Royal Welch Fusiliers in the Second World War 1939-1945

Royal Welch Fusiliers
1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
2nd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
5th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
8th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
9th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
10th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
11th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
12th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
13th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers

2nd of December 1939 Reliefs

6th Feb 1940 On the Range

2nd of April 1940 Enemy push (training)

23rd May 1940 In Action

13th May 1940 In Defence

14th May 1940 Exchange of Fire

15th May 1940 Enemy Attacks

15th May 1940 In Action

24th May 1940 In Action

25th May 1940 HQ Established

25th May 1940 In Action

26th May 1940 Surrounded

26th May 1940 New Positions

27th May 1940 Hard Fighting

30th May 1940 Withdrawal

1st Jun 1940 Evacuation

14th July 1940 Reorganisation

2nd Aug 1940 Orders

3rd Aug 1940 On the Move

5th Aug 1940 Reorganisation

16th Aug 1940 Exercise

22nd Aug 1940 Exercise

30th Aug 1940 Exercise

12th Sep 1940 Exercise

13th Sep 1940 Exercise

23rd Oct 1940 Reliefs

26th Jan 1943 On the Move

13th of February 1943 Field Firing Exercise

6th Mar 1943 Reliefs

18th Mar 1943 Attack Made

8th Apr 1943 Reliefs

3rd Apr 1944 In Action

6th Apr 1944 Objective Taken

6th Apr 1944 Orders

8th Apr 1944 Advance

April 1944 Reliefs

14th Apr 1944 Break Through

15th Apr 1944 Exercise

16th Apr 1944 Exercise

17th Apr 1944 Exercise

18th Apr 1944 Attack Made

18th Apr 1944 Exercise

19th Apr 1944 Reliefs

19th Apr 1944 Exercise

20th Apr 1944 Reliefs

20th Apr 1944 Exercise

21st Apr 1944 Exercise

22nd Apr 1944 Exercise Ends

4th May 1944 Under Fire

6th May 1944 Reliefs

13th May 1944 In Action

14th May 1944 Salvage

15th May 1944 Salvage

May 1944 On the Move

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 Patrols

30th Jun 1944 Reliefs

30th Jun 1944 On the Move

30th Jun 1944 Orders

1st Jul 1944 Reliefs

1st Jul 1944 Attack Made

1st Jul 1944 Conference

1st July 1944 Orders

2nd Jul 1944 Patrol

2nd July 1944 Reliefs

3rd Jul 1944 Recce

3rd Jul 1944 Reliefs

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 Briefing

Colonel J A Rice-Evans, CO of 4th battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, briefs his officers from his slit trench at battalion HQ before an attack towards Evrecy, 16th of July 1944. © IWM (B 7579)

16th Jul 1944 On the Move

16th Jul 1944 Line Advanced

17th Jul 1944 Thick Mist

17th Jul 1944 Attack Made

17th Jul 1944 Attack Made

18th Jul 1944 Bombing

18th Jul 1944 Attack Fails

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

2nd Aug 1944 Raids

3rd Aug 1944 Reorganisation

3rd Aug 1944 Indications fo enemy withdrawal

4th Aug 1944 Moves

5th Aug 1944 Reorganisation

7th Aug 1944 Preparations

8th Aug 1944 Patrols

10th Aug 1944 Artillery in Action

11th Aug 1944 Attack Made

14th Aug 1944 On the Move

14th Aug 1944 In Action

15th Aug 1944 In Action

16th Aug 1944 In Action

3rd Sep 1944 Hard Fighting

16th September 1944 Canal

17th September 1944 Canal

18th Sep 1944 Attacks

18th September 1944 Air Raid

19th Sep 1944 Advance

19th Sep 1944 Hard Fighting

19th Sep 1944 Moves

20th Sep 1944 Reliefs

20th September 1944 Attack Made

20th September 1944 Strong Opposition

21st September 1944 Attack Made

21st September 1944 Attack Made

21st September 1944 Advance

22nd September 1944 Objective Taken

23rd September 1944 Artillery in Action

25th Sep 1944 In Action

26th September 1944 Observation Posts

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 Oct 1944 Shelling

7th October 1944 Shelling

8th Oct 1944 Demolition

8th October 1944 Shelling

13th October 1944 Attack Made

15th Oct 1944 Prisoners Taken

18th Oct 1944 Reliefs

20th Oct 1944 Preparations

21st Oct 1944 Under Fire

22nd Oct 1944 In Action

14th Dec 1944 On the Move

15th Dec 1944 On the Move

22nd Dec 1944 On the March

30th Dec 1944 In Action

4th Jan 1945 Attack Made

5th Jan 1945 Reliefs

11th Jan 1945 Artillery Support

7th of March 1945 On the Move

30th March 1945 Slow Progress

14th Apr 1945 Advance

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
Royal Welch Fusiliers
during the Second World War 1939-1945.

Aitken W.
Anderson MC Nigel James Moffatt. 2nd Lt.
Argent Edgar. Pte.
Bendle Gerald. Sgt.
Bretel Sylvester. Fus. (d.7th September 1943)
Bryan Leslie William.
Butler Patrick. Pte
Buttifant Stanley Frederick.
Carr Matthew Robert. RSM.
Chadwin Austin.
Chatfield Alfred. Fus. (d.28th Mar 1945)
Clarke William Alfred. Pte.
Crane Walter Lawrence. Fsr.
Curtis VH.
Daniel William James. Fus. (d.3rd Feb 1945)
Davies Colin. Cpl. (d.13th Feb 1945)
Davies David John. Pte.
Davies Shadrech.
Duffy JJ.
Dykes Jeff.
Edgeworth Armine. Capt.
Edwards Edward.
Edwards H.
Edwards John Percy. Sgt.
Edwards John Hugh. Fus.
Ellis D.
Ellison Eric Ronald. L/Cpl.
Etherington TR.
Evans Leuan. Fus. (d.17th July 1944)
Evans Robert. L/Cpl.
Flanagan Thomas. Fus. (d.15th May 1940)
Freeman Alfred James Wilfred. Fus. (d.10 Nov 1944)
Greenwood Walter. Fslr.
Grimes William. Pte.
Groombridge Norman George. Flr.
Hall Henry. Fus. (d.16th Sep 1944)
Hallett DJ.
Harber P. Fus.
Hayes Arthur Thomas.
Heywood Edward Arthur.
Hughes Elias Gwynedd. Fus. (d.10th November 1944)
Hughes Eric Victor. Pte.
Hughes Evan Emlyn.
Hughes G.
Hughes Howard.
Hughes TG.
Jenkins Dai.
Jones David Mervyn. Pte.
Jones Evan Rhys.
Jones George Garnet.
Jones DCM. John Michael. WO2. (d.12th October 1944)
Jones RS.
Jones RW.
Jones William.
Jones William.
Jones William Harold. Pte.
Jones William John. Pte.
Jones William Herbert. Fus.
Kerrigan J.
Knowles Aubrey.
Lambert M.
Leahy Thomas Henry. Fusilier
Lewis Norman Edgar. Cpl.
Looms TJ.
McKinnon Ronald. Fus. (d.25th September 1944)
McNicholas James Thomas. Fus.
Miller Frank. Pte.
Morgan D.
Morris CF.
Nimmon J.
Owen Thomas Richard. Private
Owen WC.
Owens Idris. Fus.
Parry H.
Patten Robert Alfred. Fslr. (d.24th May 1940)
Randall . Sgt.
Riach William Drysdale. Cpl. (d.16th Feb 1945)
Richards JG.
Richens Harry.
Rutherford E. Fus.
Sakier Basil Stewart. Cpt.
Skidmore AD.
Smith William Anthony. Fus. (d.6th July 1944)
Spink James. Fus. (d.5th Nov 1944)
Stallard George Thomas. Fus. (d.19th Aug 1944)
Stead John Henry. Pte.
Sutherland Robert.
Sutherland Robert. Fus (d.25th Sep 1944)
Tatler Samuel. (d.9th February 1945)
Taylor William Grenville. Fus. (d.16th Feb 1945)
Thomas Arthur Edward.
Thwaite John. A/LCpl.
Turner William George.
Watson Joseph. Pte. (d.10th Sep 1943)
Williams Noel. Fus. (d.17th July 1944)
Williams Richard Thomas. Cpl.
Wood John Walter. Cpl.

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AD Skidmore Royal Welsh Fusiliers

AD Skidmore served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch.
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Fus. E Rutherford 4th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers

Fus.E Rutherford served with the 4th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch.
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JG Richards 49th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps

JG Richards served with the 49th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch.
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H Parry Royal Welsh Fusiliers

H Parry served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch.
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WC Owen Royal Welsh Fusiliers

WC Owen served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch.
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CF Morris Royal Welsh Fusiliers

CF Morris served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch.
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D Morgan Royal Welsh Fusiliers

D Morgan served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch.
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TJ Looms Royal Welsh Fusiliers

TJ Looms served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch.
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M Lambert 5th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps

M Lambert served with the 5th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch.
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J Kerrigan 1st Regiment Reconnaissance Corps

J Kerrigan served with the 1st Regiment Reconnaissance Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch.
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