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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 links ==
*[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
*[http://rrflondon.2day.ws/RRFLondon The Fusiliers In London: The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers] includes  
*[https://rrflondon.2day.uk The Fusiliers In London: The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers] includes  
**[http://rrflondon.2day.ws/RRFLondon/section/HistoryofTheRoyalRegimentofFusiliers/ History of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Regimental Brochure] with
**[https://rrflondon.2day.uk/section/HistoryofTheRoyalRegimentofFusiliers History of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Regimental Brochure] with
***[http://www.2day.ws/siteFiles/files/RRFLondon_policing_1131660151.pdf Indian Mutiny and Frontier Campaigns (1857-1880)]
***[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.  
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-06/0959853039 post] is about the Cholera epidemic in the Regiment in 1869 at Saugor, in Central India, with quotes from 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 below. .There is an edition published  by Leonaur in 2010 as ''Gowing of the Royal Fusiliers: the Experiences of a Fusilier on Campaign During the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny and the Umballah Campaign 1853-72'', available through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0857063383 FIBIS Shop]
*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent Family History Society]
*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent Family History Society]
*[http://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/The Fusilier Museum, London]  
*[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
***[http://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Family-photo-India-1889.jpg Family photograph of Colour Sergeant Rowe 1st Battalion Poona 1889]
**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 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 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/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.
 
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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

Historical books online

References

  1. JillGrey. Cholera at Saugor, 1869 (1) and Cholera at Saugor, 1869 (2) Rootsweb India Mailing List 1 June 2000, now archived.