The museum is open to researchers from Monday to Friday 10.00am until 3.00pm. If you wish to research the collection please complete the research enquiries web form.
The museum has a rich archive of uniform plates, photographs, letters and war diaries relating to the Royal Fusiliers. The majority of our collections pertain to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, up to amalgamation into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1968.
- We do not hold official deposits or record sets from the Ministry of Defence or the War Office;
- Service documents for soldiers discharged to pension pre-1913 can be found at www.findmypast.co.uk.
- Service papers and medal cards for the First World War (1914-1920) are available on www.ancestry.co.uk.
- If an individual was discharged before the end of 1963 or has a date of birth before or up to 1st of January 1939 then the file will have now been transferred to the National Archives (TNA) as part of the Defence Records Management Project (DRMP).The most up to date information on the progress of the project and the status of record accessibility can be found at the link provided.
- If an individual was discharged after 1963, papers will still be held by the the Army Personnel Centre in Glasgow. You can request a service record for post-1963 discharges here.
- The National Archives also holds digitized copies of the Battalion war diaries (free to download if you register online).
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