Search British Army, Royal Welch Fusiliers

Each result will provide you with an image of the original military document and a transcript of the key facts. The amount of detail in each transcript can vary depending on the type of document you are viewing. Below are some of the details you will find on the transcript.

• Name
• Age
• Birth year
• Year
• Enlistment year
• Service number
• Regiment
• Birth parish
• Birth county
• Document type
• Volume
• Volume year range
• Archive and reference

Images

The images will often provide additional details about your ancestor. The facts you find will depend on the type of document you are viewing. Below we have listed some of the document types and the additional facts you may find.

23rd Foot description book

• Physical description
• Former trade
• Attestation date
• Former service

Casualty records

Casualty reports recorded the names of those who were missing, wounded, taken prisoner, and killed in action.

• Rank
• Nature of casualty, injury, or disease

Denbighshire Hussars roll books, 1910-1916

• Residence
• Business address
• Attestation date
• Former occupation
• Attestation place
• Former service
• Special training
• Campaigns
• Wounds
• Medals
• Discharge date, place, and cause

Discharge registers

• Reason for discharge
• Discharge date
• Desertion date
• Remarks

Enlistment registers

• Date of attestation
• Attestation place
• Transfer from regiment or corps
• Trade on enlistment
• Wife and child’s name
• If unmarried, the name and address of next of kin
• Place of marriage and child’s birth place
• Marriage date and child’s birth date
• Campaigns
• Wounds
• Medals
• Discharge place and cause
• Rank and character on discharge
• Address on discharge

Record of Officer services, 1830-1850

• Appointment date
• Native country
• Date of first commission in Army
• By who vacancy

Transfer-in register

• Date of attestation and place
• Transfer from regiment
• Trade on enlistment
• Wife’s and child(ren)’s names
• Marriage place and date
• Child(ren)’s birth place(s) and date(s)
• Discharge date, place, and cause
• Rank and character on discharge
• Address on discharge

The original records are all held by the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Museum Trust. The records include the names of those who served during the Anglo-Boer War, Boxer Rebellion, First World War, and Second World War. Within the collection, you will find enlistment registers, discharge books, casualty reports, and transfer registers.

Royal Welch (Welsh) Fusiliers is a line infantry regiment. The regiment gained its name from the task of guarding artillery during battles. The name originated from fusil, which was a form of flintlock musket given to those who guarded the artillery.

The Royal Welch Fusiliers date back to 1689 as Colonel Lord Herbert’s Regiment of Foot. They were formed during the early days of the war of the Spanish Succession. In 1702, they became The Welsh Regiment of Fuzileers. The regiment has endured numerous title changes and amalgamations with other regiments through the centuries.

Document types

Below is a full list of all the types of documents you will find in this collection.

23rd Regiment of Foot description book, 1807-1842

Casualty records, 1st Battalion, 1891-1893

Casualty records, 1st Battalion, 1914

Casualty records, 5th Provisional Battalion, 1899-1902

Denbighshire Hussars roll books, 1910-1916

Discharge registers, 1921-1939

Discharge registers, B, C & D priority lists, 1920-1939

Enlistment registers, 1920-1936

Enlistment registers, 1938-1946

Record of Officer services, 1830-1850

Transfer-in register, 1920-1938

Transfer-in registers, 1938-1945