'That Astonishing Infantry': The History of The Royal Welch Fusiliers, 1689–2006
Nov 2007 · Pen and Sword
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The Royal Welch Fusiliers were present at all Marlborough's great victories; they were one of the six Minden regiments; they fought throughout the Peninsula and were present at Wellington's final glorious victory at Waterloo. In The Great War their officers included the writer poets Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves; their 22 battalions fought not just on the Western Front but at Gallipoli, in Egypt, Palestine, Salonika, Mesopotamia and Italy. In WW2 they won battle honours from the Reichswald to Kohima. More recently they have served with distinction in the war against terror in the Middle East. Like so many famous regiments the RWF are no longer in the British Army's order of battle having been amalgamated into the Royal Regiment of Wales. But this fine book is the lasting memorial to a fiercely proud and greatly admired regiment.
The Royal Welch Fusiliers were present at all Marlborough's great victories; they were one of the six Minden regiments; they fought throughout the Peninsula and were present at Wellington's final glorious victory at Waterloo. In The Great War their officers included the writer poets Siegfried Sa...
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Michael Glover was educated at Oundle and St. John's Collage, Cambridge. During the war he served in Tunisia and Italy. From 1947 to 1970 he worked for the British Council, for the last nine years as Head of Educational Television and Radio. He is a distinguished military historian and his works include: 1815: The Armies at Waterloo; Rorke's Drift; Legacy of Glory; The Fight for the Channel Ports and An Improvised War: the Abyssinian Campaign of 1940–1941
Michael Glover was educated at Oundle and St. John's Collage, Cambridge. During the war he served in Tunisia and Italy. From 1947 to 1970 he worked for the British Council, for the last nine years as Head of Educational Television and Radio. He is a distinguished military historian and his works...
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