The battalion is unique, in that although officially part of The Queens Regiment (the 8th Territorial Battalion), it contains rifle companies that were part of either the Queen’s Regiment or the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
8th Volunteer, The Queen's Fusiliers
Marking the service of units of the British army based in the Borough of Wand...
Field Marshal. Â Born Dublin. Â Served in the Indian Rebellion and the Crimean War. Led the attempt to relieve Khartoum. 1895 - 1900 Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. The very model of the 'Mod...
Person, Armed Forces, Africa, Burma, Canada, China/Hong Kong, Crimea, France, India, Ireland
Died in WW1 serving in the 22nd Battalion, The London Regiment.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 25-26 August 1914, age 27, while serving in the Coldstream Guards. "Positioned in a farm yard, enemy fire ignited a straw stack. Under heavy fire he put out the bl...
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