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	Encyclopedia: Royal Welch Fusiliers
		The Royal Welch Fusiliers is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division.
		As a fusilier regiment, the RWF wears a hackle, which consists of a plume of white feathers worn on headress and mounted behind the cap-badge.
		The Royal Welch Fusiliers is a British army regiment, founded in 1689 as the 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Royal-Welch-Fusiliers (1759 words)

	Royal Welch Fusiliers, Band 1945 - 1988 Malaya, Cyprus, Paris, Canada, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland .
		Since their first engagement at The Battle of the Boyne in 1690, The Royal Welch Fusiliers have served their sovereign and their country with honour,pride and a dedication, duty unequalled in the history of the British Army.
		It was in 1844 that Queen Victoria gave the first Royal Goat,and since then the regular battalions and most of the territorial battalions have had a goat presented by the sovereign.
		In Recent times,when no goat was available in the Royal Herd; Her Majesty The Queen has graciously pleased to present a wild goat from the mountains of North Wales,Where several herds still exist.
	www.webex-siting.com /bluerwf1.html (529 words)

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		The Royal Welch Fusiliers is the oldest Welsh infantry Regiment and has recruited from throughout Wales ever since it was formed in 1689.
		The Royal Welch Fusiliers was raised at Ludlow, in the Welsh Marches, on the 16th March 1689.
		The Royal Welch Fusiliers were later present at the relief of Lucknow in 1857 and participated in many colonial wars before going to South Africa in 1899 and to China to raise the siege of the legations in Peking in 1900.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Flats/6804/55.html (978 words)

	Royal Welsh Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Welsh Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Territorial Army in the United Kingdom.
		It was formed in 1999 as part of the restructuring of the TA by the amalgamation of the two Welsh TA battalions:
		As part of the restructuring of the infantry announced in 2004, the Royal Welsh Regiment will become the TA battalion of the new amalgamated regiment of Wales, to be known as the Royal Welsh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Welsh_Regiment (124 words)

	Royal Welch Fusiliers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Royal Welch Fusiliers have a distinction that is unique amongst the British Army, and that is the right to wear the 'Flash' of five fl ribbon on the collar.
		In Battalions the ceremony 'Eating the Leek' is observed by the youngest soldier in each company, and by newly-joined officers and guests at dinner in the Officers' Mess, whilst drummers and fifers, led by the Regimental Goat, march round the table.
		Shortly after the 1797 Nore Mutiny when dining with the Regiment, King George IV expressed his wish that the Loyal Toast should be dispensed with as 'the loyalty of the Royal Welch is never in doubt'.
	www.rwfnet.co.uk /news/tradition.htm (440 words)

	Royal Welch Fusiliers
		In 1696, the 23d Regiment began to be known as the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
		From their first engagement at The Battle of the Boyne in 1690, The Royal Welch Fusiliers have served their sovereign and their country with honour, pride and a dedication to duty unequalled in the history of the British Army.
		On one of these occasions, no doubt mindful of the Regiment's declaration of loyalty during the mutiny, he is said to have expressed the wish that the Loyal Toast should be dispensed with as 'The loyalty of the Royal Welch is never in doubt'.
	www.cwreenactors.com /~crimean/23ddoc.htm (755 words)

	Welch Fusiliers
		The plate with the royal arms in front of the cap has gone, and has been replaced by a badge, and there is an arrangement of gold cords at the back, invisible in the picture, ending in two large tassels.
		The RWF is one of only four out of fifty-one English and Welsh regiments of infantry of the line that have remained unaffected by disbandments, amalgamations and redesignations since Cardwells reforms at the end of the nineteenth century.
		The Militia battalions are the Royal Denbigh and Merioneth, which wore a red dragon on the Glengarry; and the Royal Carnarvon, which had a bugle on the colllar and Glengarry.
	www.regimental-art.com /welch_fusiliers.htm (4826 words)

	Tradditions
		The Royal Welch Fusiliers was the last regiment which wore the pigtail.
		Wherever the Royal Welch Fusiliers happen to be in peace or war, at home or abroad, leeks are worn, and the day is observed whenever possible, as a holiday.
		It has always been a distinction of the Royal Welch Fusiliers that their Pioneers wear white buckskin aprons and gauntlets on parade; and though, in the year 1886, an inspecting General questioned their right to them, the result of an appeal to the War Office was a letter in which the then
	www.colwyn-bayrwf.org.uk /tradditions.htm (1499 words)

	WCBC : Latest News - Royal Welch Fusiliers War Memorial
		The Royal Welch Fusiliers War Memorial which was removed for refurbishment in June has now been returned to Bodhyfryd.
		The sculpture stands as a memorial to the 10,000 officers and men of the Royal Welch Fusiliers who were killed or died in the First World War and to those RWF soldiers who have died during conflicts since.
		It was originally unveiled in 1924 and the figures represent an 18th century Fusilier passing the Colours into the hands of his 20th century counterpart.
	www.wrexham.gov.uk /english/council/news/rwfmemorial.htm (402 words)

	Royal Welch Fusiliers
		It is because maintaining this family spirit is our most carefully preserved tradition, that the Royal Welch Fusiliers have continued to distinguish themselves by their professionalism and courage on operations.
		The First Battalion the Royal Welch Fusiliers is a Regular Army battalion and the largest employer in Wales.
		The Third Battalion the Royal Welch Fusiliers is a Territorial Army battalion based in North Wales at Wrexham.
	www.welshdragon.net /resources/Historical/welch_fusiliers.shtml (1066 words)

	The Royal Welch Fusiliers Comrades Website
		However it was not until the Great War that "The Royal Welch Fusiliers Comrades Association" was founded, and 1925 before a trust deed officially laying out the purposes of the association was registered in the "Central Office of the Supreme Court of Judicature".
		Her Majesty The Queen is Patron of the Association and The Colonel of The Regiment is its president.
		Royal Welch Fusiliers, afterwards the night is their own to do as they wish.
	www.wrexham-connection.co.uk /rwf.htm (716 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Wales \| Commander in Bosnia mission impossible
		He was ringing the commander of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, who was in a bunker under heavy shellfire in a Bosnian town being attacked by the Serbs.
		But the fusiliers did not have the manpower, the firepower, or an unambiguous mandate to defend the town fully.
		Vaastra - formerly in the Royal Welch Fusiliers is the Cardiff-based presenter of a BBC documentary on the deployment.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/wales/2534831.stm (749 words)

	BBC News Online \| Wales \| North east \| Mother's plea for Fusiliers' name
		The mother of a Royal Welch Fusilier killed in service in 1993 has pleaded with the government to keep the name of the regiment he served with.
		Barbara Edwards is shocked by plans to merge the Royal Welch Fusiliers and the Royal Regiment of Wales.
		The Fusiliers' administrative headquarters is currently in Wrexham and a campaign has been launched in the town to protect its identity.
	news.bbc.co.uk /nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_4294000/4294161.stm (491 words)

	Urwin/RWFiA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Royal Welch Fusiliers in America (RWFIA) was founded in 1964 in preparation for the American Revolution Bicentennial.
		The recreated 23rd Foot has the honor of being recognized by the Royal Welch Fusiliers in the modern British Army as their official representatives in the United States.
		The Regiment is a member of the Brigade of the American Revolution and the British Brigade, national organizations dedicated to the accurate portrayal of all soldiers that served during the war.
	www.temple.edu /history/People/urwin/Urwin_RWFiA.html (929 words)

	The War Poets at Craiglockhart
		The Royal Welch Fusiliers is a British army regiment, which was founded in Ludlow on 16 March 1689 as the 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers.
		When this practice was discontinued the King granted the Fusiliers a special concession to retain the ribbons with which the pigtails were tied.
		Among the most famous members of the Royal Welch Fusiliers are the war poets Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves.
	sites.scran.ac.uk /Warp/Royal_Welch.htm (213 words)

	The Iraq Page: Fusilier Stephen Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fusilier Stephen Jones, 22, from Denbigh, was serving with the Royal Welch Fusiliers when the accident happened.
		Mr Jones, who was married, was serving with a company of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
		A statement on the MoD's website read: "It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence has to confirm that Fusilier Stephen Jones died in a road traffic accident south of Al Amarah on 10 September 2004.
	www.pigstye.net /iraq/article.php/20040915081036776/print (338 words)

	The Royal Welch Fusiliers [UK]
		A Brief History of the 23rd Regiment of Foot, The Royal Welch Fusiliers [1689-1783], by J. Morgan.
		The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
		Hunter, David J. The regiments of Wales : the Welsh Guards, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, the Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st), the Monmouthshire Regiment.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/023RWF.htm (612 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 23rd Regiment of Foot Royal Welch Fusiliers is the oldest Welsh infantry regiment in Wales.
		The Royal Welch Fusiliers have a distinction unique amongst the British Army, the right to wear the ‘Flash’ of five fl ribbons on the collar, a relic of the days when soldiers wore pigtails.
		Later in the summer the Royal Welch Fusiliers return to Caernarfon Castle on August 26th and 27th for a re-enactment of the American War of Independence on British soil.
	www.emailwire.com /news/art1088.shtml (317 words)

	icWales - Infantry merger a 'sad reflection for second-class Wales' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tory Shadow Welsh Secretary Bill Wiggin also labelled proposals to bring together the Royal Welch Fusiliers, with whom he served, and the Royal Regiment of Wales as dangerous for the defence of the country.
		Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon announced plans to bring the regiments together as the 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh (The Royal Welch Fusiliers) and the 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh (The Royal Regiment of Wales), as part of a widely-trailed re-organisation of front line units.
		Major Bob Lake, who joined the Royal Welch in 1969 and is now the regimental secretary said, "We will be forming a new large regiment that will consist of two battalions.
	icwales.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/newspolitics/tm_objectid=14987138&method=full&siteid=50082&page=1&headline=infantry-merger-a--sad-reflection-for-second-class-wales--name_page.html (693 words)

	WW2 Memories Project- Royal Welch Fusiliers
		The Royal Welch Fusiliers were raised at Ludlow, on the 16th March 1689 and has seen continuous service ever since.
		During the Second WOrld War The Royal Welch Fusiliers raised 13 battalions, five of which saw action in North West Europe, Madagascar, and Burma.
		He was transferred to the Royal Leicesters 13th Battalion in 1943 and saw service in Africa and Italy and finished the war in Austria.
	www.wartimememories.co.uk /allied/royalwelchfussiliers.html (296 words)

	British Units
		It 1727 it was deginated the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
		Today the regiment is known as the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
		Royal Artillery: The Royal Artillery was orginally called the Train of Artillery until the name was changed in 1716.
	www.nps.gov /colo/Ythanout/britunits.htm (770 words)

	Lieutenant E Hollobon and Officers of the 5th (Flintshire) Battalion (Territorial) Royal Welch Fusiliers. by Lafayette ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lieutenant E Hollobon and Officers of the 5th (Flintshire) Battalion (Territorial) Royal Welch Fusiliers.
		Subject: Lieutenant E Hollobon and Officers of the 5th (Flintshire) Battalion (Territorial) Royal Welch Fusiliers.
		Occasion: The King's Levée, 26 February 1929: Officers of the 5th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, presented on appointment by the Secretary of State for War.
	lafayette.150m.com /hol11831.html (176 words)

	Hackle - TheBestLinks.com - British Army, Infantry, Royal Welch Fusiliers, Canadian Forces Land Force Command, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The hackle is a plume that is attached to the head-dress of infantry regiments in the British tradition that call themselves fusiliers.
		In the British Army, the colours of the three fusilier regiments are as follows:
		There were several other fusilier regiments which have been amalgamated and no longer exist.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Hackle.html (155 words)

	August 2001 MilitaryMusic.com E-NEWS - Altissimo! Recordings - MilitaryMusic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The march The Royal Welch Fusiliers is an example of one of these lesser known marches, but every bit as good in its own way as the top 10 Sousa marches that we normally hear.
		It was here that the 2nd battalion, the Royal Welch Fusiliers and the 1st battalion the United States Marines fought side by side to save the foreign legations besieged by the Chinese rebels.
		The Royal Welch were garrisoned in New York City in 1775 and fought throughout the American Revolution, sharing the fate of Cornwallis's command at Yorktown in 1781.
	www.militarymusic.com /200108.htm (3470 words)

	Robert Graves
		However, the prospect of spending another four years of his life studying Latin and Greek did not appeal to the nineteen-year-old Graves, and with the outbreak of World War I he enlisted almost immediately in the Royal Welch Fusiliers (RWF).
		In 1917, Graves played an important part in saving his fellow poet, Siegfried Sassoon, from a court martial after the latter went absent without leave and wrote to his commanding officer denouncing the war.
		Sassoon himself remarked upon a 'heavy sexual element' within it, which observation is heavily supported by the sentimental nature of much of the surviving correspondence between the two men.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/robert_graves.html (659 words)

	Royal Welch Fusiliers Regimental Museum :: Gathering the Jewels
		Royal Welch Fusiliers Regimental Museum :: Gathering the Jewels
		Silver cup presented to Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Walton Ellis, Royal Welch Fusiliers, for his services during the Napoleonic Wars, 1815
		Document commissioning Tobias (Toby) Purcell as Colonel of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, 26 October 1691
	www.gtj.org.uk /search/searchRepository.php?lang=en&r=13 (102 words)

	World War I member of British Royal Welch Fusiliers dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Born Jan. 18, 1896 in Newport, Monmouthshire, England, Parkes enlisted at age 19 with the South Wales Borderers, a unit of the Fusiliers.
		He was trained as an infantryman and machine gunner and fought in the trenches in Belgium and France.
		The Royal Welch Fusiliers and the South Wales Borderers were separate regiments.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/773649/posts (1463 words)

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