T H E C O V E N A N T E R
Museum report Medals Exhibition -
The Covenanter 2002
by popular demand!
‘The Real Tartan Army’ TV The next exhibition on the Mezzaniane
Documentary gallery will be of the Cameronians medal
collection, and will run from May 2003 for
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) will
about a year.
be featured in this film to be screened in
As many visitors have asked about the
2003. During 2002, Regimental Trustees, ex
collection the aim is twofold - firstly to
Cameronians and museum staff have been
create a new way of safely and compactly
helping the film Production Company to
displaying the collection, and secondly to
research the film. Look out for this in your
unravel and explain what medals are about.
TV listings in 2003!
The first will be done by the
commissioning of new secure units
with glass topped drawers, in which the
E x h i b i T i O n S
collection can be laid out chronologically.
Visitors will be able to open the drawers -
one at a time for safety! - and view specific
Cameronians in Camera
campaigns and awards, or locate medals
awarded to relatives and friends.
Cameronians in Camera opened in A selection will be displayed with
February 2002. explanations of what the different parts of
The photographs in this exhibition
a medal mean, what they represent, and
are drawn from the collection of The
the history of the campaign or award.
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and most
It is hoped that much of this can also
have never been seen by the general public.
be produced in I.T. form to add to the
These images provide a glimpse into
information already available - and growing
the overseas service of The Cameronians
- from the “Cameronians in Camera”
(Scottish Rifles) from the Armistice in 1918
exhibition.
to the Disbandment of the Regiment - the
final fifty years.
This twin approach means that even
The exhibition covers a period in which
after the temporary exhibition closes in
Britain was continually reassessing its world
2004, the medal collection in its secure
role from the end of the ‘War to end Wars’
units can remain on display, and the
in 1918 to its abandonment of a role ‘east
background information will be available
of Suez’ in the late 1960s.
in the “Cameronians Corner” on PC.
The decision to make its NATO role in
Europe the cornerstone of British defence
policy from 1967 led directly to the Digital Collections Gallery
Disbandment of the Cameronians (Scottish (Formerly known as OPAC - On Line Public
Rifles). Ironically, the only times British Access Catalogue)
infantry have fought a large-scale ground
war since then have been far from Europe
The Digital Collections Gallery is now
- the Falklands, the Gulf and Afghanistan.
operating on the Mezzanine Floor in the
The Regimental collection is weak in
Riding School at Low Parks Museum.
photographs from 1939 and this exhibition
This new facility offers the public over
was an ideal opportunity to make an
180 photographs under the banner of
appeal for photographs to fill this gap. The
response was cautious at first, but lately a
‘Cameronians in Camera’. The images
gold mine of photographs of life in the
include all the photographs from the
Regiment in the UK and Germany from
exhibition of the same name, with many
the late 1950s till 1968, and invaluable
additional ones on the same themes within
comments and captions have been offered
the exhibition - The League and the UN;
by ex-Sergeant Eddie Wallace. Our thanks to
Policing and Empire; World War 2; Cold
everyone who has contributed to answering
War; Fire Brigade.
our appeal. For the full list of contributors,
Visitors to the Digital gallery can order
please see the New Acquistions part of this copy prints at Low Parks Museum Reception
report. for only £3.60 each, including UK postage.
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