Nevington War Museum
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Introduction

The Nevington War Museum is a culmination of many years of research, wild imagination and the ability to see things through the eye of an adult and the enthusiasiam of a child.

Nevington is a village in the south of England. Its history is as shrouded as the mists of time and its where abouts obliterated by the Fog of War. Nevington is the Valhalla of fighting equipment of the first half of the Twentieth Century. The weapons and vehicles housed in the Museum found their way there via a multitude of contorted paths. Each vehicle and weapons journey to the Nevington Museum is unique. During the dark days of war and in peacetime secrecy, items were donated, often smuggled, to the museum by their users at a risk to their own lives.

The Village itself is located near a deep-water harbor and not too far from a large partially forested plain. To get there one must take the train south, a bus west and finally trek into the forests and depending on your mood, you can find it virtually anywhere.

The Museum specialises in the equipment listed on the right, but generally collects anything as it becomes available.

Please enjoy your Visit to the Museum.


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Nevington History
A history of the museum through its founding and onwards.

How the Museum is Organised

The Museum is layed out in the following way:

The Nevington Collections
A look at what exhibits the Museum has in its collection, what is in storage, in the restoration workshops, in the paint shop and finally on display.  Each item in the collection will have a title page featuring the On Display Model, some basic Information and if the item has been donated or sponsored.

Catalogue of Weapons.
The Catalogue lists all other weapons not in the Collection
This section is divided by country. Within each country depending on the weapons catelogued there are further subdivisions by, time period (WW I, Interwar, WW II and Miscellaneous). 

     Vehicles
        Listed by Country, Type and variants
           Horse Drawn Equipment
           Bicycles,Motorcycles and Scooters
           Cars
           Armoured Cars
           Trucks
           Halftracks
           Tanks - listed by types and variants.
           Trailers

     Artillery
           Arranged by Country and Type

     Aircraft
          Aircraft are divided by Country, Manufacturer, 
           Type and variants.

      Infantry Weapons
          This section is divided by weapon type by Country
                  Pistols 
                   Revolvers 
                   Flare Pistols 
                   Bolt Action Rifles 
                   Automatic Rifles 
                   Sniper Rifles
                   Sub-machine Guns 
                   Light Machine Guns 
                   Heavy Machine uns 
                   Anti Tank Rifles 
                   Flamethrowers 
                   Hand Grenades 
                   Landmines 
                   Demolition Charges 
                   Knives
                   Swords and Bayonets

        Uniforms and equipment
             Arranged by time period and country

        Other
             If an Item has not been donated then at the end 
             of each catelogue item there will be a list of 
             Manufactures that  could donate such an item to
             the museum.

       Forge and Foundry
              How to restore items for display in the Museum

       Timeline For War 
              A history of early 20th Century warfare.


       Rules of Engagement 
               Covers Rules for Wargames 
from Strategic down
​               to skirmish level.
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