The Royal Welsh Museum

The Royal Welsh Museum Our museum tells the long and proud story of the regiment of The Royal Welsh with over 300 years of history.

For we've dug out a photograph of one of the most famous nurses from the . In this rather faded pic, Pte Bert Andrews...
12/05/2026

For we've dug out a photograph of one of the most famous nurses from the . In this rather faded pic, Pte Bert Andrews of the Welsh Regiment, recovering from wounds in a Belgian hospital, stands with a fellow soldier and Nurse Edith Cavell. Nurse Cavell was celebrated for treating both allied and German soldiers without discrimination and for helping more than 200 allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. For her activities, she was arrested and sentenced to death under German military law. Despite International condemnation and pressure for mercy, she was executed by firing squad on 12th October 1915, aged 49.

It's and who doesn't love a steam train! This oil painting depicts the GWR locomotive The South Wales Borderers and wa...
09/05/2026

It's and who doesn't love a steam train! This oil painting depicts the GWR locomotive The South Wales Borderers and was painted, on the decommissioning of the engine in 1965, by Cardiff-based artist Private Archie Jones MM, of the 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

1915, at the Second Battle of Ypres, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions of the Monmouthshire Regiment were devastated und...
08/05/2026

1915, at the Second Battle of Ypres, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions of the Monmouthshire Regiment were devastated under relentless shelling, gas attacks and mass infantry assaults. Despite overwhelming odds, they held the line with extraordinary courage but at a terrible cost that left hundreds killed, wounded or missing. Among those killed on that day was 2nd Lt. William Lucius Palmer, 3rd Mons, aged 24. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres.

in 1867 five men of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot took part in the action that was to see them each awarded...
07/05/2026

in 1867 five men of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot took part in the action that was to see them each awarded the Victoria Cross. Privates Bell, Cooper, Griffiths and Murphy, and Assistant Surgeon Douglas, mounted a rescue, in a rowing boat in heavy seas, to save men who had disappeared on the island of Little Andaman. According to the citation, which was published in the London Gazette on 17th December 1867, the men "...behaved in an equally cool and collected manner, rowing through the roughest surf when the slightest hesitation or want of pluck on the part of any one of them would have been attended by the gravest results. It is reported that seventeen officers and men were thus saved from what must otherwise have been a fearful risk, if not certainty of death."

For we have this fantastic depiction of Corporal Edward Chapman's VC action which took place on the Dortmund-Ems Canal...
05/05/2026

For we have this fantastic depiction of Corporal Edward Chapman's VC action which took place on the Dortmund-Ems Canal in Germany, in April 1945. The cartoon was published in November 1965 in an issue of The Victor, a very popular weekly comic published for boys from 1961 until 1992.

to August 17th 1911 with the Welsh Regiment. This lovely photograph, beautifully showcasing the uniform of the time, s...
01/05/2026

to August 17th 1911 with the Welsh Regiment. This lovely photograph, beautifully showcasing the uniform of the time, shows the 2nd Battalion leaving Cardiff for Liverpool.

to the First World War and the 12th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. This pic was taken in 1917 at a training camp. The 12th...
30/04/2026

to the First World War and the 12th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. This pic was taken in 1917 at a training camp. The 12th was a service battalion, based in the UK, and provided training and casualty replacements for other units.

We love a bit of trench art and this little coal scuttle is no exception! Made from a First World War German 75mm shell ...
28/04/2026

We love a bit of trench art and this little coal scuttle is no exception! Made from a First World War German 75mm shell case, it is decorated with the Welsh Regiment cap badge and has a lovely brass handle.

The museum has been invaded...by a battalion of tiny soldiers! These diminutive Victorian red-coats have taken over th...
24/04/2026

The museum has been invaded...by a battalion of tiny soldiers! These diminutive Victorian red-coats have taken over the craft area and are threatening to overrun the gallery, but we don't really mind. These adorable little soldiers were made by children visiting the museum over the Easter break and as far as we're concerned, they are very welcome to stay! Come along and make your own soldier to swell our ranks, or take him home with you - we wouldn't blame you!

to the First World War. This photo shows Private Harry Broughton, 13th Bn Welsh Regiment, (sitting) and two other pris...
23/04/2026

to the First World War. This photo shows Private Harry Broughton, 13th Bn Welsh Regiment, (sitting) and two other prisoners of war in 1916. The men were being held in a POW camp in Germany when Pte Broughton sent the photograph home to his wife, Lil, then living in Caerphilly.

Today is and we want to say a huge thank you to all our amazing volunteers - without you we couldn't keep the museum o...
20/04/2026

Today is and we want to say a huge thank you to all our amazing volunteers - without you we couldn't keep the museum open! Whether you're greeting visitors, polishing cases or transcribing diaries we really couldn't do without you! Thank you. ❤️🙏

Address

The Royal Welsh Regimental Museum, The Barracks, The Watton
Brecon
LD37EB

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

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01874 613310

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