Below is some genealogy information on the 6th Regiment, Royal Warwickshire, Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers of the British army that may help searches for military ancestors.

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Description: Formed in Holland in the 1600s and used as the 6th Regiment of Foot during the Monmouth Rebellions by King James II. They were moved back to Holland but returned to England when King William III took the throne and fought for him at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland. They action in the Nine Years War, War of the Spanish Succession, the Jacobite Rebellion and briefly in the American War of Independence. In 1782 they were renamed the 1st Warwickshire Regiment. They saw action during the Napoleonic Wars, fighting on the Iberian Peninsular. In 1832 they were renamed The Royal (1st) Warwickshire Regiment. In 1881 they were renamed The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. They saw action in the Boer Wars, fighting at Paardenburg. During the First World War they fought at several prominent battles across the Western Front, including Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, Messines, the 1st battle of Ypres, the 2nd battle of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Bridge, Festubert, Loos, the Somme (1916), the Hindenburg Line, Arras, Passchendaele, Cambrai, the 1st battle of the Somme (1918), Lys, the advance in Flanders, the 2nd battle of Arras (1917), WWI: Selle, WWI: Valenciennes, Vittorio Veneto and Gallipoli. They also saw action at Gallipoli, in Italy and in the Middle Eastern theatre. During the Second World War they were involved in the defence of France, taking part in the Dunkirk evacuations before involvement in the D-Day landings in 1944. They also saw action in Burma. In 1963 they were joined with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th), the Royal Fusiliers - City of London Regiment (7th) and the Lancashire Fusiliers (20th) forming the Fusilier Brigade and being renamed The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers despite never having been a fusilier regiment. In 1968 they were amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th), the Royal Fusiliers - City of London Regiment (7th) and the Lancashire Fusiliers (20th), forming the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Their nickname is The Dutch Guards, Guise's Geese, the Saucy Sixth The Warwickshire Lads.

Military actions:

• Napoleonic war: Peninsular Wars
• Boer war: Paardenburg
• WWI: Mons
• WWI: Le Cateau
• WWI: Marne
• WWI: Aisne
• WWI: Messines
• WWI: 1st battle 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: Advance in Flanders
• WWI: 2nd battle of Arras (1917)
• WWI: Selle
• WWI: Valenciennes
• WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres
• WWI: Vittorio Veneto
• WWI: Gallipoli
• WWII: Dunkirk evacuations
• WWII: D-Day

Websites:

• Wikipedia: Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers
• Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (Royal Warwickshire) museum

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