Royal Welch Fusiliers
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The Royal Welch Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, and part of the Prince of Wales's Division, that was founded in 1689, shortly after the Glorious Revolution. In 1702, it was
Cap badge
Henry Herbert, 4th Baron Herbert of Chirbury, founder of the regiment
Minden, 1 August 1759, an action still celebrated as Minden Day
Monument to Royal Welch Fusiliers who died in the Invasion of Martinique (1809), St. George's (Round) Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The 1st Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers, later 4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, was a Welsh unit of the British Army's auxiliary forces. First raised in 1860, it served as a pioneer battalion with
1st Denbighshire Volunteer Rifles button found at Conwy (National Museum Wales; Portable Antiquities Scheme FindID: 890666.)
The battalion's HQ at Poyser Street drill hall, Wrexham.
Royal Welch Fusiliers help to clear air raid damage in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 7 May 1941.