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That Astonishing Infantry: The History of the Royal Welch Fusiliers 1689 - 2006

The Royal Welch Fusiliers were present at all Marlborough’s great victories, fought throughout the Peninsula and were present at Wellington’s final glorious victory at Waterloo.

They are no longer in the British Army’s order of battle having been amalgamated into the Royal Regiment of Wales. But this book is the lasting memorial to a fiercely proud and greatly admired regiment.

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That Astonishing Infantry: The History of the Royal Welch Fusiliers 1689 - 2006

The Royal Welch Fusiliers were present at all Marlborough’s great victories, fought throughout the Peninsula and were present at Wellington’s final glorious victory at Waterloo.

They are no longer in the British Army’s order of battle having been amalgamated into the Royal Regiment of Wales. But this book is the lasting memorial to a fiercely proud and greatly admired regiment.

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That Astonishing Infantry: The History of the Royal Welch Fusiliers 1689 - 2006

That Astonishing Infantry: The History of the Royal Welch Fusiliers 1689 - 2006

That Astonishing Infantry: The History of the Royal Welch Fusiliers 1689 - 2006

That Astonishing Infantry: The History of the Royal Welch Fusiliers 1689 - 2006

Overview

The Royal Welch Fusiliers were present at all Marlborough’s great victories, fought throughout the Peninsula and were present at Wellington’s final glorious victory at Waterloo.

They are no longer in the British Army’s order of battle having been amalgamated into the Royal Regiment of Wales. But this book is the lasting memorial to a fiercely proud and greatly admired regiment.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781844156535
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Publication date: 07/15/2008
Pages: 448
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Michael Glover was educated at Oundle and St. John's Collage, Cambridge. During the war he served in Tunisia and Italy. From 1947 to 1970 he worked for the British Council, for the last nine years as Head of Educational Television and Radio. He is a distinguished military historian and his works include: 1815: The Armies at Waterloo; Rorke's Drift; Legacy of Glory; The Fight for the Channel Ports and An Improvised War: the Abyssinian Campaign of 1940-1941

Lieutenant-General Jonathon Riley is a General Officer with multinational operational command experience at all levels from platoon to corps in theatres from Northern Ireland to the Balkans, the Gulf, Iraq, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan.

General Riley has been awarded the DSO and NATO Meritorious Service Medal and is an Officer of the Legion of Merit of the United States of America. He holds the degrees of MA and PhD in modern history and has written numerous books. He is currently Visiting Professor in War Studies at King’s College London, a member of the British Commission for Military History, and Chairman of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Museum Trust.

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