Kelshall basking in awards glory

Gaylord Kelshall, 63, curator of TT’s Military Museum, Chaguaramas, yesterday ex-pressed extreme gratitude as the recipient of a Chaconia gold medal for long and meritorious work in the public service.

“I am very honoured and extremely grateful,” said Kelshall. Aside from his most cherished museum, he can be described as a “man of many seasons,” having organised various functions and special events for the Government since the 1970s. He is also a former member of the Coast Guard. Kelshall, who resides in the museum, started it about 11 years ago when he decided to do something about his extensive collection of military artefacts. “The collections were something I started since I was a young boy and continued throughout my adult life,” he recalled, “the museum is a culmination of an entire life’s work.” Kelshall said that the museum has grown in popularity over the years. He said it usually gets about 25,000 foreign visitors every year but this has since grown by 20 percent.