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Prince Alfred's Guard Museum (PAGM) in Port
Elizabeth was formed through the amalgamation of a military museum formerly
housed in the Donkin Reserve complex and the regimental museum of the Prince
Alfred's Guard Regiment. The Prince Alfred's Guard (PAG), is a City Regiment
which was founded in 1856 as the Port Elizabeth Volunteer Rifle Corps. Its
name changed by Royal assent after it provided a Royal Guard for Prince
Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, on his visit to the
City in 1860. The Victorian Drill Hall, in which the museum is housed,
is one of the finest surviving examples of its type. It was opened in 1880
and has been the regiment's headquarters ever since. The building, a National
Monument, has been extensively restored and partly converted to museum use.
(source: South African Tourism)
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