Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum
Tuesday, 20 December 2016
Christmas 1916
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Christmas 1916 saw the Second Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers in the trenches on the Western Front. They did however manage Christmas ...
Thursday, 15 December 2016
15th DECEMBER 1702 – ON THIS DAY IN RWF HISTORY
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First formed into a fusilier regiment, called the ‘Welch Regiment of Fusileers’, 1702 It was announced in the Daily Courant that Ingol...
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
28th November 1885 – ON THIS DAY IN RWF HISTORY
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Surrender of King Theebaw, Burma, 1885 1 RWF, serving in India, was ordered to join the force about to leave for Rangoon because of strai...
25th November 1917 – ON THIS DAY IN RWF HISTORY
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40th Division, with 19 RWF, at attack on Bourlon Wood, France, 1917 The failure to take Bourlon ridge during the tank battle of Cambrai...
18th November 1857 – ON THIS DAY IN RWF HISTORY
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Lieut TB Hackett and Boy G Monger won VCs, 1857 In capturing the hospital at Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, India its thatched roof caught fir...
15th November 1924 – ON THIS DAY IN RWF HISTORY
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Regimental Great War Memorial unveiled in Wrexham, 1924 It was dedicated by the Archbishop of Wales in front of a large number of serving...
Saturday, 15 October 2016
15th October 1841 - ON THIS DAY IN RWF HISTORY
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Lt Col Arthur Wellesley Torrens assume command of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Originally commissioned into the Grenadier Guard he transfer...
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