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*'''1881''' became '''The Royal Fusiliers''' (City of London Regiment) | *'''1881''' became '''The Royal Fusiliers''' (City of London Regiment) | ||
*'''1968''' amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers ([[5th Regiment of Foot]]), The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers ([[6th Regiment of Foot]]) and the Lancashire Fusiliers ([[20th Regiment of Foot]]) to form 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | *'''1968''' amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers ([[5th Regiment of Foot]]), The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers ([[6th Regiment of Foot]]) and the Lancashire Fusiliers ([[20th Regiment of Foot]]) to form 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | ||
==Cholera epidemic in 1869== | |||
There was a cholera epidemic in the Regiment in 1869 at Saugor, in Central India.<ref> JillGrey. | |||
[https://web.archive.org/web/20190425174459/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/12908139 Cholera at Saugor, 1869 (1)] and | |||
[https://web.archive.org/web/20190425174530/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/12908024/ Cholera at Saugor, 1869 (2)] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 1 June 2000, now archived.</ref> The referenced description refers to the book ''A Soldier’s Experience: ... showing the price of war in blood and treasure'' ... By one of the Royal Fusiliers,Timothy Gowing. This book is available online, refer Historical Books below. | |||
== External links == | |||
== External | |||
*[http://www.royalfuzileers.com/regiment.html Royal Fusiliers] Royal Fuzileers Website | *[http://www.royalfuzileers.com/regiment.html Royal Fusiliers] Royal Fuzileers Website | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Fusiliers Royal Fusiliers] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Fusiliers Royal Fusiliers] Wikipedia | ||
*[ | *[https://rrflondon.2day.uk The Fusiliers In London: The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers] includes | ||
**[ | **[https://rrflondon.2day.uk/section/HistoryofTheRoyalRegimentofFusiliers History of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Regimental Brochure] with | ||
***[http:// | ***[http://2day.uk/siteFiles/files/RRFLondon_policing_1131660151.pdf Indian Mutiny and Frontier Campaigns (1857-1880)] | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071214220218/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/007RFus.htm The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216143609/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/007-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216215907/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/007-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site. | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20071214220218/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/007RFus.htm The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216143609/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/007-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216215907/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/007-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site. | ||
*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent Family History Society] | *[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent Family History Society] | ||
*[ | *[https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/home The Fusilier Museum, London] includes | ||
**[http://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/uncategorized/passage-to-india/ Some details of Indian service] | **About Us/Regimental history and About Us/Timeline | ||
*** | **Our Collection/Research/Resources/[https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/research-documents Research Documents] including [https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/download?id=12382 Location of Battalions 1685-1968] compiled and edited by J P Kelleher. Same download, [http://rrflondon.2day.uk/siteFiles/files/RRFLondon_RFLocationofBattalions_1246371704.pdf rrflondon.2day.uk] | ||
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20110726073755/http://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/uncategorized/passage-to-india/ Some details of Indian service], now an archived webpage. | |||
***Previously available, Family photograph of Colour Sergeant Rowe 1st Battalion Poona 1889 (wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Family-photo-India-1889.jpg) perhaps may become located via the Search. | |||
==Historical books online== | ==Historical books online== | ||
*[http://archive.org/stream/asoldiersexperi00gowigoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''A Soldier's Experience: Or, A Voice from the Ranks Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, the Indian Mutiny, the Afghan Campaigns of 1863]'' by one of the Royal Fusiliers (Timothy Gowing) 1892, (first published 1883). Archive.org. Indian section commences [http://archive.org/stream/asoldiersexperi00gowigoog#page/n302/mode/2up page 251] including [http://archive.org/stream/asoldiersexperi00gowigoog#page/n372/mode/2up "The Umballah Campaign of 1863"], page 315 and [http://archive.org/stream/asoldiersexperi00gowigoog#page/n396/mode/2up "Letters from India"], page 339 | *[http://archive.org/stream/asoldiersexperi00gowigoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''A Soldier's Experience: Or, A Voice from the Ranks Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, the Indian Mutiny, the Afghan Campaigns of 1863]'' by one of the Royal Fusiliers (Timothy Gowing) 1892, (first published 1883). Archive.org. Indian section commences [http://archive.org/stream/asoldiersexperi00gowigoog#page/n302/mode/2up page 251] including [http://archive.org/stream/asoldiersexperi00gowigoog#page/n372/mode/2up "The Umballah Campaign of 1863"], page 315 and [http://archive.org/stream/asoldiersexperi00gowigoog#page/n396/mode/2up "Letters from India"], page 339 | ||
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015009020481?urlappend=%3Bseq=21 ''Historical Records of the 7th or Royal Regiment of Fusiliers now known as the Royal Fusiliers (the City of London Regiment) 1685-1903. Compiled from histories of the Royal Fusiliers by the late Mr. Cannon...and the late Colonel G.H. Waller...and from ms. records and journals supplied by the Officers of the Regiment…''] by John Percy Groves 1903 | *[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015009020481?urlappend=%3Bseq=21 ''Historical Records of the 7th or Royal Regiment of Fusiliers now known as the Royal Fusiliers (the City of London Regiment) 1685-1903. Compiled from histories of the Royal Fusiliers by the late Mr. Cannon...and the late Colonel G.H. Waller...and from ms. records and journals supplied by the Officers of the Regiment…''] by John Percy Groves 1903 HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available [https://archive.org/details/7throyalfusiliersgroves/page/n13/mode/2up Archive.org]. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/royalfusiliersin00onei/page/n9 ''The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War''] by H C O'Neill 1922 Archive.org. In addition to the [[Western Front]], includes [[Gallipoli]], [[Salonika]] and [[East Africa (First World War)|East Africa]]. | *[https://archive.org/details/royalfusiliersin00onei/page/n9 ''The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War''] by H C O'Neill 1922 Archive.org. In addition to the [[Western Front]], includes [[Gallipoli]], [[Salonika]] and [[East Africa (First World War)|East Africa]]. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/royalregimentoff0000unse/mode/2up ''The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers''] by the Fusiliers Museum, HM Tower of London. Catalogued 1999. A book of 49 pages. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 06:18, 11 March 2024
Also known as The Royal Fusiliers
History
- 1685 raised as the Ordnance Regiment by Lord Dartmouth
- 1751 became 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers)
- 1881 became The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
- 1968 amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th Regiment of Foot), The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers (6th Regiment of Foot) and the Lancashire Fusiliers (20th Regiment of Foot) to form 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Cholera epidemic in 1869
There was a cholera epidemic in the Regiment in 1869 at Saugor, in Central India.[1] The referenced description refers to the book A Soldier’s Experience: ... showing the price of war in blood and treasure ... By one of the Royal Fusiliers,Timothy Gowing. This book is available online, refer Historical Books below.
External links
- Royal Fusiliers Royal Fuzileers Website
- Royal Fusiliers Wikipedia
- The Fusiliers In London: The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers includes
- The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site.
- North West Kent Family History Society
- The Fusilier Museum, London includes
- About Us/Regimental history and About Us/Timeline
- Our Collection/Research/Resources/Research Documents including Location of Battalions 1685-1968 compiled and edited by J P Kelleher. Same download, rrflondon.2day.uk
- Some details of Indian service, now an archived webpage.
- Previously available, Family photograph of Colour Sergeant Rowe 1st Battalion Poona 1889 (wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Family-photo-India-1889.jpg) perhaps may become located via the Search.
Historical books online
- A Soldier's Experience: Or, A Voice from the Ranks Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, the Indian Mutiny, the Afghan Campaigns of 1863 by one of the Royal Fusiliers (Timothy Gowing) 1892, (first published 1883). Archive.org. Indian section commences page 251 including "The Umballah Campaign of 1863", page 315 and "Letters from India", page 339
- Historical Records of the 7th or Royal Regiment of Fusiliers now known as the Royal Fusiliers (the City of London Regiment) 1685-1903. Compiled from histories of the Royal Fusiliers by the late Mr. Cannon...and the late Colonel G.H. Waller...and from ms. records and journals supplied by the Officers of the Regiment… by John Percy Groves 1903 HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available Archive.org.
- The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War by H C O'Neill 1922 Archive.org. In addition to the Western Front, includes Gallipoli, Salonika and East Africa.
- The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers by the Fusiliers Museum, HM Tower of London. Catalogued 1999. A book of 49 pages. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
References
- ↑ JillGrey. Cholera at Saugor, 1869 (1) and Cholera at Saugor, 1869 (2) Rootsweb India Mailing List 1 June 2000, now archived.