The Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
COMPRISING
1st & 2nd Batts. (formerly) The 23rd (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batts.
3rd Batt. The Royal Denbigh and Flint Militia.
4th Batt. The Royal Carnarvon and Merioneth Militia.
The Plume of the
Prince of Wales.
The Rising Sun.
The Red Dragon.
The White Horse.
The Sphinx.
TITLES.
1688-89. Colonel Lord Herbert's Regiment of Foot.
1689-1714. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot.
1714-27. The Prince of Wales's Own Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
1727-51. The Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
1751-1881. The 23rd (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1690. Boyne.
1691. Aughrim.
1692-97. Flanders.
1695. Namur.
1702-12. Germany.
1702. Liége.
1704. Schellenberg.
*1704. Blenheim.
1705. Neer-Hespen.
*1706. Ramilies.
1708. Wynendale.
*1708. Oudenarde.
1708. Lisle.
*1709. Malplaquet.
1710. Douay.
1711. Bouchain.
1742-48. Flanders.
*1743. Dettingen.
1745. Fontenoy.
1747. Val.
1756. Minorca.
1758. Cherbourg.
1758-62. Germany.
*1759. Minden.
1760. Warbourg.
1760. Campen
1775-81. America.
1775. Lexington.
1775. Bunker's Hill.
1776. Brooklyn.
1777. Brandywine.
1778. Freehold.
1780. Camden.
1781. Guildford.
1792. San Domingo.
1799. Helder.
1799. Crabbendam.
1799. Bergen.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
1799. Alkmaer.
1801. Aboukir.
*1801. Egypt.
1801. Alexandria.
1807. Copenhagen.
*1808-14. Peninsula.
*1809. Corunna.
1809. Flushing.
*1809. Martinique.
*1811. Albuera.
*1812. Badajos.
*1812. Salamanca.
1812. Burgos.
*1813. Vittoria.
1813. San Sebastian.
*1813. Pyrenees.
*1813. Nivelle.
*1814. Orthes.
*1814. Toulouse.
1815. Quatre-Bras.
*1815. Waterloo.
1815. Netherlands.
*1854. Alma.
*1854. Inkerman.
*1855. Sevastopol.
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1858. Lucknow.
*1874. Ashantee.
*1885-87. Burma.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet (from 1688, the colour of facings being unknown, but probably Blue); Scarlet and Blue (from 1742).
Regimental and other Badges.—"The Prince of Wales's Plume," with "Ich Dien." "The Rising Sun." "The Red Dragon." (The two last are ancient badges of the Princes of Wales.) Also "The White Horse" (of Hanover), with the Motto, "Nec aspera terrent." Also "The Sphinx" for "Egypt" (1801).
Nicknames.—"The Nanny Goats" and "The Royal Goats" (it has a goat as a regimental pet, which is led with garlanded horns and a shield at the head of the drums—how the custom arose is unknown).
Notes.—Raised in Wales. Its officers wear the "flash," a relic of the old queue. A leek is also worn in the cap on St. David's Day. Its title in 1714 was bestowed in honour of the Prince of Wales.
Bibliography.—Historical Record of The 23rd, or Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 1689-1850. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1850.]
Historical Record of The Royal Welsh Fusiliers. By Major Rowland Broughton Mainwaring, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Illustrated. [London: Hatchards. 1889.]