The Lancashire Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that saw distinguished service through many years and wars, including the Second Boer War, and the First and Second World Wars
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
c. 1776 portrait of a regimental captain
Lancashire Fusiliers Memorial, St. Mary's Church, Madras
Men of the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers in a communication trench near Beaumont Hamel, in 1916. Photo by Ernest Brooks.
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, often referred to as The Fusiliers, is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division. Currently, the regiment has two battalions: the 1st Batt
Lancashire Fusiliers
…Brigade – the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers and the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) – to form the current Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. By a commission dated 20 November 1688, the regiment was formed in Torbay, Devon under Sir Richard Peyton as Peyton's Regiment of Foot. (Until 1751…
The Fusiliers march in Rochdale
First Fusiliers Mortar team during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
Second Fusiliers awaiting pick-up in Helmand Province in 2006
First Fusiliers in the Falklands