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*[http://www.rwf-forum.co.uk/vBulletin/content.php?149-The-Vault The Royal Welch Forum: the Vault] includes [http://www.rwf-forum.co.uk/vBulletin/content.php?189-Deployments Deployments from 1881] | *[http://www.rwf-forum.co.uk/vBulletin/content.php?149-The-Vault The Royal Welch Forum: the Vault] includes [http://www.rwf-forum.co.uk/vBulletin/content.php?189-Deployments Deployments from 1881] | ||
*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/roywelchfus_index.htm The Royal Welch Fusiliers] British Armed Forces & National Service. Includes deployments | *[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/roywelchfus_index.htm The Royal Welch Fusiliers] British Armed Forces & National Service. Includes deployments | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071225172120/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/023RWF.htm The Royal Welch Fusiliers]. Regiments.org, an archived site. | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20071225172120/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/023RWF.htm The Royal Welch Fusiliers] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071202171806/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/023-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219061156/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/023-2.htm 2nd Battalion]. Regiments.org, an archived site. | ||
*[http://www.rwfmuseum.org.uk/ The Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum] | *[http://www.rwfmuseum.org.uk/ The Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum] | ||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 11:18, 16 October 2011
Known as The Welsh Regiment of Fusiliers
Chronology
- 1689 formed as Lord Herbert's Regiment of Foot
- 1702 known as The Welsh Regiment of Fusiliers
- 1713 became Royal Welsh Regiment of Fusiliers
- 1714 became the The Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment of Welch Fuzileers
- 1723 became The Royal Regiment of Welch Fuzileers
- 1747 ranked as 23rd Regiment of Foot
- 1751 became 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fuzileers)
- 1881 became The Royal Welsh Fusiliers
- 1920 became The Royal Welch Fusiliers (ancient spelling of "Welch" officially restored, but regiment had always unofficially retained that style)
- 2006 amalgamated with the Royal Regiment of Wales (RRW) to become 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh
External Links
- Royal Welch Fusiliers Wikipedia
- History of the Royal Welsh theroyalwelsh.org
- The Royal Welch Forum: the Vault includes Deployments from 1881
- The Royal Welch Fusiliers British Armed Forces & National Service. Includes deployments
- The Royal Welch Fusiliers including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion. Regiments.org, an archived site.
- The Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum