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==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 Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[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
*[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==

Revision as of 11:02, 11 January 2021

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.