Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier () is a museum which exhibits the collections of the

1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG) is a regiment in the Royal Armoured Corps of the British Army. Nicknamed The Welsh Cavalry, the regiment recruits from Wales and the bordering English counties of Cheshire, Herefordshire, and Shropshire, and ...

and the Royal Welsh. It occupies the lower floor of the interpretation centre at

Cardiff Castle Cardiff Castle ( cy, Castell Caerdydd) is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top ...

History

The individual collections of the Queen's Dragoon Guards Museum, which had been based at

Bowness-on-Windermere Bowness-on-Windermere is a town in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It lies next to Windermere lake and the town of Windermere to the north east with which it forms the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness. The town was histor ...

, and of the Welch Regiment Museum, which had been based in the Black and Barbican Towers of Cardiff Castle, were brought together at Cardiff Castle in 2010.

Collections

The museum is dedicated to the history of the

and the Royal Welsh. The museum holds the

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...

es awarded to

Ambrose Madden Ambrose Madden Victoria Cross, VC ( ga, Anmchadh Ó Madaidhín; 1820 – 1 January 1863) was an officer in the British Army. Born in Cork (city), Cork he was an Ireland, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious ...

and Sir Hugh Rowlands of the

41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot The 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1719. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Welch Regiment in 1881. History Early hi ...

during the

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...

References

External links

Museum of the Welsh SoldierQueen's Dragoon Guards Museum
{{Landmarks and Visitor Attractions in Cardiff Museums in Cardiff Military and war museums in Wales Regimental museums in Wales Royal Welsh Museums established in 2010 2010 establishments in Wales Military history of Cardiff