Catalogue description Records of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

This record is held by Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire)

Details of RRF
Reference: RRF
Title: Records of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Description:

Archives of Royal Regiment of Fusiliers include personal ephemera, books, War Diaries, as well as various casualty and medal lists.
Date: 1688-1998
Held by: Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot, 1782-1932

6th (Royal Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot, 1832-1881

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Subjects:
  • Montgomery, Bernard Law, 1887-1976, 1st Viscount Montgomery, Field Marshal
  • Armed forces
  • French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1815
  • South African War, 1899-1902
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Administrative / biographical background:

The museum collects objects, including archival material, relating to the history of the 6th Foot (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) from its formation in 1674 to the present day (Royal Regiment of Fusiliers).

 

As one of the oldest Regiments in the country it has a varied history that covers:

 

The French Revolutionary Wars

 

The Peninsular Wars

 

The Sudan Campaign

 

The Boer War

 

The First and Second World Wars

 

Famous or remarkable people connected to the Regiment include:

 

Field Marshal Montgomery

 

Field Marshal Slim

 

Hannah Snell who enlisted in 1745

 

Bruce Bairnsfather an official war cartoonist
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