02/06/2026
This weekend will be our 1st Military Vehicle Show. We hope this will become an annual event and will continue at our new location.
For the first time, and annually going forward at our Military Vehicle Show, we will be awarding the best vehicle on show the John Colquhoun Memorial Shield.
The John Colquhoun Memorial Shield will be presented to the winner by Susan Colquhoun. John Colquhoun was one of the founding members of our Military Vehicle Restoration Group, whose first restoration was the Saracen, currently on display at the museum.
John was a REME Veteran and certainly knew his way around engines. When John sadly passed away late last year, there was a collection at his funeral. The money was split between 2 charities that meant a lot to John, Military Museum Scotland being one of them. We felt it important that his memory lives on at the museum so we decided, rather than his donation going into the museum's general fund, we would set up the John Colquhoun Memorial Shield to be awarded every year for the best military vehicle on show. John is very missed by all who knew him. I know he would have loved the idea of the money being used in this way.
The Memorial Shield will remain in Military Museum Scotland and the winners name will be engraved on it. The winner will also be awarded an individual trophy.
The award will be made on Sunday 7th.This weekend will be our 1st Military Vehicle Show. We hope this will become an annual event and will continue at our new location.
For the first time, and annually going forward at our Military Vehicle Show, we will be awarding the best vehicle on show the John Colquhoun Memorial Shield.
The John Colquhoun Memorial Shield will be presented to the winner by Susan Colquhoun. John Colquhoun was one of the founding members of our Military Vehicle Restoration Group, whose first restoration was the Saracen, currently on display at the museum.
John was a REME Veteran and certainly knew his way around engines. When John sadly passed away late last year, there was a collection at his funeral. The money was split between 2 charities that meant a lot to John, Military Museum Scotland being one of them. We felt it important that his memory lives on at the museum so we decided, rather than his donation going into the museum's general fund, we would set up the John Colquhoun Memorial Shield to be awarded every year for the best military vehicle on show. John is very missed by all who knew him. I know he would have loved the idea of the money being used in this way.
The Memorial Shield will remain in Military Museum Scotland and the winners name will be engraved on it. The winner will also be awarded an individual trophy.
The award will be made on Sunday 7th.
