REME Museum

@REME_MUSEUM

Sharing the story of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, est. 1942 Now open! Click the link below to book your tickets 👇

Lyneham, Wiltshire, UK
Liittynyt tammikuu 2010
Syntynyt 1942

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  1. Kiinnitetty twiitti
    10. marrask.

    This holiday season you do not want to miss the REME Museum Christmas Fair! 🎄🎁 We have all kinds of crafts and gift stalls, surrounded by historic objects in the Museum galleries, what more could you want?!

    Kumoa
  2. 5 tuntia sitten

    Textile is the prompt for Day 18 of We have plenty of uniforms in our collection to choose from! But this is not any ordinary Service Dress, this belonged to Major General Eric Bertram Rowcroft, first Director of REME It is displayed proudly in our Trades Gallery

    Kumoa
  3. 17. marrask.

    Day 17 Back in 2017, the Museum held an event to help celebrate REME's 75th Anniversary (the cake was blue red and yellow inside too!) 🍰

    Kumoa
  4. 16. marrask.

    Day 16 is This photograph is displayed in our Soldier First gallery - soldiers place their trust in one another to work together to get over this wall during Exercise Western Approaches, 1992

    Kumoa
  5. 16. marrask.

    Oops we missed yesterday's ! REME soldiers from MOD Lyneham got to grips with some engineering challenges in our Education Suite this month, just one of the ways we are maintaining our close with the Corps 🛠

    Kumoa
  6. 15. marrask.

    Graham Lyall received the Victoria Cross in 1918 for action seeing the capture of 185 men, 26 machine guns. Though he died in 1941, his position in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and involvement in the formation of REME led his family to loan his VC to the Museum

    Kumoa
  7. 14. marrask.

    It's been a while since we used one of these... 📼 Cassette of REME in Concert. Can't say we miss the days of these being the height of technology, who has the time to manually rewind it every time?

    Kumoa
  8. 14. marrask.

    This morning a memorial service was held in the Memorial Garden. The Museum laid this wreath with poppies handmade by visitors, bearing the names of REME personnel who have given their lives in service

    Kumoa
  9. 13. marrask.

    Day 13 Look at this tiny photo album!! We found it difficult to show how small it really is but it's just over 10cm across. The photos show the first months of the Korean War We even wrote a blog on these albums a while back 👉

    Kumoa
  10. 12. marrask.

    On Day 12 we get to show off ! 🖼 Painting of Scenes from Princess Marina College, Arborfield 1939-89 by David Rowlands

    Kumoa
  11. uudelleentwiittasi
    11. marrask.

    They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. Arte et Marte

    Kumoa
  12. 11. marrask.

    wreath handmade by our visitors, displayed as part of our Remembrance Display 🌹

    Kumoa
  13. 11. marrask.

    "The poppy is a symbol of Remembrance and as such is a powerful reminder of those people in the military who have paid the ultimate sacrifice"

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    Kumoa
  14. 11. marrask.

    We remember to honour the sacrifice of all those who gave their lives in order to protect our way of life 📸 The BBC Local Radio Poppy mural displayed in our memorial garden

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    Kumoa
  15. 10. marrask.

    Today's theme is 🪵 This magnificent wood-carving is part of our current REME Sports Exhibition. It is on loan to us from , a trophy awarded during a special rugby tournament hosted for REME's 50th anniversary in 1992-93 🏉

    Kumoa
  16. 9. marrask.

    A momentous occasion occurred 32 years ago. The fall of the Berlin Wall signalled the end of a divided city 🧱 Our tiny reminder of this historic event is a fragment of the wall gifted to REME MRO from 14 Berlin Field Workshop REME

    Kumoa
  17. 9. marrask.

    Well well, if it isn't day 🐛 Pests are our enemy and our Collections staff treat the war on pests like any other. Here you have a little insight into our reconnaissance aka pest trap checking Thankfully there were none in this one, that's what we like to see!

    Kumoa
  18. 8. marrask.

    is day 8 of Corps culture is a key part of being REME. Soldiers and Officers live by the motto 'Arte et Marte' (By Skill and by Fighting). This was printed on mugs for the Corps' 75th Anniversary (Museum staff use them all the time!)

    Kumoa
  19. 8. marrask.

    It's 🎖 Ernest Frederick Humphreys RAOC was captured in Crete 1941. Detailed as a carpenter, he had opportunity for sabotage, including "slackening off of important bolts to vehicle engines and transmissions" After the war, Humphreys received a commission in REME

    Kumoa
  20. 7. marrask.

    Our Corps Historian took part in the Pedal to Paris 2021 earlier this year in support of the work they do in supporting serving and ex-servicemen 🚴‍♂️ Read about his journey here

    Kumoa

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