Catalogue - Loughborough Carillon & War Memorial Museum

1987.1

British No.2 Safety Stove, fuel is petrol. Used by vehicle mounted troops circa post WW2.

1987.3

3 inch HE (High Explosive) British mortar bomb. The 3 inch mortar was in service from the 1930s to the 1960s.

1987.4

81mm HE (High Explosive) British mortar bomb. Replaced the the 3 inch mortar in the 1960s.Rate of fire: 15 RPM. Range 5,675 Metres.

1987.5

Framed display of 66 British Infantry regimental cap badges as at 1960 (approx).

1987.6

Royal Air Force Association flag (RAF).

1987.7

Parachute Regiment Association Leicester Branch flag. No longer held.

1987.8

Framed Japanese prayer flag (Yosegaki Hinoomaru) good luck messages from friends and family and carried by the soldier. circa WW2.

1987.9

Picture titled ‘Aerial Free Delivery’.

1987.10

Poster for a fund raising event in aid of the Princess Mary Fund.

1987.11

Market Garden Veterans Association, Northants No.4 Branch.

1987.12

Paratroopers cartoon.

1987.13

Irvin sheepskin jacket. Double booked see 2011.9

1987.14

Para smock (or Denison Smock) and beret of a Colour Sergeant in the Parachute Regiment (Jack Coston) Introduced in tne early 1940s finally withdrawn in the 1970s.

1987.14.1

Thank you card to Jack Coston, Parachute Regiment from Holland and the family of Mr P Tummers

1987.14.2

Uniform tunis. Battle Dress (BD) C/Sgt Parachute Regt. With WW2 medal ribbons.

1987.15

British 1937 pattern webbing pouches and belt, introduced when the army finally ran out of 1908 pattern WW1 webbing

1987.17

German army soldier leather belt and buckle, circa WW2

1987.18

Arnhem celebration flag.

1987.19

Arnhem celebration flag.

1987.20

Hand operated air raid siren circa WW2. Most air raid sirens were electric but hand held were used in rural areas or places without electric.

1987.21

Full size Netherlands Air Force Flag.

1987.22

British Mk7 anti-tank blast mine. Painted blue to identify it as a ‘Practice’ mine. Post WW2. No longer in service.

1987.23

British silent picket. Bent double and damaged circa WW1. Found at Verdun, Donated n memory of Mr Rex Dear

1987.24

Photograph of Sgt M.C. Bryans squad of Black Watch

1987.25

South Korean flag

1987.26

Wooden plaque with crest of 48th Supply Squadron.

1987.27

Framed Badge of the Leicestershire Regiment by 9568 Sidney Tansley while in hospital WW1

1987.28

Poster of British Army formations badges

1987.29

Packed parachute.

1987.30

Sten sub machine gun (SMG) Mk2 fires 9 mm ammunition, very simple and very cheap, some four million were produced in the 1940s.

1987.31

Perspex fronted map case. circa WW2 probably for infantry use, other arms had larger ones.

1987.33

Parachute Regiment helmet with camouflage cover and inserted field dressing

1987.34

Canvas sign for HQ 44 Brigade with a parachute crest.

1987.38

Polyester Union flag.

1987.39

British Army 38 pattern web belt, blancoed khaki. Circa WW2

1987.40

Replica of the Arnhem Memorial; given to veterans on the 45th anniversary.

1987.41

Green & red fibre Identity discs (dog tags) of T. McEwan

1987.42

Beret given to veterans who jumped at Arnhem on the 50th Anniversary 1994.

1987.43

Red beret with badge of Royal Artillery.

1987.44

Beret with badge of Special Air Service (SAS).

1987.45

Plate with crest and battle honours of the Parachute Regiment.

1987.46

German propaganda leaflet dropped on the troops at Dunkirk shows map of British soldiers surrounded and tells them to stop fighting.

1987.47

Tile with crest of the Special Air Service (SAS).

1987.48

Swagger stick or walking out cane with Northamptonshire Regiment crest and dombed top.

1987.49

Pack of fortune telling cards

1987.51

Two copies of ‘2nd Army thanksgiving service’ on conclusion of the campaign in North West Europe

1987.52

Coty talcum powder. Official Army issue for foot care and general health care.

1987.53

Pennant of the Market Garden Veterans Association

1987.54

Wooden plaque of BRITCON UNFICYP 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment Cyprus 1976-1977.

1987.55

Market Garden Veteran’s Association 45th Anniversary

1987.56

Cap badge of the South Staffordshire Regiment. Formed in 1881 amalgamated in 1958 with the North Staffs,

1987.57

Cap badge of the Border Regiment.

1987.58

Cap badge of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB).

1987.59

German Field side cap dated 1964

1987.60

French Lebel bayonet and scabbard. Aluminium grip circa WW1. The Germans nicknamed them ‘Knitting Needles’ .

1987.61

British bayonet, blade marked with an arrow, WD, a crown, E, 53. On the other side with /87 and a possible crown with AK underneath.

1987.62

British bayonet marked with an arrow, WD, crown, H, 38, X.

1987.63

British bayonet blade marked with an arrow and 58. Handle marked 11A3 9600257 D67.

1987.64

Commando knife with leather sheath

1987.65

Commando knife with leather sheath

1987.66

Die cast van in livery of Golden Jubilee of Airborne Forces.

1987.67

Prisoner’s of War identity tag. Stalag 12. The perforations allow the tag to be broken in half. In the event of the prisoners death one piece was handed in the other remained on the body so the burial party could identify the body.

1987.68

Cap badge of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. (Ox and Bucks).

1987.69

Cap badge of the Royal Irish Rifles.

1987.70

Cap badge of the Devonshire Regiment.

1987.71

Collar badge of the Yorkshire Light Infantry.

1987.72

Pin badge with Parachute Regiment crest and titled 10 PARA-ARNHEM 1944-1982.

1987.73

Individual’s First Field Dressing, post WW2. Carried by every soldier

1987.74

Set of Spurs.

1987.75

Log book of parachute descents of J. Gibbard with British Airborne Forces

1987.76

New Testament Bible the the badge of the Royal Air Force

1987.77

Silver figurine of a 1940 Paratrooper. 110cm high.

1987.78

Silver figurine of a Battle of Britain Pilot. Titled ‘Battle of Britain 1940’.

1987.79

Copper hunting horn.

1987.80

One pint pewter tankard with names scratched on (Paras?)

1987.81

195 Parachute Regiment, 6th Airborne Division, March 25th 1945 at Dunmow, Essex. Not named.

1987.82

Machine gun squad Company “F”, 325th Glider Infantry, 82nd US Airborne Division, September 10th 1942.

1987.83

Arnhem Oosterbeck Airborne Cemetery

1987.84

Pegasus Bridge, Normandy 1987.

1987.85

Airborne Monument Arnhem Oosterbeck

1987.86

Lapel badge of the Parachute Regimental Association.

1987.87

Pegasus lapel badge

1987.88

The Soldier’s New Testament.

1987.89

Shoulder title, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC).

The Carillon Tower Museum is now closed until Easter 2026

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