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=== Arthur John Moore Burrowes === | === Arthur John Moore Burrowes === | ||
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+ | === Siegfried Sassoon === | ||
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+ | The famous poet Siegfried Sassoon served in these units: | ||
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+ | * [[1/1st Sussex Yeomanry, British Army]] | ||
+ | * [[3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, British Army]] | ||
+ | * [[1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, British Army]] | ||
+ | * [[25th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, British Army]] in Palestine, early 1918 | ||
+ | * [[2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, British Army]] | ||
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+ | [http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/sassoon Siegfried Sassoon's journals] are online at Cambridge Digital Library (but note that his ''Memoirs of an Infantry Officer'' is a fictionalised novel, not his own memoirs). | ||
== Related media == | == Related media == | ||
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[[Category:British fusilier battalions]] | [[Category:British fusilier battalions]] | ||
[[Category:British Army infantry battalions by regimental precedence|023 001]] | [[Category:British Army infantry battalions by regimental precedence|023 001]] | ||
− | [[Category:Units | + | [[Category:Units with personal narratives]] |
== References == | == References == |
Latest revision as of 10:14, 11 November 2017
1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, British Army | |
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Years active: | unknown – unknown |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Service: | British Army |
Branch: | Regular Army (British Army) |
Type: | Infantry |
Specific type: | Infantry battalion |
Full size: | 1,000 |
Sources for overview: | |
Created: | unknown. |
Sources for created: | |
Name1: | 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
Name1 Start: | unknown |
Name1 End: | unknown |
Reason for change: | |
Sources for name1: | |
Alternate names: | |
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Disbanded: | unknown. |
Sources for disbanded: | |
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war. |
Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Administrative |
Parent unit: | Royal Welsh Fusiliers, British Army |
Parent level: | |
Start date: | unknown |
End date: | unknown |
Sources: |
Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Tactical |
Parent unit: | 22nd Infantry Brigade, British Army |
Parent level: | Brigade |
Start date: | 01/10/1914 |
End date: | 30/11/1917 |
Sources: |
Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Tactical |
Parent unit: | 9th Indian Infantry Brigade |
Parent level: | Brigade |
Start date: | 01/02/1923 |
End date: | 31/03/1923 |
Sources: |
Theatre of war | |
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Theatre name: | France, Belgium and Germany |
Date entered: | 01/10/1914 |
Date left: | 30/11/1917 |
Sources: |
Theatre of war | |
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Theatre name: | Italy |
Date entered: | 01/12/1917 |
Date left: | 31/01/1919 |
Sources: |
Theatre of war | |
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Theatre name: | India and East Persia |
Date entered: | 01/02/1923 |
Date left: | 31/03/1923 |
Sources: |
Contents
Personal narratives
Siegfried Sassoon
The famous poet Siegfried Sassoon served in these units:
- 1/1st Sussex Yeomanry, British Army
- 3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, British Army
- 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, British Army
- 25th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, British Army in Palestine, early 1918
- 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, British Army
Siegfried Sassoon's journals are online at Cambridge Digital Library (but note that his Memoirs of an Infantry Officer is a fictionalised novel, not his own memoirs).
Related media
Official sources
Unit war diaries
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1665/1 (01/10/1914–30/11/1917)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/4226 (01/12/1917–31/01/1919)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5400 (01/02/1923–31/03/1923)
Unit histories
Other official documents
Other sources
References
Categories:
- WO 95 imported pages needing improvement
- All units
- Units with official war diaries
- British infantry battalions
- British units needing name checks
- All British Army units
- British fusilier battalions
- British Army infantry battalions by regimental precedence
- Units with personal narratives
- Pages using TNA catalogue data