{"id":81,"date":"2018-06-26T11:56:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T10:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/museum-of-somerset.swht.wpengine.com\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:54:08","slug":"somerset-military-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/explore\/somerset-military-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Somerset Military Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote>\n<p>Due to elevated temperatures, the Military Museum is temporarily closed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p>Somerset Military Museum tells the story of the Somerset&#8217;s regiments in war and peace. It\u00a0features the history of the following regiments:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert\u2019s)<br \/>\n\u00b7 Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry<br \/>\n\u00b7 West Somerset Yeomanry<br \/>\n\u00b7 North Somerset Yeomanry<br \/>\n\u00b7 Somerset Militia, Rifle Volunteers and Territorials<br \/>\n\u00b7 The Light Infantry and its successor regiment, The Rifles<\/p>\n<p>The gallery introduces visitors to the formation and development of Somerset\u2019s regiments and explores why soldiers fight for their country. Please note that the painting, &#8216;Remnants of an Army&#8217; by Lady Elizabeth Butler has returned to Tate Britain, London, where it will be on display to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The regimental archives of the Somerset Light Infantry, as well as some North and West Somerset Yeomanry records, are held at the <a href=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/visit\/somerset-heritage-centre\/\">Somerset Heritage Centre.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information contact:<\/p>\n<p>Somerset Heritage Centre,\u00a0Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, TA2 6SF<\/p>\n<p>Tel: 01823 278805<br \/>\nEmail: museums@swheritage.org.uk<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to elevated temperatures, the Military Museum is temporarily closed. Somerset Military Museum tells the story of the Somerset&#8217;s regiments in war and peace. It\u00a0features the history of the following regiments: \u00b7 Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert\u2019s) \u00b7 Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry \u00b7 West Somerset Yeomanry \u00b7 North Somerset Yeomanry \u00b7 Somerset Militia, Rifle<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/explore\/somerset-military-museum\/\" title=\"ReadSomerset Military Museum\">&#8230; Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":190,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2898,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/2898"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}