by Jane Harrad-Roberts | Nov 12, 2023 | Event, Queen's Own Yeomanry News, Regiment News
Chester held its annual Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cathedral Garden on Saturday, November 11 10.45am-11.30am, and in Chester city centre and Chester Cathedral on Sunday, November 12, from 9am-noon. Other events took place around the County.
by Jane Harrad-Roberts | Nov 8, 2023 | Event, Museum News
Business leaders from across the region were hosted by Cheshire Military Museum recently. Members of Chester Business Club enjoyed a guided tour of the museum and hospitality on the eve of Remembrance Day. A presentation about Cheshire Archives also gave a great...
by Jane Harrad-Roberts | Nov 2, 2023 | Event, Museum News
On the eve of Remembrance Day, the Cheshire Military Museum arranged a special preview of this important exhibition before it opened to the public. The viewing was followed by a short reception and presentation by the exhibition creator, Sean Livesey explaining the...
by Jane Harrad-Roberts | Oct 31, 2023 | Event, Friends, Museum News
Friends of Cheshire Military Museum were honoured to host a special, private visit to the museum. Colonel Dick Peel (Rtd.) was Regimental Secretary, running both the museum and Regimental HQ of the Cheshire Regiment in the 1980/90s. He not only revisited the museum...
by Jane Harrad-Roberts | Oct 28, 2023 | Event, Museum News
Our attention turns to Remembrance Day at this time of the year. In January 2022 Marjorie Rigby, 89, from Frodsham started knitting poppies and ten months later she had completed 1,200. The hand knitted poppies were sown onto ribbons and assembled by the villagers of...