Infantry regiment. It was founded to oppose King James II and the forthcoming war with France, and saw action in many later conflicts. During World War I, several writers, including Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves saw service with the regiment. In 2006, it merged with the Royal Regiment of Wales, to become the Royal Welsh.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Raymond Gale Fusch was born as Raymond Gale Fuchs on 12 August 1916, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, the son of Francis Xavier Fuchs (1890-1968) and Ermilie Fuchs née Pettingale (1891-1976). Accordin...
See Farquar Shaw for the story of the Black Watch mutiny.
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