The Combined Military Services Museum

Station Road
Maldon
CM9 4LQ
www.cmsm.co.uk
email: cmsm@btopenworld.com
Telephone: 01621 841826
Fax: 01621 850223

The museum is a state registered charity housing a collection of British military artefacts. A number of items on display are of national importance.

A good example is the only surviving MK2 ‘Cockle’ canoe and other equipment used in the “Cockleshell Heroes” raid.

There is an excellent display of Civil War armour, as well as fully equipped models of paratroopers from Arnhem, Suez and the Falklands. The main weapons employed by the army are exhibited, from Civil War swords to anti-aircraft and anti-tank armour. A complete example of a Chieftain Tank is an imposing exhibit in the museum grounds alongside an armoured Iraqi Personnel Carrier, captured during the first Gulf War and a Thunderbird Missile.

The museum also holds rare RAF survival and escape equipment in addition to an extensive collection of aircraft munitions. A significant feature of the collection is a TSR2 jet engine, the only remaining example on public display.

A variety of personal documents focus on the social history of warfare and the conditions endured both at home and abroad.

Clandestine equipment used by the Secret Services forms a fascinating display, and includes the account written by the real “Q” of James Bond fame regarding the birth of MI9.

Opening times:
Wednesday – Sunday 10.30 am – 5.00 pm (open Bank Holiday Mondays). The Museum is open at other times to pre-booked schools and groups.