Cheshire Military Museum is situated in the former barrack block of Chester Castle. Designed by Thomas Harrison and completed in 1810 it forms a key part of the Grade 1 listed complex. Architectural critic Nikolas Pevsner wrote of Harrison's remodelled castle: 'what he has achieved here is one of the most powerful monuments of the Greek Revival in the whole of England.'
The museum houses objects relating to the soldiers of Cheshire, in particular those Regiments which have a long association with the city of Chester; the Cheshire Regiment, Cheshire Yeomanry, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards and the 3rd Carabiniers. The collection covers a broad swathe of British and world history from the late seventeenth century to the present day with items ranging from the organisational to those of an intensely personal and private nature.
The oil paintings of the collection vary widely in their age and quality and depict individual soldiers, their families, ceremonial occasions and battle scenes, thus reflecting the histories of the Regiments portrayed.
The paintings belonging to Cheshire Military Museum can be visited by the public. However, a number of the paintings are held in storage. If you would like to view a specific painting, please contact the collection.
Askari, Corporal of the 5th Kings African RiflesGaby Remnant
Cheshire Military Museum
The Volunteers Band Marching Past the Greyhound Public House in Altrincham unknown artist
Cheshire Military Museum
Henry Edward Watson (b.1832), Major General, Fourth Son of William Jonas Watson unknown artist
Cheshire Military Museum
Marching through StockportChristopher John Beard (b.1945)
Cheshire Military Museum
Indian Corps of DrumsJames Arthur Pownall (active 1893–1931)
Cheshire Military Museum
3rd Battalion ‘B’ Company 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment about to Depart from the Old Drill Hall, Macclesfield for the New Ypres Barracks 3 No. 1990Christopher John Beard (b.1945)