The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers [UK]

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	1968.04.23	The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers formed by union of the regiments of the Fusilier Brigade:
		1st Battalion, formed by redesignation of 1st Bn, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, formed by redesignation of 1st Bn, The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers 3rd Battalion, formed by redesignation of 1st Bn, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 4th Battalion, formed by redesignation of 1st Bn, The Lancashire Fusiliers


		The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (Army site)
		The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (Regimental site)
		The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, by Glenvil Roberts.

	*RHQ and Depot:*
		RHQ: Tower of London
		Queen's Division at Royston [1968-present]

	*Regulars:*
		1st Battalion [1968-present]
		1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (regimental site) 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (battalion site)
		2nd Battalion [1968-present]
		2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (regimental site) 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (battalion site)
		3rd Battalion [1968-1992]
		4th Battalion [1968-1969]

	*Territorials and Volunteers:*
		4th/5th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [1966-1967]
		7th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [1966-1967]
		7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers [1966-1967]
		The City of London Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers [1966-1967]
		5th (Bury) Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers [1966-1967]
		Fusilier Volunteers [1967-1968]
		5th (V) Battalion [1968-1992]
		5th (Warwickshire) Battalion [1992-1999]
		6th (V) Battalion [1975-1999]
		8th (V) Battalion, The Queen's Fusiliers (City of London) [1988-1993]
		4th/5th/6th (T) Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [1967-1971]
		The London Regiment [1993-present]
		The West Midlands Regiment [1999-2006?]
		The Tyne Tees Regiment [1999-2006?]
		5th Battalion [2006-present]


	[combined battle honours of The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and The Lancashire Fusiliers, plus:] Wadi al Batin, Gulf 1991, Al Basrah, Iraq 2003


	Battle Honours (1st Battalion site)


		1st Battalion Colours (battalion site)

Badges:

Uniform:

1968-present: blue; facings: blue; piping: scarlet
headdress:


	1969.07.01	F.M. HRH Edward, The Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, ADC


	Colonel:
	1968.04.23	Gen. Sir Kenneth Thomas Darling, GBE, KCB, DSO [from Royal Fusiliers; also Col. Cmdt. Para Regt]
	1974.11.11	Lt-Gen. Sir George Harris Lea, KCB, DSO, MBE
	1977.09.03	Lt-Gen. Sir Alexander James Wilson, KBE, MC [also Col. Cmdt. RAEC]
	1982.09.03	Maj-Gen. David Milner Woodford, CBE
	1986.04.02	Maj-Gen. Jeremy Calcott Reilly, DSO
	1996.04.17	Brig. David Arnold Kellett Biggart, OBE
	2001.05.01	Brig. Roy Maddox Wilde, CBE


	Deputy Colonel (Northumberland):
	1968.04.23	Maj-Gen. Roger Ellis Tudor St. John, CB, MC [from R Northumberland Fusiliers]
	1969.02.01	Brig. Paul Stanley Ward, CBE, ADC
	1978.11.01	Col. Richard Errington Blenkinsop, OBE
	1986.05.01	Col. David Houlton, MBE
	1991.05.01	Col. Nigel George Douglass Robinson, MBE
	1996.04.22	Col. Trevor John Minter, OBE
	2002.04.23	Col. Alexander Guy Bain, MBE


	Deputy Colonel (Warwickshire):
	1968.04.23	Maj-Gen. Ronald Clarence MacDonald, CB, DSO, OBE [from R Warwickshire Fusiliers]
	1974.12.01	Brig. Harry Charles Illing, CBE, MC
	1981.11.30	Maj-Gen. Jeremy Calcott Reilly, DSO
	1986.04.02	vacant
	1986.06.02	Col. Patrick John Carmichael Robinson, TD, ADC, DL
	1991.06.03	Col. David Arnold Kellett Biggart, OBE
	1996.03.07	Col. R. L. Cariss, MBE, TD
	2004.07.01	Col. David John Paterson, OBE


	Deputy Colonel (City of London):
	1968.04.23	Col. George Huntly Hodgson, CBE, DL
	1976.05.15	Maj-Gen. Bryan Courtney Webster, CB, CBE
	1989.05.15	Col. Patrick Frank Shervington, MBE
	1994.05.31	Brig. Roy Maddox Wilde, CBE
	2001.04.13	Brig. Philip Joseph Mostyn
	2005.07.01	Col. N.P. Easton, QVRM, TD

	Deputy Colonel (Lancashire):
	1968.04.23	Lt-Gen. Sir George Harris Lea, KCB, DSO, MBE [from Lancs Fusiliers]
	1973.04.01	Lt-Gen. Sir Alexander James Wilson, KBE, MC
	1977.04.30	Brig. David Milner Woodford, CBE
	1982.04.30	Col. Ian Richard Cartwright, CBE
	1992.04.30	Col. Jonathan Charles Gunnell, OBE
	1997.04.30	Lt-Col. Andrew John Whistler, DSO, MBE
	1999.09.27	Col. Brian Mark Gorski, MBE


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	Motto:
	Nicknames:
	Anniversaries:	St. George's Day (23 Apr.), Minden (1 Aug.)
	Freedoms:
	Marches:	quick: The British Grenadiers (trad.)
		slow: Rule Britannia (Arne) De Normandie (including St. George): RNF MacBean's Slow March: RWarwF De Normandie: RF The Lancashire Fusiliers Slow March
	Musicians:
	The Normandy Band of The Queen's Division (Army site)
	*Mascot:*	Indian black buck: "Bobby", inherited from Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers.
	*Miscellaneous Tradition Links:*


	The Royal Canadian Regiment	1968-present
	The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)	1968-present
	The Elgin Regiment	1968-present
	The Royal Westminster Regiment	1968-present
	Les Fusiliers du St. Laurent	1968-present
	The Royal Victoria Regiment	1968-
	5th/6th Battalion, The Royal Victoria Regiment	-present
	6th Battalion (Hauraki), The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment	1968-1999
	The Hauraki Regiment	1999-

Bond of Friendship
	HMS Birmingham
	HMS London
	HMS Northumberland
	13 Squadron RAF


		Fusilier Association


		Museums of the Regiment (regimental site)
		Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (London) Museum, London (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
		Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Museum, London (Simonides listing)


	Regimental Journal:
		*The fusilier*. semi-annual

	Full Histories:
		Dunstan, Simon. *For England and St George : a history of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers*. London : The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, 2000.

	Short Histories:
		Phillips, J. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers : 100 years of service on the Rock. Worthing : Stamp Publicity, 1971.
		The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. London : Pitkin Pictorials, 1979. (Pride of Britain books) ISBN: 085372279X
		Hunter, David J. *The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. [s.l. : s.n.], 1999. (Famous regiments on cigarette and trade cards*) ISBN: 0953373843; 0953373851
		*The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers*. Derby : English Life [for Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland], 1998. ISBN: 0851013295
		*The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers : the Fusiliers Museum, HM Tower of London*. Derby : English Life [for Fusiliers Museum, HM Tower of London], 1999. ISBN: 0851013333 [published simultaneously in French, German and Spanish editions]