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23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Wales

Infantry regiment. It was founded to oppose King James II and the forthcoming war with France, and saw action in many later conflicts. During World War I, several writers, including Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves saw service with the regiment. In 2006, it merged with the Royal Regiment of Wales, to become the Royal Welsh.

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23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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L. E. Mabbot

L. E. Mabbot

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Ernest Jackson

Ernest Jackson

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Private Willie John Banson

Private Willie John Banson

Willie John Banson and his twin brother, Stanley Arthur Banson (1890-1982), were born on 13 November 1890, the youngest of the five children of Arthur John Banson (1853-1933) and Mary Harriet Banso...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Hy. W. Taylor

Hy. W. Taylor

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Bill Faust (Billy)

Bill Faust (Billy)

Died with Adam Meere in a fire in Bethnal Green, which started in the basement of a children's clothes shop, Sohan and Sons, and spread to the flat above. Operating out of Whitechapel Fire Station,...

Person, Armed Forces, Tragedy

3 memorials