23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers/23rd Regiment/Royal Welsh Fusiliers/Royal Welsh
Below is some genealogy information on the 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers, 23rd Regiment, Royal Welsh Fusiliers and the Royal Welsh regiment of the British army that may help searches for military ancestors.
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Description: Formed in 1689 in opposition to James II as the 23rd Regiment of Foot. In 1702 it was renamed The Welch Regiment of Fusiliers. They saw fighting in the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1713 they were renamed The Royal Welch Regiment of Fusiliers. They saw action in the American War of Independence. They saw action during the Napoleonic Wars, fighting at the battle of Waterloo. They saw action in the Crimean War fighting at Alma, Inkerman and Sevastapol. They were renamed The Royal Welsh Fusiliers. During the First World War they fought across the Western, Turkish and Italian fronts at battles such as Mons, Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, Messines, the 1st battle of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Bridge, Festubert, Loos, the Somme (1916), the Hindenburg Line, Arras, Cambrai, the Somme (1918), Lys, Selle, Passchendaele, Vittorio Veneto and Gallipoli. They were renamed The Royal Welch Fusiliers. They saw action during the Second World War. In 2006 they were amalgamated with the Royal Regiment of Wales, forming the Royal Welsh. Their nickname is The Back Flash, The Nanny Goats The Royal Goats.
Military actions:
- Boer war: Colenso
- Boer war: Spionkop
- Boer war: Valkrantz and Pieters
- Crimean war: Alma
- Crimean war: Inkerman
- Crimean: Siege of Sevastapol
- Napoleonic war: Waterloo
- WWI: Mons
- WWI: Le Cateau
- WWI: Marne
- WWI: Aisne
- WWI: Messines
- WWI: 1st 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: Selle
- WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres
- WWI: Vittorio Veneto
- WWI: Gallipoli
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