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Description: Formed in 1685 as a fusilier regiment known as the Ordinance Regiment. In 1751 they were renamed the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers). They saw action in the American War of Independence. They saw action during the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula. They saw action in the Crimean War, fighting at Inkerman and Sevastapol. In 1881 they were renamed The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). During the First World War they fought along the Western, African, Middle East and Greek fronts at battles such as Mons, Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, Messines, 1st battle of Ypres, the second battle of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Bridge, Festubert, Loos, the Somme (1916), Hindenburg Line, Arras, Cambrai, the Somme (1918), Lys, the Advance in Flanders, Selle, Valenciennes, Passchendaele, Gallipoli, Salonika and the 3rd battle of the Gaza. During the Second World War they saw action across Europe. In 1963 they were joined with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th), the Royal Warwickshire and the Lancashire Fusiliers (20th) forming the Fusilier Brigade. In 1968 they were amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th), the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers and the Lancashire Fusiliers (20th), forming the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

Military actions:

• Crimean war: Inkerman
• Crimean: Siege of Sevastapol
• WWI: Mons
• WWI: Le Cateau
• WWI: Marne
• WWI: Aisne
• WWI: Messines
• WWI: 1stbattle of Ypres
• WWI: 2nd battle of Ypres
• WWI: Neuve Chapelle
• WWI: Aubers Bridge
• WWI: Festubert
• WWI: Loos
• WWI: Somme (1916)
• WWI: Hindenburg Line
• WWI: Arras
• WWI: Cambrai
• WWI: 1st battle of the Somme (1918)
• WWI: Lys
• WWI: 2nd battle of the Somme (1918)
• WWI: Advance in Flanders
• WWI: 2nd battle of Arras (1917)
• WWI: Selle
• WWI: Valenciennes
• WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres
• WWI: Gallipoli
• WWI: Salonika
• WWI: 3rd battle of the Gaza

Personnel:

1916

• Frederick Freemantle. Private.

1917

• Frederick Freemantle. Private.

1918

• Frederick Freemantle. Private.

1st Battalion.

1917

• Henry Morris Wolfsbergen. Private. Died 14 September 1917. Theatre: France & Flanders.

3rd Battalion.

1915

• Henry Charles Battams. Private. Died 24 May 1915. Theatre: France & Flanders.

4th Battalion.

1917

• Sidney Brashier. Private. Died 3 May 1917. Theatre: France & Flanders.

Websites:

• Wikipedia: 7th and City of London regiments, Royal Fusiliers and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers .

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