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Drawn on the Western Front: Paul Sarrut and the Indian Army

Through a unique selection of intimate sketches, this free exhibition offers a rare glimpse of everyday life for soldiers serving far from home during the First World War.

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An exterior photograph of the entrance to the National Army Museum

The new home for Lord Ashcroft's Victoria Crosses and George Crosses

From summer 2026, the National Army Museum will display medals from the Lord Ashcroft Collection, showcasing remarkable stories of bravery.

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A display showing the kinds of prosthetics used by military veterans

Talk

18 Sep 2026 Free

Combat Casualties: What Should We Do When the Fighting is Over?

Surgeon, professor and soldier Shehan Hettiaratchy examines how society can support those affected by war.

Challenger tanks of the Queen's Royal Hussars participating in Exercise Venerable Gauntlet at the Sennelager Training Area in Germany, 2016

Talk

25 Sep 2026 Free

Target Stopped: The History of the Modern Tank

Author Sam Cranny-Evans explores the technical evolution of the modern tank, from the Second World War through to the present day.

Trumpet banner on display in the Amy at Home gallery

Tour

25 Sep 2026 £12.50

Gallery Tour: Military Embroidery

Curator Mel O’Brien-Price introduces some of the finest examples of military embroidery on display at the Museum.

Detail from the painting 'Home Again, 1858'

Myth and Reality: Military Art in the Age of Queen Victoria

This major exhibition of rarely seen artworks explores changing attitudes towards soldiers and the Army during Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901).

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Stories of alliance

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Nato and the British Army

Nato has been the cornerstone of British defence planning for over 70 years. Originally formed as a bulwark against communism, more recently it has been involved in peacekeeping roles and the ‘war on terror’.

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Corporal Danny Groves

Danny Groves served as a mortar section commander with the Royal Irish Regiment in Afghanistan in 2006. At Musa Qala, he was embroiled in one of the Army’s most intense and gruelling sieges of recent times.

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In Their Own Words: Staff Sergeant Chantelle Taylor

Chantelle Taylor served as a combat medic during the war in Afghanistan. In 2008, while on patrol in Helmand Province, she became the first female British soldier to kill an enemy combatant at close quarters.

Detail from a jacket worn by Captain John Malcolmson VC, c1860

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