Previous Monthly Highlights

This month we welcomed relatives of John Henry Fenner Fownes and his wife, Eileen Isobel Fownes, to the museum. Whilst following up on their initial

New Acquisition – Wartime Diaries of A.W. Davis, 20th Hussars For this month’s highlight we want to show you a very fascinating new acquisition, very

Daughter of the Regiment – Rose Summerell While there are numerous accounts by Victorian soldiers of life on campaign, there is relatively little recorded of the wives and families

New Acquisition – Cpl Harry Wyles & Hitler’s Stationery Photograph of Wyles (left) with a Scout Car, c.1940s. From HorsePower Museum Archive This month we

Watercolour Engraving of Post Mill on Wimbledon Common, c.1840, by C. Castle On Saturday 12th September 1840 Lieutenant-Colonel James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan,

VE Day 80th Anniversary – 8th May 1945 Thursday 8th May 2025 marks 80 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe.

By Angel Drinkwater (Museum Assistant) 2024 marked the 110th anniversary of the start of The First World War, and 1914 was a year that would

On Saturday 23rd November, the Museum had the pleasure of attending the unveiling ceremony for Datchet’s first blue plaque, honouring the gallantry of Sgt. Henry