What's On
(06 March 2012) The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum Evening Talk
"Two for the Price of One: Sir Harry and Lady Smith"
Speaker: General Sir Garry Johnson.
Place: The McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum.
Time: 6.15 pm followed by a glass (or two) of wine plus up-market nibbles.
Tickets: £15.00 per person, (£12.50 for Friends of the RGJ Museum).
Booking: By Phone: 01962 828549. By email: curator@rgjmuseum.co.uk
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(15 March 2012) Winchester's Military Museum Lunchtime Talk
Subject: "The Adjutant General's Corps - The First Twenty Years".
Speaker: Mr Ian Bailey, Curator The Adjutant General's Corps Museum.
Place: The McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum.
Time: 12.40 followed by sandwich lunch.
Tickets: £6.00 per head including sandwich lunch.
Booking: By telephone 01962 842832: By email curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
(16 March 2012) The Sirmoor Club Armchair Battlefield Tour
Subject: "Gurkhas on the Western Front 1914 - 1915".>Speaker: Major Gordon Corrigan MBE, Author, Military Historian.
Place: Library, Gurkha Museum.
Time: 11.00am - Coffee 10.30am
Tickets: £5.00 per head, including coffee.
Booking: By Phone: 0117 9733317: Email bruce.jackman@btopenworld.com
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(30 March 2012) The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum Temporary Exhibition.
Title: Two for the Price of One: Sir Harry and Lady Smith.
Place: The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum.
Museum Opening Times: Monday -Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Last admission 4.15 p.m.)
Normal museum entry fee applies: Adults-£3.00, Senior Citizens-£2.00, Children/Students-£1.50
No booking necessary.
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(02 April 2012) 'Thirty Years On: Reflections on The Falklands War'
An Evening Talk in support of The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum.
Speaker: Field Marshal Lord Bramall.
Place: King Alfred Chamber, The Guildhall, Winchester.
Time: 6.30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Tickets: £15.00 per person
Booking: The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum. Tel: 01962 828549 Email: curator@rgjmuseum.co.uk
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(13 April 2012) Gurkha Museum Lecture & Curry Lunch
Subject: "The State of Nepal". A Review of external pressures and internal stresses.
Speaker: General Sir Sam Cowan KCB, CBE. President of the Gurkha Brigade Association.
Place: Library, Gurkha Museum.
Time: 11.00am followed by curry lunch.
Tickets: £30.00 per head, including coffee, lecture, curry lunch.
Booking: By phone: 01962 842832. By email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
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(21 April 2012) Gurkha Museum Temporary Art Exhibition
Subject:"Nepal Awakening" A Specially Commissioned Art Exhibition Celebrating Many Aspects of Nepal.
Artist: Gordon Davidson, Scottish Artist, International Reputation, Exhibited Canada, Denmark and for UNICEF.
Dates: 21 - 26 April 2012.
Information: By Phone: 01962 842832. By email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
(08 June 2012) Gurkha Museum Lecture And Curry Lunch
Subject: "The Gurkhas Special Force".
Speaker: Professor Chris Bellamy, Author, Military Historial, Director Greenwich Maritime Institute.
Place: Library, Gurkha Museum.
Time: 11.00am followed by curry lunch. Coffee 10.30am
Tickets: £30.00 per head including coffee, lecture and Curry lunch.
Booking: By phone: 01962 842832. By email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
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(04 August 2012) Gurkha Museum Temporary Summer Exhibition
Title:"Brunei: A Look Back; A Look Forward - A Fifty Year Partnership".
Dates: 4 August to 2 September 2012.
Timings: Mon - Sat 10.00am - 5.00pm (Last Entry 4.30pm); Sunday Noon - 4.00pm (Last Entry 3.30pm).
Admission: Free entry with musuem ticket. Servicemen and Children (Under 16 years) FREE.
Enquiries: By Phone: 01962 842832. By email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
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(11 October 2012) Winchester's Military Museums Lunchtime Talk
Subject:"Decorated Bandsmen 1914-1945". Awards from the Victoria Cross to the Military Medal for members of Regimental Bands throughout the British Army.
Speaker: Stephen Mason, Military Historian & Lecturer.
Place: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum.
Time: 12.30pm
Tickets: £6.00 per head including sandwich lunch.
Booking: By Phone: 01962 842832. By email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
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(12 October 2012) Gurkha Museum Lecture and Curry Lunch
Subject:"Gurkhas - Eleven Years in Afghanistan - For What?"
Speaker: Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Strickland MBE, DSO Late RGR. Former Battalion Commanding Officer and Staff College Instructor.
Place: Library, Gurkha Museum.
Time: 11.00am, followed by curry lunch, Coffee 10.30am.
Tickets: £30.00 per head including coffee, lecture, curry lunch.
Booking: by Phone: 01962 842832. By email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
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(15 November 2012) Winchester's Military Museums Lunchtime Talk
Subject:"Irregular Correspondence". Covering 192 Laurie family letters written from the Crimea, India, Hong Kong and Nova Scotia during interesting times (1855-65) by three brothers. One of the brothers was the lecturer's grandfather.
Speaker: William Dyson-Laurie, Lecturer.
Place: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum.
Time: 12.30pm.
Tickets: £6.00 including sandwich lunch.
Booking: By Phone: 01962 842832. By email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
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(06 December 2012) Winchester's Military Museums Lunchtime Talk
Subject: "Winston Churchill's Toy Shop.
Speaker: Gordon Rodgers. He will speak on the main WW2 weapon's experimental establishment at Whitchurch, just north of Aylesbury where Sir Winston took a direct controlling influence. 26 weapons were invented there and went into service. there is also a link to Bletchley Park.
Place: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum.
Time: 12.30pm followed by sandwich lunch.
Tickets: £6.00 including sandwich lunch.
Booking: By Phone: 01962 842832. By email; curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
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