Islington Museum
Explore Islington’s stories of the people, the places and the ideas that created our borough. The Friends of Islington Museum support the museum in all its activities!
Get involved to learn about the borough’s hidden histories, explore our collections and learn about what makes Islington such a fascinating place to live, work, and play.
Islington Museum
Visit to explore Islington’s story through free exhibitions and programming.
Current Exhibition
Our Islington: Art of the Borough
Celebrating Islington’s artists, with chances to add your own creations. 12/09/24 – 12/01/24
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Islington Archives
Visit to do hands-on exploration of our archive of 100,000+ documents related to the borough.
Islington Heritage Projects
Learn about how we are conserving Islington’s heritage and bringing art to the borough.
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Finsbury Rifles, Away from the Western Front. 23rd February to 27th February 1916.
Date 23 to 25/2/16 Normal camp duty. Date 26/2/16 Normal camp duty. Lieut Windsor returns to duty. Date 27/2/16 Normal camp routine. Lieut Doyle RAMC returns to duty. For any unfamiliar terms, please explore the Glossary.
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Finsbury Rifles, Away from the Western Front. 17th February to 22nd February 1916.
Still stationed at Mena, we see that the Regiment have opened a Miniature Range for firing practice, at the camp. We also see more evidence of the ebb and flow of different Ranks leaving and returning to duty. Date 17 to 19/2/16 Normal Camp Routine. Lt. and T.A. Tutin returns to duty. Miniature range opened.…
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Finsbury Rifles, Away from the Western Front. 10th February to 16th February 1916.
While stationed at Mena, soldiers underwent training. In this passage we can see that various ranks were sent to develop different skills, including an Officer’s Riding School. Officers rode alongside their men on route marches (although Lieutenant Harding mentioned that he sometimes marched on foot) and so needed to know how to ride a horse…
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