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The Magazine of Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life, published quarterly by the Friends of the Museum.

We're always pleased to collaborate with other similar organisations.

17/10/2026

From the Spring 2027 edition 'The Lion & the Dragon' will go to 16 pages. The first edition will be devoted to Colonel Alfred Capel Cure's photographs of the 55th Foot in the mid 19C. As ever free to members of the Friends of Cumbria's Museum of Military Life. You can join the Friends at https://www.cumbriasmuseumofmilitarylife.org/friends-of-cumbrias-museum-of-military-life/

22/09/2026

New ads for the Museum to go on Facebook.

20/09/2026

Home to the 55th and the 34th in the 18th Century.

Join us this Saturday for a special timeline weekend! The old stone fort is open for tours until 4:30pm.

16/09/2026

Cumbria's Museum of Military Life's lastest blog post is a Kendal hero - John Davidson. https://petercastra.wixsite.com/cumbrian-military

16/09/2026

The next edition will be published in October.

22/08/2026

Incredible pictures of officers, men and their families, of the 55th Foot and other regiments from 1852-54 found on the University of California Los Angeles web site will make a specially themed Spring 2027 edition of 'The Lion & the Dragon.'

19/08/2026

Our devious colonel. The Regiment involved in nefarious doings in America in the 1780s. The latest post in Cumbrian Military LIfe's blog. https://petercastra.wixsite.com/cumbrian-military/post/black-ops-colonel ,

In 1781 Lieutenant Colonel Barrimore St Leger, 34th Foot, played a leading role in what today would be called Black Operations during the American War of Independence.St Leger was born in County Kildare in 1733. His father, Sir John St Leger, was a judge. If the name is familiar today it’s because...

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Alma Block, Carlisle Castle
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https://www.cumbriasmuseumofmilitarylife.org/

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