🐻 If Objects Could Speak… Found in the Gallipoli trenches in 1915 and brought home by Sgt Sidney Bean, 2nd Bn, SWB, this little bear’s past is a mystery—who did he belong to and why was he there? Now he’s safe with us ❤️ #IfObjectsCouldSpeakMW #MuseumWeek #WW1 #TeddyBear

#Museums4PeaceMW In 1879, the 24th of Foot, then based in Brecon, & the Zulus met in conflict at Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift, forever linking Wales and KwaZulu-Natal. Nearly 150 years later, that shared past has grown into a story of peace, understanding, and lasting friendship.

Discovering the past with #AIFuturesMW . Using AI, we’ve restored the only known image of Sgt Albert White VC—from a poor newspaper copy into a striking portrait of how he may have looked. .#MuseumWeek #photograph #AI #VC #gallantry #archive #collection #museum #history #hero

For today's #museumweek theme we have been playing with #AI to bring old photos to life! This is just for fun, but the potential for future projects is definitely there! Here's Joe Bantam, the tiny cockerel mascot of the 17th (bantam) Bn, Welsh Reg, from 1915. #AIMuseumsMW #WW1

#unpeacekeepersday to remember the service & sacrifice of those upholding peace in the world; a role carried out by our regiments throughout history. Here's the UN beret, arm band & scarf belonging to Major D F H Collins of the South Wales Borderers, worn in the Congo in 1961.

For #BlackandWhiteWednesday we have this lovely photograph of a group of officers of the 41st Regiment of Foot, later the Welsh Regiment. The pic, taken in the Crimea in 1856, also features one of the very first regimental goats. #CrimeanWar #history #militaryhistory #museum

#MondayMail lovely postcards issued by the Imperial Japanese War Minister in 1914. The cards, showing images of the previously German-controlled Chinese port of Tsingtao, were created to celebrate the collaboration between the British and Japanese armies. #WW1 #FirstWorldWar

#ThrowbackThursday a lovely photograph of a young #WW1 officer, Lt John Harold Tudor Mathias, 5th & 17th Bns, Welsh Reg. Killed in action on 25/11/1917, he is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial in Louverval, France. He was 24 years old. #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #photograph

#MortarMonday! Here's the 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers' mortar platoon - left to right, facing the camera: Sgt Short, Pte Carlyon, Pte Lewis and Cpl Skinner. The platoon were doing a demonstration at the Stanley Sea School in Hong Kong in December 1965. #Army

#NationalDrawingDay - here's a pencil sketch by Private Albert Williams, Welch Regiment, who was captured by the Germans in 1940 and held as a prisoner of war in Stalag VII A, in Bavaria. #drawingday #art #POW #warart #museum #archive #collection

#ThrowbackThursday to the #FirstWorldWar with the 17th (bantam) Battalion, the Welsh Regiment. Here is the Battalion's mascot Joe Bantam, a tiny bantam cockerel, with his handler at Rhos on Sea, Conwy in 1915. #WW1 #army #armylife #mascot #cockerel #museum #collection #archive

For #InternationalNursesDay, a rare #WWI photo of nurse Edith Cavell with wounded Welsh Regiment Pte Bert Andrews in Belgium. Cavell treated all sides and helped 200+ Allied soldiers escape. Arrested by German forces, she was executed on 12 Oct 1915, aged 49.

It's #NationalTrainDay - who doesn't love a steam train! GWR locomotive The South Wales Borderers was painted, on the decommissioning of the engine in 1965, by Private Archie Jones MM, of the 6th Bn, South Wales Borderers. #collection #museum #train #francisbourgeois

#OTD 1915, at the 2nd Battle of Ypres, the 1st, 2nd & 3rd Battalions, Mons Reg, were devastated. Despite overwhelming odds, they fought with extraordinary courage but at a terrible cost. Among those killed on that day was 2nd Lt. William Lucius Palmer, 3rd Mons, aged 24. #WW1

#OTD 1867 five men of the 2nd Bn, 24th of Foot were awarded the Victoria Cross. Privates Bell, Cooper, Griffiths & Murphy, & Assistant Surgeon Douglas, mounted a rescue, in a rowing boat in heavy seas, to save men who had disappeared on the island of Little Andaman. #VC #medals

For #NationalCartoonDay we have this fantastic depiction of Cpl Edward Chapman's VC action which took place in Germany, April 1945. The cartoon was published in an issue of The Victor, a popular weekly comic published for boys from 1961 until 1992. #cartoon #illustration #artist

#FlashbackFriday to August 17th 1911 with the Welsh Regiment. This lovely photograph, beautifully showcasing the uniform of the time, shows the 2nd Battalion leaving Cardiff for Liverpool. #Travel #army #armylife #traintravel #uniform #soldier

#ThrowbackThursday to the First World War and the 12th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. This pic was taken in 1917 at a training camp. The 12th was a service battalion, based in the UK, and provided training and casualty replacements for other units. #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #archive

We love a bit of trench art and this little coal scuttle is no exception! Made from a First World War German 75mm shell case, it is decorated with the Welsh Regiment cap badge and has a lovely brass handle. #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #TrenchArt #collection #museum #souvenir

#FridayFun A battalion of tiny soldiers have taken over the craft area & are threatening to overrun the museum! These adorable little soldiers were made by children visiting the museum over the Easter break and as far as we're concerned, they are very welcome to stay! #museumfun