Royal Welch Fusiliers

E215253
infantry regiment line infantry regiment regiment of the British Army

The Royal Welch Fusiliers was a historic line infantry regiment of the British Army, renowned for its distinguished service in numerous conflicts and for notable literary figures such as Siegfried Sassoon among its ranks.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Royal Welch Fusiliers canonical 8
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1
The Royal Welsh 1

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry regiment ⓘ
line infantry regiment ⓘ
regiment of the British Army ⓘ
alliedUnit Royal 22e Régiment ⓘ
Royal New Brunswick Regiment ⓘ
surface form: The Royal New Brunswick Regiment

The Royal New South Wales Regiment ⓘ
alternativeName 23rd Regiment of Foot ⓘ
Royal Welch Fusiliers ⓘ
surface form: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
amalgamatedInto Royal Welsh ⓘ
associatedWithRegion North Wales ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
battleHonour Alma ⓘ
Blenheim ⓘ
Battle of Bunker Hill ⓘ
surface form: Bunker Hill

Cambrai 1917 ⓘ
Gallipoli 1915 ⓘ
Inkerman ⓘ
Malplaquet ⓘ
Battle for Caen ⓘ
surface form: Normandy 1944

Oudenarde ⓘ
Third Battle of Ypres ⓘ
surface form: Passchendaele

Ramillies ⓘ
Rhine ⓘ
Sevastopol ⓘ
Somme 1916 ⓘ
South Africa 1899–1902 ⓘ
St Lucia 1778 ⓘ
Ypres 1914 ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
celebrationDay Saint David's Day ⓘ
surface form: St David's Day
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateDissolved 2006 ⓘ
dateFounded 1689 ⓘ
garrison Hightown Barracks, Wrexham ⓘ
hasMuseum Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum ⓘ
languageAssociation Welsh ⓘ
motto Gwell Angau na Chywilydd ⓘ
mottoLanguage Welsh ⓘ
mottoTranslation Better Death than Dishonour ⓘ
museumLocation Caernarfon Castle ⓘ
nativeName Royal Welch Fusiliers self-link ⓘ
notableFor association with prominent literary figures of the First World War ⓘ
distinguished service in numerous conflicts ⓘ
notableMember David Jones ⓘ
Frank Richards ⓘ
Hedd Wyn ⓘ
Robert Graves ⓘ
Siegfried Sassoon ⓘ
participatedIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American War of Independence

Crimean War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Korean War ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
patronSaint Saint David ⓘ
placeFounded Ludlow ⓘ
Shropshire ⓘ
raisedIn 1689 ⓘ
reasonForDissolution amalgamation during restructuring of the infantry ⓘ
regimentalMarch Men of Harlech ⓘ
The Grenadiers ⓘ
surface form: The British Grenadiers
regimentalNumber 23rd ⓘ
role line infantry ⓘ
uniformFeature fused grenade cap badge ⓘ
white hackle ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siegfried Sassoon → unit → Royal Welch Fusiliers ⓘ
A Soldier’s Declaration → relatedOrganization → Royal Welch Fusiliers ⓘ
Brecon → hasMilitaryConnection → Royal Welch Fusiliers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Royal Welsh
Robert Graves → militaryBranch → Royal Welch Fusiliers ⓘ
Royal Welch Fusiliers → nativeName → Royal Welch Fusiliers self-link ⓘ
Royal Welch Fusiliers → alternativeName → Royal Welch Fusiliers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Royal Welsh → formedByMergerOf → Royal Welch Fusiliers ⓘ
Royal Welsh → precededBy → Royal Welch Fusiliers ⓘ
Fusilier flaming grenade badge → associatedWith → Royal Welch Fusiliers ⓘ
Fusilier feather hackle → associatedWith → Royal Welch Fusiliers ⓘ