It is here that we hold extensive records of individual soldiers who served in the 1 st Life Guards, 2nd Life Guards, The Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards (Blues) and the Household Battalion. We also have a great deal of related material including officers’ records of service, regimental order books and diaries, regimental returns, medical officer’s returns, regimental appointment books, court martial ledgers, casualty books, register of deserters, marriage and baptism rolls, attestation and discharge books, etc.
Unfortunately we hold no individual service records of soldiers who served in the 1st (Royal) Dragoons (IRD). Surviving records 1760-1920 of the lRD are held at The National Archives at Kew, although the Museum does have some documents related to the Regiment’s service during the First World War, including a nominal roll.
Also within the building is the Library, which contains many books and regimental journals telling over 360 years of history of the Regiment. The facility at Windsor also has a large collection of photographs but in order that the images can be made available to veterans, researchers and other interested parties, the collection is at the moment being carefully sorted and collated. The Reserve Collection is also here and some selected items are on display for visitors to admire.
Research enquiry information
A research service is available at Windsor and all work is undertaken by Museum Volunteers and as we receive no direct funding, there is a charge for each service.
The initial cost for this service is currently £35 and is non-refundable even if no information is found. We cannot guarantee what type of information will be returned from your search only that which we hold within our regimental archives. In many instances our archive may reveal a substantial record of an individual and in these cases an additional £15 will be required for copying, packaging and postal costs.
If you require a search of the Archive to be undertaken please complete the Archive enquiry form, providing as much information as possible and return the form with your cheque made payable to Household Cavalry Museum Trust to the address on the form.
Visiting the Archive
Visits to the Household Cavalry Museum Archive in Windsor are welcome for pre arranged groups only.
To arrange a guided tour of the Museum Archive for your group, please email us at archive@householdcavalry.co.uk.
All visits require advance booking to ensure security clearance with our military hosts.
We kindly request a minimum of 5 guests and a maximum of 20 guests per guided tours.
Your tour will include a visit to the Household Cavalry Training Wing stables, where you can witness soldiers learning to ride and see the new horses being trained. Afterward, you'll return to the Archive for an informative talk about our history. Guests will also have the opportunity to handle historical uniforms and equipment, and view rare and unique items that are not displayed in our main London museum.
