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7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers    7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers were a territorial unit. They saw action across Western Europe with 158th Brigade, 53rd (Welsh) Division from mid 1944 onwards.   15th Apr 1944 Exercise   16th Apr 1944 Exercise   17th Apr 1944 Exercise   18th Apr 1944 Exercise   19th Apr 1944 Exercise   20th Apr 1944 Exercise 21st Apr 1944 Exercise   22nd Apr 1944 Exercise Ends   1st Jun 1944 Orders 2nd Jun 1944 Waterproofing 3rd Jun 1944 Report 4th Jun 1944 Preparations 4th Jun 1944 Preparations 5th Jun 1944 Preparations 5th Jun 1944 Orders Received 5th Jun 1944 Orders Issued 6th Jun 1944 News 6th Jun 1944 Loading 6th Jun 1944 Concentration 7th Jun 1944 Ready 8th Jun 1944 Orders Issued 8th Jun 1944 Address 8th Jun 1944 Briefing 9th Jun 1944 Orders 10th Jun 1944 Preparations 10th Jun 1944 Lectures   11th Jun 1944 Church Parade 13th Jun 1944 Ready to Move 13th Jun 1944 Shelling 15th Jun 1944 Advance Party 15th Jun 1944 Avdance Parties 16th Jun 1944 Orders 16th Jun 1944 Orders 17th Jun 1944 On the Move 17th Jun 1944 On the Move 18th Jun 1944 Waiting 19th Jun 1944 Waiting 19th Jun 1944 On the Move 20th Jun 1944 Waiting 20th Jun 1944 On the Move 21st Jun 1944 Postponement 22nd Jun 1944 Entertainment 23rd Jun 1944 Entertainment 22nd Jun 1944 On the Move 24th Jun 1944 On the Move 25th Jun 1944 On the Move   26th Jun 1944 Quiet 27th Jun 1944 Arrival 27th Jun 1944 Security 28th Jun 1944 Awaiting Orders 29th Jun 1944 Recce 29th Jun 1944 Orders 29th Jun 1944 Orders 30th Jun 1944 Reliefs 30th Jun 1944 On the Move 30th Jun 1944 Orders 1st Jul 1944 Reliefs 1st Jul 1944 Conference 1st July 1944 Orders   2nd Jul 1944 Patrol 2nd July 1944 Reliefs   3rd Jul 1944 Recce 4th Jul 1944 Mortar Fire 5th Jul 1944 Under Shellfire 6th Jul 1944 Recce 7th Jul 1944 Recce 8th Jul 1944 Patrol 9th Jul 1944 Enemy Active 10th Jul 1944 Recce 11th Jul 1944 Patrols 12th Jul 1944 Orders 13th Jul 1944 On the Move 14th Jul 1944 Orders 14th Jul 1944 Attack Made 15th Jul 1944 Recce 16th Jul 1944 On the Move 16th Jul 1944 Line Advanced   17th Jul 1944 Thick Mist 18th Jul 1944 Bombing 19th Jul 1944 Patrol 20th Jul 1944 Patrols 21st Jul 1944 Shelling 22nd Jul 1944 Patrol 23rd Jul 1944 Raid 24th Jul 1944 Reliefs 25th Jul 1944 Recce 26th Jul 1944 Recce 27th Jul 1944 Recce 28th Jul 1944 Instructions 29th Jul 1944 Patrol 30th Jul 1944 Recce 30th Jul 1944 Recce 5th Aug 1944 Reorganisation   7th Aug 1944 Preparations   10th Aug 1944 Artillery in Action   11th Aug 1944 Attack Made   14th Aug 1944 In Action   15th Aug 1944 In Action   16th September 1944 Canal 17th September 1944 Canal 18th Sep 1944 Attacks 18th September 1944 Air Raid 19th Sep 1944 Advance 19th Sep 1944 Moves 20th September 1944 Strong Opposition   21st September 1944 Attack Made 21st September 1944 Advance 22nd September 1944 Objective Taken 30th September 1944 Counter Attacks 4th Oct 1944 Batteries Deployed 5th October 1944 In Action 6th Oct 1944 Anti Tank Defence 6th October 1944 Shelling 7th October 1944 Shelling 8th October 1944 Shelling 13th October 1944 Attack Made 15th Oct 1944 Prisoners Taken   18th Oct 1944 Reliefs 11th Jan 1945 Artillery Support   27th Apr 1945 Very Wet If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with 7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers during the Second World War 1939-1945. Chadwin Austin. Chatfield Alfred. Fus. (d.28th Mar 1945) Davies Colin. Cpl. (d.13th Feb 1945) Jones William Harold. Pte. Thwaite John. A/LCpl. Williams Noel. Fus. (d.17th July 1944) The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 19th Nov 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQs The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about 7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers? There are:1438 items tagged 7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Cpl. Colin Davies 7th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers (d.13th Feb 1945) Colin Davies served in the 7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers in WW2. He died 13th of February 1945 aged 27 years and is buried Rheinberg War Cemetery in Germany. Son of William George and Eliza Jane Davies of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and husband of Barbara Yvonne Davies of Pope Hill, Haverfordwest. Margaret Wilkin Add to this record. Fus. Alfred Chatfield 7th Btn Royal Welch Fusiliers (d.28th Mar 1945) Alfred Chatfield joined the Royal Artillery but was based mostly on the South coast of England. He wanted to see action so transferred to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was killed in or near the Reichswald Forest. Simon Hill Add to this record. Pte. William Harold Jones 10th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers William Jones served with the 7th and 10th Royal Welsh Fusiliers. William Jones Add to this record. A/LCpl. John "Jack" Thwaite 2nd Btn. Border Regiment My Dad Jack Thwaite joined the TA in March 1933 serving with 7th Bn Duke of Wellington's Regt hence his Regtl number. He joined the Regular Army in Nov 1934 at the age of 20. Initially he served with 1st Border in Belfast then with 2nd Border in India from 1935 to 1943, including service on the NW Frontier with another Btn as a reinforcement. He returned to the UK in 1943 & was posted to 6th Border. He landed on D Day 6 Jun 1944 with this Beach Group Bn. He transferred on breakup of the Battalion to the Lancashire Fusiliers, East Lancs and finally 7th RWF. He was wounded in action on the 18th of September 1944. Martin Thwaite Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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