irish Government and copied a much earlier design.
British, 1747 — — Map (db m117672) HM
This howitzer is mounted on its original iron garrison carriage. British about 1850, cast by Henckell & Company, Wandsworth, London — — Map (db m117695) HM
This gun bears the monogram of King George II. It was recovered by the divers John and Charles Anthony Dean in 1834 from the wreck of the flagship HMS Royal George, which sank at her moorings at Spithead, off Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1782. . . . — — Map (db m117675) HM WM
These two guns formed part of the armament of a French ship captured by Earl Howe’s fleet during his victory off Ushant, Holland on the ‘Glorious First of June’ 1794.
French, dated 1787 — — Map (db m117674) HM WM
A Crimean War trophy, captured at Sebastopol in 1855. This bears the Russian Imperial arms in relief and is mounted on a Venglov pattern 1853 carriage.
Russian, about 1840-50 — — Map (db m117696) HM WM
Formerly used as a bollard on Tower Hill, a practice that started as early as the seventeenth century.
England, about 1700, probably cast at the Ashburnham foundry, Sussex — — Map (db m117700) HM
This plaque commemorates the departure, in December 1994, of the Royal Logistics corps. The last representative of the Military Branch of the Ordnance office, whose association with the fortress dates back to the early 15th century — — Map (db m168239) HM
The Twenty Four Thousand of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets Whose Names Are Honoured on the Walls of This Garden Gave Their Lives For Their Country and Have No Grave But the Sea — — Map (db m117320) WM
The CWGC commemorates the dead of British and Commonwealth forces of the two World Wars at cemeteries and memorials in over 150 countries.
The Tower Hill Memorial bears the names of 12,000 First World War merchant seamen who have no known . . . — — Map (db m117321) HM
The Tower Hill Memorial extension bears the names of almost 24,000 men and women who died in the Second World War and have no known grave, their bodies lost or buried at sea.
During the war, the merchant Navy risked attack from submarine, air . . . — — Map (db m117322) HM
These bronze 6-pounder guns were captured at the battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. They are individually named and were cast in various parts of Napoleon's European Empire n 1813. The Duke of Wellington, who commanded the anglo-allied army at . . . — — Map (db m117660) HM WM
An "A" Class Submarine
HMS Alliance was one of 16 "A" Class submarines designed during the Second World War and intended for use in the Far East. Measuring 28l feet long, Alliance displaced 1,620 tons when submerged and could dive . . . — — Map (db m123320) HM
To Commemorate the Unveiling of
the Conning Tower of HM Submarine E17
on 24 November 1989
by
the Earl of Erroll
Descendent of the Commanding Officer
Sir Guy Moncreiffe Thatilk — — Map (db m123323) HM
Those who died in RN Submarines
( the memorial lists the names of all men who died serving aboard submarines in the Royal Navy) — — Map (db m123324) WM
25pr Mk II Saluting Gun
Calibre 87.6mm (3.45 inch)
Range 12km (13,400 yards)
Rate of Fire 6-8 rounds per minute
Shell weight 11.3kg (25lb)
This 25 pounder is used today by The Heugh Gun Battery to fire blank charges as a . . . — — Map (db m125799) HM
25pr Mk II Saluting Gun. 1942
Calibre 87.6mm (3.45 inch)
Range 12km (13,400 yards)
Rate of Fire 6-8 rounds per minute
Shell weight 11.3kg (25lb)
The 25 pounder is considered to have been one of the finest field artillery pieces . . . — — Map (db m125797) HM
5.5 inch Gun Howitzer
Calibre 140mm (5.5 inch)
Range 14km (15,300 yards)
Rate of Fire 3 rounds per minute
Shell weight 36kg (80lb)
The 5.5 inch Howitzer came into service in 1942 in the Western Desert of North Africa against . . . — — Map (db m125800) HM
Original 6 inch Mk 24
Calibre 152mm (6 inch)
Range 23km (25,400 yards)
Rate of Fire 6 to 8 rounds per minute
Shell weight 50kg (112lb)
A 6 inch Mk 24 was mounted here and, with its powered turret, would have been about a . . . — — Map (db m125758) HM
Original 6 inch Mk VII
Calibre 152mm (6 inch)
Range 14km (15,700 yards)
Rate of Fire 5 to 7 rounds per minute
Shell weight 45kg (100lb)
The original gun emplaced here was a Vickers 6 inch Mk VII gun, the workhorse of 20th . . . — — Map (db m125746) HM
A Trophy From Sebastopol
This Cannon Was Captured From the Russian Army
At the Battle of Sebastopol
During the Crimean War (1854-56). In October, 1857
The then Secretary of State, Lord Panmure,
Offered the Cannon to Hartlepool Borough . . . — — Map (db m125833) HM
Bofors L/60 40mm Anti Aircraft Gun
Calibre 40mm (1.57 inch)
Anti Aircraft Ceiling 7.9km (26,000 feet)
Rate of Fire 120 rounds per minute
Shell weight 0.7kg (2lb) High Explosive
The Bofors was a British version of a Swedish . . . — — Map (db m125761) HM
Burney 3.7 inch Mk I Recoilless Rifle
Calibre 94mm (3.7 inch)
Range approx 1km (1090 yards)
Rate of Fire Unknown
Shell weight Unknown
The requirement for light, highly mobile anti tank weapons led to experiments with . . . — — Map (db m125767) HM
L6 Wombat 120mm Recoilless Rifle
Calibre 120mm (4.7 inch)
Range 1.1km (1,200 yards)
Rate of Fire 4 rounds per minute
Shell weight 12.8 kg (28lb)
The WOMBAT (Weapon Of Magnesium, Battalion Anti Tank Gun) was Britain's light . . . — — Map (db m125801) HM
3.7 inch Static Mount Anti Aircraft Gun
The Malta Gun
Between 1940 and 1943 the island of Malta, "Britain's unsinkable aircraft carrier" suffered almost continuous siege in the most sustained bombing campaign of World War Two. Germany . . . — — Map (db m125760) HM
3.7 inch Mk I Anti Aircraft Gun
Calibre 93.9mm (3.7 inch)
Anti Aircraft Ceiling 9.7 km (31,000 feet)
Rate of Fire 10 rounds per minute
Shell weight 12.7kg (28lb)
The Vickers anti-aircraft gun was introduced to the British . . . — — Map (db m125765) HM
4.5 Inch Mk III Naval & Anti Aircraft Gun
4.5 Inch Mk III
Calibre 114mm (4.5 inch)
Range 18.2 km (19,990 yards)
Anti Aircraft Ceiling 9.1km (29,900 feet)
Rate of Fire 14 rounds per minute
Shell weight 25 kg (55lb)
The . . . — — Map (db m125757) HM
4.7 inch Naval / Coast Defence Gun
Calibre 120mm (4.7 inch)
Range 9km (9,900 yards)
Rate of Fire 5 to 6 rounds per minute
Shell weight 20.4 kg (45lb)
The 4.7 inch gun was the first 'modern' breech loader and was accepted into . . . — — Map (db m125766) HM
Naval Gun 4 inch QF Mk 4 on Mk XVI Mount 1945
Calibre 100mm (4 inch)
Range 16,300 yards
Rate of Fire 10 - 15 rounds per minute
Shell weight 31lb, 14kg
The Naval Gun 4 inch QF first appeared in 1895 with the Mark IV being . . . — — Map (db m125759) HM
Naval Gun Barrel 4.5 inch QF Mk III
Calibre 114mm (4.5 inch)
Range 18.2 km (19,990 yards)
Anti Aircraft Ceiling 9.1km (29,900 feet)
Rate of Fire 14 rounds per minute
Shell weight 25 kg (55lb)
In the 1930s a Naval gun was . . . — — Map (db m125745) HM WM
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