| The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment Military Museum | |
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| Location | The Armouries 100 Montreal Street Kingston, ON K7K 3E8, Canada |
| Type | Regimental Museum |
The museum collects and conserves military artifacts pertaining to the regiment, its antecedents and other militia or military organizations whose roots are found in Kingston. The museum displays artifacts appropriately to members of the military and community in order to foster a better understanding of the military heritage of Kingston’s citizen soldiers in peace and war. The museum serves as a resource for the teaching of military history both to the members of the Regiment and to the public. The Kingston Armouries is a classified Federal Heritage building 1989 on the Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings.
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Fred C Palmer marching band World War 1; (East Kent Regiment), which raised nine battalions in World War I. Today the Buffs are amalgamated into the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
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Fred C Palmer Royal Fusiliers portrait World War 1
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Fred C Palmer equestrian portrait World War 1
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Fred C Palmer World War 1 ASC soldiers
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Fred C Palmer World War 1 horses
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