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HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars

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The museum has a range of exhibits, including military uniforms, medals, weapons, military models, equipment and armoured vehicles. The exhibits are supplemented by audio-visual displays, virtual tours, photographs, and life-sized model horses.
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The museum also shows several paintings which illustrate a wide range of subjects including former important generals such as Major General Sir John Douglas, who commanded the 11th Hussars at the
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The museum has a shop which sells a range of military-related products and memorabilia, and there is a nearby cafe, Copper Joes, also located in the
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for rescuing a comrade and his horse under heavy shell fire and
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HorsePower is located in Hampshire
Winchester
Hampshire
Coordinates
51°03′44.7″N 1°19′13.5″W / 51.062417°N 1.320417°W / 51.062417; -1.320417
Military Museum
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
www.horsepowermuseum.co.uk
military museum
Winchester
Hampshire
King's Royal Hussars
Winchester's Military Museums
Peninsula Barracks
10th Royal Hussars
11th Royal Hussars
Royal Hussars
The King's Royal Hussars
Charge of the Light Brigade
South Africa
Boer War
Godfrey Douglas Giles
dugout
trench warfare
Crimean War
Boer War
Henry William Engleheart
Victoria Cross

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