Project with Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum

The GA was delighted to be involved in a project with the Royal Hampshire Regiment in Winchester. This has a very good collection on Gallipoli, including the very famous painting of the River Clyde. One of their volunteers, Kayte West, organised ten days of activities involving a local school, South Wonston Pimary. They came to the musuem and did a range of activities based on the landings of April 25th. The pupils behaved brillaintly. One of the activites was to study biographies of soldiers and write about them. Their writing was included in a booklet which is now avaialble in the museum.The activities led to the production of a commemorative picture based on a collage. Their parents and other members of the community were invited to the unveiling of the picture, which is now displayed permanently in the musuem. Kayte then repeated the activity with a local scout group.

The pupils study the painting.

The pupils get ready to re-enact the landing in the garden of the Museum, led by Kayte.

The scouts working hard.

The unveiling of the picture.