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Of Edinburghs Royal Regiment
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| Redcoats is:- |
| The title of the Society of Friends of the Regimental
Museum at Salisbury. The information shown below is a direct lift from the
Regimental museum Website. It is self explanatory and allows you if
you wish to join a small organization dedicated to supporting the
Museum, which of course includes the whole life span of the Duke of Edinburgh's
Royal Regiment. You can join on line but in order to do so can I direct
you to the relevant page 'The Friends' on the Museum Website, accessible
via the links page on the main farmersboys site or www.thewardrobe.org.uk |
| REDCOATS
The Society of Friends of Redcoats in the
Wardrobe |
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General
The Redcoats' is the short title of the Society of Friends of Redcoats in
the Wardrobe, the Salisbury museum of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire
and Wiltshire Regiment. Redcoats is a registered Charitable Trust that was
formed in 1985, with a written constitution authorised by the Charity
Commissioners. It is independent of any government body. Its affairs are
regulated by an elected committee, which is guided and directed by a
chairman appointed by the Colonel of the Regiment, who is the president of
Redcoats. The elected committee may co-opt temporary members on to it from
time to time in order to provide specialist advice or to assist with the
development of specific activities or projects. Membership is open to any
individual over the age of eighteen and is irrespective of nationality,
domicile and whether or not the member has any prior connection with the
regiment or the armed forces. Individual, Joint and Corporate membership
is available.
Aims
The aims of the society are:
- To promote a wider public awareness, knowledge and understanding of
the history of the current regiment and its forebears, specifically
that of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, the Wiltshire Regiment and the
Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire).
- To maintain and foster a close affiliation with the Society of
Friends of the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum (which is the focus
for matters involving the regimental history of the Gloucestershire
Regiment).
- To promote, support and assist the development and improvement of
the Redcoats in the Wardrobe museum.
- By the use of its subscription income and sundry donations, to
enable the Redcoats in the Wardrobe museum to purchase important
relics and historical research material that would otherwise be lost
to it.
Ethos: Past, Present and Future
Members of the Society should derive much satisfaction from the knowledge
that the Society's subscriptions and donations directly sustain and
promote the traditions of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and
Wiltshire Regiment today by promoting and preserving the tangible evidence
of its illustrious past.
Membership Benefits and Privileges
The benefits and privileges of members of the Society are:
- Receipt, free of charge, of 'Redcoats Review' the annual newsletter
of the Society plus occasional updates on Redcoats and museum events
and developments when appropriate.
- Free entry to the Redcoats in the Wardrobe museum and gardens and to
the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum.
- Attendance at Redcoats activities, functions and other events free
of charge, and either free of charge or at a reduced rate where
certain museum activities may be opened to non-members on repayment.
- The occasional extension of free access to the Redcoats in the
Wardrobe museum and gardens to a member's relatives or friends, or in
order to attend what are otherwise exclusively Redcoats events.<
- Free access to and use of the Redcoats in the Wardrobe library and
archives for research purposes, by prior arrangement with the museum
curator.
How to Join
If you would like to support the museum and join Redcoats, the Society of
Friends of the regimental museum, please download the application form and
complete the following sections where applicable:
YOU WILL FIND THE JOINING
INSTRUCTIONS AND APPLICATION FORMS ON THE 'MUSEUM FRIENDS PAGE ON 'THE
WARDROBE' WEBSITE |
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