Fusiliers Museum
Set within the Tower of London, this regimental museum follows the Royal Fusiliers from their 17th-century origins to the present. Uniforms, colours, weapons, silver and a renowned medal collection connect battlefield episodes—from Crimea to the World Wars—to the lives behind the regiment’s City of London title.
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What's not to miss inside?
Medal & Gallantry Gallery
A concentrated record of service and sacrifice, including multiple Victoria Crosses awarded to the regiment.Each group tells a precise story—rank, theatre, date—etched in metal and ribbon.
📍 Upper display rooms
From Fusils to Modern Arms
The ‘Fusilier’ name comes from the fusil (a light flintlock) issued to artillery guards; later displays show percussion, bolt-action and automatic transitions.Trigger, ignition and rate of fire shift with technology—and so do battlefield tactics.
📍 Arms cases, main gallery
Colours, Drums & Silver
Regimental identity objects—embroidered colours, presentation drums and mess silver—carry battle honours and civic ties to the City of London.Ceremonial objects double as archives: battle names are literally stitched and engraved into them.
📍 Central cases and wall hangs
City Battalions in World War I
Displays trace ‘City’ battalions raised from London trades and professions serving on the Western Front, Gallipoli and beyond.Badges, trench maps and personal kit illuminate daily reality behind unit titles.
📍 20th-century section
Inspire your Friends
- The Royal Fusiliers were raised at the Tower of London in 1685 to guard the Board of Ordnance—hence the light ‘fusils’ suited to protecting artillery.
- Under the 1881 Childers Reforms the unit became the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), formalising its civic identity with the Square Mile.
- The museum occupies the regiment’s historic quarters inside the Tower precinct, linking the collection to its original garrison site.
