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The Fusiliers at the Battle of Albuera by David Rowlands. The Duke of Wellington while besieging the fort of Badajoz. |
The British Army by Orlando Norie. Showing military uniforms of the following regiments, The Military train, Royal Horse Guards, 15th Hussars, 23rd Fusiliers, Coldstream Guards, 5th Lancers 93rd highlanders, Rifle Bde, Staff Officers, Royal marines, 13th Light Dragoons, 2nd dragoon Guards, Grenadier Guards, 33rd Line Infantry, 11th Hussars, 14th Light Dragoons, 1st life Guards, Royal Artillery, Carabiniers, 74th Highlanders, Light Infantry, 16th lancers, Scots Greys, Royal Horse artillery, Royal Engineers. |
Sergeant Luke O'Connor Winning the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Alma by L.W. Desanges. Although shot in the breast, bravely carries forward one of the colours at the Battle of Alma, 20th September 1854. |
Charge of the 2nd Carabiniers against the Square of the 23rd (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) at the Battle of Waterloo by Brian Palmer. No text for this item |
Battalion Infantry, 6th or Warwickshire Regiment, 23rd or Royal Welsh Fusiliers No text for this item |
Officer, 23rd Foot 1790 by P H Smitherman Contemporary pictures and existing items of clothing have provided the basis for this image, which shows further development of the fusiliers uniform. fusilier caps were to be like the grenadier caps only smaller. The plate with the royal arms in front of the cap has gone, and has been replaced by a badge, and there is an arrangement of gold cords at the back, invisible in the picture, ending in two large tassels. The collar of the coat has now been turned up again and has begun to assume the form which it has since retained. The elaboration of the gold lace on the cuffs and lapels is in sharp contrast with the simplicity noted in the previous image. Being a fusilier, and armed on service with a fusil, he wears a shoulder belt with a pouch as well as a sword belt. Black gaiters have replaced white spatterdashes, except in the Foot guards. The white ones were first replaced by brown - a more suitable colour, obviously, for service - but they were not considered very smart, and so were blacked and finally replaced with black gaiters. As the 23rd were allowed to wear a badge, the Prince of Wales feathers, it appears on the gorget instead of the royal arms. The plate on the shoulder-belt, carrying a regimental device, was an innovation at about this time, and was worn by all ranks. Thus the soldier now carried an easily recognisable sign of his regiment, similar to the cap badge today. Previously, in most cases, unless a man belonged to one of the few regiments permitted to display a badge, he could be identified only by such details as his buttons, or the pattern of his lace. The 23rd, or Royal Welsh Fusiliers, were raised in 1689. The notable feature of their dress today is the bunch of black ribbons worn on the collar at the back, a survival of the ribbons worn before 1805 to protect the collar from the grease of the pigtail. |
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