To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, the REME Museum will be hosting talks about the build-up to D-Day. This talk is included in your general admission ticket and will take place in our Conference Room at the stated times. Taking place at 15:00 The Logistic Build-Up to D-Day Much has been written about D-Day and the Normandy campaign, but how the troops and their equipment were marshalled, protected, fed, supplied, trained, hidden, armed, mended etc. has not been well documented. Since "Tactics is the art of the logistically possible" (attributed to General ..read more

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, the REME Museum will be hosting talks about the build-up to D-Day. This talk is included in your general admission ticket and will take place in our Conference Room at the stated times. Taking place at 11:00 and 13:00 World War II Waterproofing and Wading in Weymouth Mike and Ann Jones will be joining us to celebrate their new book World War II Waterproofing and Wading in Weymouth, launched this year to specifically commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The publication, created in collaboration with the ..read more

In the afternoon of Saturday 13 April, the REME Museum unveiled a very exciting new display in our Remembrance Gallery. The main exhibit is the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC) awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 Adam ‘Dusty’ Miller CGC, the highest gallantry honour awarded to any REME soldier and the only one of its kind. The display also contains Miller’s campaign and service medals, and photographs and documents relating to the CGC, including the award citation. Thanks to the number of documents received in the acquisition, we will be occasionally rotating the ones on display so that visito ..read more

Author: Richard Davies, Curator Regular readers will know we occasionally focus on items from the permanent collection. This piece is no exception, as it takes as its subject a group of objects connected to a former Corps sergeant. John Bennett McRae was born on 18 March 1924 in Dundee. He went on to have a long and varied career with the British Army, represented by the 5 medals and presentation cigarette case recently acquired by the Museum. The medal group awarded to Sergeant McRae. Left to right: 1939 – 1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, 1918 – 1962 General Servi ..read more

This year, 6 June 2024 will mark 80 years since the D-Day landings in 1944, which saw British and Allied troops taking part in the invasion of Normandy to liberate France. Every year we put together our iconic Gnome Trail for the Summer Holidays. This year, we have extended and improved the trail, bringing it out early to commemorate the D-Day landings and all those who took part! Get ready to discover the roles of different REME Trades on D-Day and the days following. Explore our galleries through the eyes of those who served, in an exciting adventure involving gnomes, history and quizzes.&nb ..read more

The REME Museum is delighted to announce the acquisition of a set of medals from Warrant Officer Class 2 Adam 'Dusty' Miller CGC, including the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC). This medal is the only one of its kind awarded to a REME soldier and the highest gallantry award any REME personnel has ever received. The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross is an operational gallantry medal, second only to the Victoria Cross, awarded to all ranks in recognition of "acts of conspicuous gallantry during active operations against the enemy". Since it was first introduced in 1993, only 60 have been awarded in t ..read more

Discover our exciting Reserve Vehicle Collection on an expert-led tour of The Roger Jones MBE Vehicle Hanger (also known as A-Site). These tours are designed to offer a behind-the-scenes view of the work we do to preserve our unique collection of repair and recovery vehicles, as well as a more in-depth discussion of the vehicles' histories. If you would like to attend the tour, please read the following carefully and thoroughly: The purpose of this page is to explain in detail the tours offered by the Museum. It is intended to give you all the information you require so that you can make an in ..read more

Discover our exciting Reserve Vehicle Collection on an expert-led tour of The Roger Jones MBE Vehicle Hanger (also known as A-Site). These tours are designed to offer a behind-the-scenes view of the work we do to preserve our unique collection of repair and recovery vehicles, as well as a more in-depth discussion of the vehicles' histories. If you would like to attend the tour, please read the following carefully and thoroughly: The purpose of this page is to explain in detail the tours offered by the Museum. It is intended to give you all the information you require so that you can make an in ..read more

Our annual special exhibition for 2024 "Two Sides: The Art of REME" is now open to view in our Temporary Exhibition Gallery. This is a unique collaborative art exhibition between the REME Museum and the MOD Lyneham Officers' Mess, showcasing fine art pieces by a range of artists including Grace Ward, Norman Thelwell, Edward Seago and Bernard Dunston. The Museum's contributions include pieces created by and/or of REME personnel, often depicting scenes of personnel working with equipment or within REME workshops. The Officers' Mess contributions are selected from their large private collection o ..read more

1 October 2020 marks 78 years since the formation of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. To mark the occasion we’re exploring one of the most icon items in the Museum’s collection: a giant, carefully crafted birth certificate. This commemorative creation ingeniously records the Corps, Councils and famous figures that came together to form REME nearly 80 years ago, in the form of a period-typical birth certificate. The difference is, it’s for a Corps, not a baby, and it's over 120cm long. The Corps birth certificate. A:1958.0116. Created to celebrate the Corps’ formal ‘birthday’ on 1 ..read more