23rd Regiment On Foot

history of the 23rd Regiment on Foot

The Royal Welch Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. It was founded in 1689 to oppose James II and to take part in the imminent war with France. The regiment was numbered as the 23rd Regiment of Foot, though it was one of the first regiments to be granted the honour of a fusilier title and so was known as The Welsh Regiment of Fusiliers from 1702. The "Royal" accolade was earned fighting in the War of the Spanish Succession in 1713.

It was one of the oldest infantry regiments in the regular army, hence the archaic spelling of the word Welch instead of Welsh. In the Boer War and throughout the First World War, the army officially called the regiment "The Royal Welsh Fusiliers".


Roster:
---Commisssioned Officers---
Colonel- (Pasquali)
LtColonel-
Major-
Captain- (Fader)
Lieutenant- (Rinsed)
2nd Lieutenant-

---Non Commissioned Officers---
Regiment Sergeant Major-
Company Sergeant Major-
Staff Sargeant-
Colour Sargent- (Ashez)
Sargent- (Typhoon, BattleBox)
Corporal- (DrDerp, Dobrev)

---Rankers---
Lance corporal- (Stonewall, Damian, Vince, RedBird)
Fusiliers- (Scott, Voodoo....
Private's- (FieryJullz)
Recruit's- (Blackfyre, Voodoo, TheWanderingYeti, Meds)