About BMMT

The Buckinghamshire Military Museum Trust preserves the heritage of the local military units raised in the historic county of Buckinghamshire in England from the 1500s onwards, including the Militia, Yeomanry, Volunteers, Territorials, and Home Guard. The Trust was established in December 1985.

Opening times:

Old Gaol Museum, Buckingham is currently closed

Claydon exhibits currently in store

How to find us

Old Gaol

MK18 1JX

Claydon House

MK18 2EY

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Features & Events

As part of the Centenary Commemoration of the Great War, we at BMMT hosted a number of County wide events, and supported wide and diverse projects, between 2014 and 2018. We are now hosting events for the 80th anniversary of the Second World War, as well as celebrating other aspects of the County’s military past.

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Our Collections

The Trust preserves uniforms, flags, weapons, equipment, documents, paintings, and photographs relating to the amateur military forces raised in Bucks since the 1500s.

Intended mainly for home defence against foreign invasion – from the Spanish Armada to Napoleon and Hitler – these citizen soldiers were just as significant for their high visibility in the local community, involving a far wider section of society in military affairs than the small regular army, which was often out of sight and out of mind serving overseas. The Trust’s collections reflect this dual military and social function.

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Sound & Film

Bucks Yeomanry Guidon Conservation by Katherine Barker BA (Hons) BSc AMA ACR

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Object of the Month

The Royal Standard presented to the 2nd Mid Bucks Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry on behalf of King William IV on 30 May 1831

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Whilst infantry regiments bore Colours, cavalry carried Standards and Guidons. On behalf of the King, the Lord Lieutenant, the 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos presented the Standard to the 2nd Regiment, commanded by his son, the Marquess of Chandos. It is presumed the Standard was a recognition of the regiment’s role in aid of the civil power in the recent ‘Swing’ riots in the county, and its return to the official yeomanry establishment. In a widely reported speech, the Duke urged the yeomanry to avoid political discussion amid the continuing parliamentary reform crisis. As suggested by the radical Bucks Gazette, the yeomanry was usually regarded as an unthinking instrument of repression.

The Standard is of green silk with metallic fringes, and embroidered with the Royal Arms on one side, and the Swan and Regimental Motto, ‘Strike Home’ on the other. 550 x 550 mm.

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