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	The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is an infantry regiment of the British Army.
		As a fusilier regiment, the RRF wears a hackle, which in this case is the hackle of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, red over white.
		As one of the existing large infantry regiments, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is unaffected by the reforms of the infantry that were announced in December 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Fusiliers (361 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (P-Z)
		The Royal Fusiliers are a British army regiment raised in 1685 by James II under the name of the City of London Regiment to suppress the Monmouth rising.
		In 1689 the regiment was renamed the 7th (Royal Fusilier) Regiment and in 1881 it was redesignated the Royal Fusiliers.
		The Royal Green Jackets is a British infantry regiment formed as a large Regiment on the 1st of January 1966 by the amalgamation of the 1st Green Jackets (The 43rd and 52nd), the 2nd Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps), and the 3rd Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade).
	www.galgani.it /free_encyclopedia/F5.HTM (13623 words)

	The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, for most of its history known as The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the British Army.
		When, as an aid to recruiting, territorial links of infantry regiments were first established in 1782, the 6th became the 1st Warwickshire Regiment, reflecting their recent connections with the county.
		In 1832 the 6th became a Royal Regiment and their title was changed to The Royal (1st) Warwickshire Regiment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Royal_Warwickshire_Fusiliers (1016 words)

	Path of the 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
		The Royal Warwickshire's had in consequence to swing back their own left to a fresh line which they were ordered to hold at all costs.
		The Welsh Fusiliers to the north were held up, but the Manchester's fought their way into the village, and on the south the 2nd royal Warwickshire gained a footing.
		The first of the royal Warwickshire battalions to leave for the Italian front was the 2nd, which entrained at Hesdin on November 19th, 1917 and, making the journey by the Riviera, reached Cera on November 24th, whence it marched to Musano behind the lines in ten days.
	www.leegreensall.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /data/path_of_the_2nd_battalion_royal.htm (3816 words)

	The Royal Regiment of Wales
		The 6th Foot subsequently became The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1832), The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers (1963) and The Regiment of Fusiliers (1968).
		The Regiment was honoured to carry the title "24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot" until 1st July 1881 when again measures were taken to give County names to infantry regiments of the line.
		The spirit of the 24th Regiment is strongly maintained by The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot).
	www.rrw.org.uk /museums/brecon/fact_sheets/3.htm (746 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (1-A)
		The 100th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales Royal Canadians) was a British infantry regiment raised in 1857 by Canadian gentlemen to serve in India.
		The 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards were raised in the northern counties of England in 1697 and known from the name of their commander as ' Arran 's Cuirassiers '.
		The 5th Lancers (Royal Irish Lancers) were a British cavalry regiment descended from a corps of dragoons raised by William III for the Irish and Flemish wars.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/F1.HTM (8632 words)

	Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums - The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - Badge Variations.
		Foot, The Northumberland Fusiliers were so named in 1881, re-titled the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in 1935, in honour of the Silver Jubilee of King George V. The cap badge was a flamed grenade bearing St George and the dragon within a circlet THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS.
		In 1958 the regiment joined The Fusilier Brigade, which comprised The Royal Northumberland, Fusiliers, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and The Lancashire Fusiliers.
		The Brigade cap badge was worn, and it continued to be worn as the badge of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers after the four regiments were amalgamated on St George’s Day, 23/4/68.
	www.wehrmacht-awards.com /forums/showthread.php?t=68011 (490 words)

	The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers [UK]
		VCs in the Royal Warwickshire Regimental Museum, by Iain Stewart.
		The history of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and its predecessors: the Birmingham Independent Volunteers, 1782; the Birmingham Loyal Association, 1797; the Loyal Birmingham Volunteers, 1803.
		The 5th Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, T.A. : its predecessors, successors & historians.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/006RWF.htm (835 words)

	links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He was in active command of the Royal Fusiliers in Gibraltar and Quebec from 1790 to 1793 and remained Colonel of the Regiment until 1801.
		His Royal Highness Prince George, Duke of Kent, the present Duke's father, was Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Fusiliers from 1937 until his death on Active Service in 1942.
		Field-Marshall His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Duke of Kent KG, was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers by Her Majesty The Queen in July 1969.
	www.fusiliersassociation.com /new_page_6.htm (354 words)

	Hackle - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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.iridis.com /Hackle (101 words)

	British Army Regimental badges for sale: We have in stock most British Army Regimental badges for sale,we can supply ...
		Formed in 1968 from the amalgamation of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and the Lancashire Fusiliers.
		The Royal Fusiliers were raised by King James II to guard his train of Artillery in the Tower of London.
		The Lancashire Fusiliers are famous for their exploits at the Battle of Gallipoli, especially for the 6 Victoria Crosses won by the Regiment before breakfast.
	www.egframes.co.uk /aafusilier11.htm (200 words)

	Warwickshire Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Volunteer battalions are the 1st Birmingham (in green and scarlet), and 2nd Coventry (in scarlet and blue), formerly the 1st and 2nd Warwickshire.
		The Royal Warwicks were once called "Guise's Geese", from the name of one of their colonels and the facings at the time.
		They could obviously not have originated for the servants in either picketing or foraging ropes, and it is possible that they were merely decorative additions to the dress, added during a time when such decoration was not considered unmanly.
	www.armynavyairforce.co.uk /warwickshire_regiment.htm (1673 words)

	3 Aussies who won VC's in the British Army
		The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was formed by order of Her Majesty the Queen on St. George's Day, 23rd April, 1968 by the union of the four regiments of the Fusilier Brigade: the Fifth Foot, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (1674), the Sixth Foot, the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers (1674),
		The regimental motto, inherited from the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and the Royal Fusiliers is that of the Royal Garter - Honi soit qui mal y pense - "Evil be to he who evil thinks.
		and the laurel wreath from the Lancashire Fusiliers.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-medals/oz-brit-vc.htm (600 words)

	Regiment of Fusiliers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers formed in 1968 by the amalgamation of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and Lancashire Fusiliers.
		The Royal Fusiliers has borne the name of the “Hanoverian White Horse,” from bearing this badge as a decoration; and at another period that of the “Elegant Extracts,” from the officers having been selected from other regiments.
		Lieutenant Maurice Dease and Fusilier Frank Godley, 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, in the action that won them the first two Victoria Crosses to be awarded in the Great War.
	www.regimental-art.com /regiment_of_fusiliers.htm (2468 words)

	Fusiliers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was formed by order of Her Majesty the Queen on St. George's Day, 23rd April, 1968 by the union of:
		Our Regimental hackle is the red over white hackle of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers to whom it was awarded as a battle honour in recognition of their victory over the French at St Lucia in 1778.
		Following the defeat of the French, the Fusiliers took the white plumes from the head-dress of their enemy and wore them in their own caps.
	bcoyacf.8k.com /custom2.html (362 words)

	Homepage of Rochdale Fusiliers Association
		The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, an infantry regiment of the British Army, was formed on the 23th April 1968 from four former infantry regiments of the line. These were; the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th Foot), the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers (6th Foot), the Royal Fusiliers
		The Rochdale Branch, part of the Regimental Association has over 50 members it is just one of many that form the Association.
		We exist to enable serving and ex serving fusiliers to keep in contact and to foster the name and traditions of the 'Regiment' among all Fusiliers, past and present and to maintain the comradeship formed during army service.
	www.geocities.com /rochfusiliers (190 words)

	Rolls of Honour - Korea; Various regiments
		Logan, J.W. The Royal Scot's Fusiliers attached The Royal Scots (The Royal Regt)
		The Royal Scot's Fusiliers attached The Royal Scots (The Royal Regt)
		Phillips, A. The Royal Warwickshire Regiment attached The Royal Leicestershire Regiment
	www.britains-smallwars.com /korea/roh-korea/others.html (218 words)

	The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire)
		As part of the re-organisation of the British Army, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment joined three other English Fusilier Regiments in the Fusilier Brigade and was re-named The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers.
		The Fusiliers head-dress was a beret and hackle.
		The Fusilier Territorial Army effort was formed into The 5th (Volunteer Battalion) whose Headquarters was in Coventry and which consisted of Companies in each of the old Regimental areas.
	www.warwickfusiliers.co.uk /?mid=29&id=39 (619 words)

	Roll of Honour - Warwickshire - Kenilworth
		The memorial is in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, at the top of Abbey Fields, overlooking Abbey End and the main street down Warwick Road.
		Lance Sergeant 265857, 1st/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
		Could possibly be John Cashmore, Private 4766, 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Warwickshire/Kenilworth.html (4072 words)

	Roll of Honour - Warwickshire - Coughton
		The memorial is to be found inside St Peters Church, Coughton Court, Alcester, Warwickshire on the left side of the Nave (North Wall).
		Nephew of Sir William Throckmorton, Bt., of Coughton Court, Warwickshire; husband of Lilian Throckmorton, of Coughtton Court.
		‘Sacred to the memory of Courtenay Throckmorton Lieutenant Colonel 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers born 22nd December 1866 who was killed in action 9th of April 1916 while in temporary command of the 5th Batt Wiltshire Regiment and was buried on the battlefield of Sanna y Yat Mentioned in Despatches.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Warwickshire/Coughton.html (581 words)

	HACKLE :: FACTS AND INFORMATION
		In the British Army and the armies of some Commonwealth countries the hackle is worn by some infantry regiment s, especially those designated fusilier regiments and those with Scottish and Northern Irish origins.
		Royal Irish Regiment (as the direct descendent of two regiments of fusiliers): Green
		There are also several fusilier regiments in the Canadian Army which wear the hackle (the French-speaking fusilier regiments do not appear to do so):
	www.bellabuds.com /index.php/?s=hackle (369 words)

	Who's Who (Section 17: Transported to Australia, 18: Rutland Section, 19: VC Recipients) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Born Newmarket, Suffolk, 1859, Thomas Elsdon Ashford was a Private in the Royal Fusiliers during the 2nd Afghan war in 1880.
		Born Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, 10 August 1897, John Cridlan Barrett was a Lieutenant in the 1/5th Bn of the Leicestershire Regiment serving in France: On 24 September 1918 at Pontruet, France, during an attack, owing to the darkness and smoke barrage, Lieutenant Barrett found himself advancing towards a trench containing numerous machine-guns.
		Joseph Jee was born in 1819 at Hartshill, Atherstone, Warwickshire, the son of Christopher Preston Jee Esq.
	www.leicesterandleicestershire.com /Whos_Who16.htm (17668 words)

	Fusiliers Reunited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Regiment was formed by Order of Her Majesty the Queen on St George's Day, 23 April 1968, by union of the four Regiments of the Fusilier Brigade.
		The Fusiliers prides itself on being a family Regiment.
		The Fusilier Association enables all ex Fusiliers to remain a part of the family.
	www.geocities.com /fusilier_de (413 words)

	Infantry
		The connection between the Scandinavian Royal family and the Green Howards goes back to 1875 when Princess Alexandra of Denmark presented Colours to the Regiment and in 1875 she agreed to give her name as Princess of Wales to the Regiment.
		The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment (RGBW)
		The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berskhire and Wiltshire) 1959
	www.alanharding.com /Military/regiments/reg_inf.html (1430 words)

	Capt Phillips (Robert Edwin) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He was 21 years old, and a T/Lieutenant in the 13th Bn., The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, British Army, attd.
		His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Regiment of Fusliliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) (Warwick, England).
		This site will contain links to third party Websites where relevant, but the Army accepts no responsibility for the content on any site to which a hypertext link exists and listing should not be taken as an endorsement of any kind.
	www.army.mod.uk /fusiliers/battalions/1st_battalion/victoria_cross/royal_warwickshire_fusiliers/capt_phillips_robert_edwin_.htm (165 words)

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