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The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (often referred to as, "The Fusiliers") is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division.Currently, the regiment has two battalions: the 1st Battalion, part of the Regular Army, is an armoured infantry battalion based in Tidworth, Wiltshire, and the 5th Battalion, part of the Army Reserve, recruits in the traditional fusilier recruiting ...
The barracks was established on the site of the former RAF North Luffenham airfield in 1998. It became the home of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1999, [1] of the King's Own Royal Border Regiment in 2003 [2] and of the 16th Regiment Royal Artillery in 2007. [3]
The Royal Fusiliers' 1st to 4th Volunteer Battalions were transferred to the new all-territorial London Regiment, with the Royal Fusiliers itself now consisting of: [2] [43] [44] Regulars. 1st Battalion in 1908 based at Albany Barracks; 2nd Battalion in 1908 based in Jubbulpore; 3rd Battalion formed in 1898, in 1908 based in Mauritius and South ...
The Royal Regiment of Scotland - 3 + 2 battalions [13] [14] The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment - 1 + 2 battalions [14] The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment - 1 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - 1 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Anglian Regiment - 2 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Yorkshire Regiment - 2 + 1 battalions [14]
The regiments were distinguished by a coloured feather hackle worn behind the badge in some forms of head dress: red and white (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers), white (Royal Fusiliers), or primrose yellow (Lancashire Fusiliers) respectively. From 1960 the Fusilier Brigade was based at St George's Barracks in Sutton Coldfield. [2]
The regiment's cap badge is a representation of the Prince of Wales's feathers (formerly the cap badge of the Royal Regiment of Wales), while the hackle of the Royal Welch Fusiliers is worn by all NCOs and Other Ranks. Queen Elizabeth II was the new regiment's Colonel-in-Chief until her death in September 2022. [14]
On 1 July 1881 the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot and the 108th Regiment of Foot were redesignated as the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, respectively. [1] [2] In 1903 the Regiment was granted a grey hackle for their fusilier raccoon-skin hats to commemorate the original grey uniforms of the Inniskilling Regiment ...
1881: The Royal Warwickshire Regiment: 7: 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot 1751–1881 [31] 1685 Raised 11 June 1685, as the Ordnance Regiment, an escort to the artillery train. Became the Royal Regiment of Fuzileers in 1689. [31] 1881: The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 8: 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot 1751–1881 [32] 1685