Royal Fusiliers
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The Royal Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years. It was known as the 7th Regiment of Foot until the Childers Reforms of 1881.
The regimental cap badge
Cigarette card of regimental grenadiers in 1770
c. 1805 watercolour of a regimental private
Billy Hughes in his Royal Fusiliers uniform, c. 1880
Michael Caine
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Sir Michael Caine is a retired English actor. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 130 films over a career that spanned eight decades and is considered a British cult
Royal Fusiliers
…1952, the regiment, now reduced to a single Regular battalion, served in the Korean War as part of the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade. A 19-year-old Michael Caine served with the battalion during the conflict; on several occasions his unit had to defend itself from Chinese human wave attacks. On 23 April 1968…
Caine in 2012
Blue plaque marking Caine's birthplace at St Olave's Hospital in Rotherhithe, south-east London
Blue plaque at the former school in North Runcton where, as a wartime evacuee, Caine made his stage debut
Caine in the trailer for Zulu (1964)