The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

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The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division.

It was formed on April 23, 1968, as part of the reforms of the army that saw the creation of the first 'large infantry regiments', by the amalgamation of the four English Fusilier Regiments.

As a fusilier regiment, the RRF wears a hackle, which in this case is the hackle of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, red over white. This distinction was originally a white plume which His Majesty's Fifth Regiment of Foot had taken from the head dress of fallen French troops at St. Lucia in December 1778.The Fifth Regiment of Foot became His Majesty's Fifth (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot with the county affiliations of 1782. In 1829 King George the IV ordered the white plume to be worn by all infantry regiments, and in order not to take away from the Fifth (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot's battle honour, their plume was distinguished by being made red over white. This came from the legend that the men of the Fifth ( Northumberland) Regiment of Foot having dipped the white plumes in the blood of the French at St. Lucia.The Fifth (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot did not become the Fifth Regiment of Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers) until 1836, later in 1881 they became The (Fifth) Northumberland Fusiliers and finally in 1935 The (Fifth) Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.

1 Formation
2 Battle honours
3 See also
4 External links

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Formation

On the 23rd April 1968 the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was formed from the four English Fusilier Regiments. Each of these Regiments were steeped in History and Traditions which have been retained by the Regiment today.

On formation, the Regiment consisted of four Regular battalions, one Volunteer battalion covering the four Regimental areas and the Depot.

Due to a series of Government Defence Reviews, ' Options for Change' and the recent 'Strategic Defence Review' the Regiment now comprises of two Regular battalions and a number of Territorial Army Companies located in the four Regimental Areas.

The Regular battalions are:

1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

As one of the existing large infantry regiments, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is unaffected by the reforms of the infantry that were announced in December 2004. The regiment will receive a TA battalion through the amalgamation of the various RRF companies of the West Midlands Regiment and Tyne-Tees Regiment which will be designated as the 5th Battalion RRF.

The regiment's mascot is an Indian Black Buck named Bobby.

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Battle honours

[combined battle honours of The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and The Lancashire Fusiliers, plus:]
- Wadi al Batin, Gulf 1991, Al Basrah, Iraq 2003

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