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 Royal Regiment of Wales was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. It was formed in 1969 by the amalgamation of the South Wales Borderers and the Welch Re
Royal Welch Fusiliers
…Regiment, a different unit (formed in 1881 from the 41st and 69th) which recruited in South and West, rather than North Wales, and became part of the Royal Regiment of Wales or RRW in 1969. One of the few regiments to retain its original title, in March 2006 the Royal Welch Fusiliers was amalgamated with the RRW and became…
The goat mascot and Goat Major of the Royal Regiment of Wales, 1999.