Monday 18 May 2015

18th MAY 1728 – ON THIS DAY IN RWF HISTORY


The Regiment reviewed by King George I, 1728

Instructions were received that he wished to review in London the 23rd, which was in Berwick. It left in March and proceeded on foot to London. According to the London Journal ‘ ... at the Review before the King and Queen ... [the] Regiment of Welch Fusiliers made so fine an appearance and performed all their exercise with so much Regularity, Exactness and Dexterity, as was highly applauded ... and approved by his Majesty …’.


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