|
| The Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
| 1674 - 1968
|
| | | Titles | pre 1881 | post 1881 | 1st Battalion, 6th (Royal Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot. | 1st Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment | 2nd Battalion, 6th (Royal Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot. | 2nd Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment | | Earliest recognised formation: | 1674, when raised as "Vane's Regiment", becoming part of the British contingent serving on the Dutch establishment. The Regiment transferred to the British Army in 1685. | | Motto: | ? | | Regimental Journal: | The Antelope | | WWI: | Battle Honours; 70 | Victoria Crosses; 5 | Died; 11610 | WWII: | Battle Honours; 15 | Victoria Crosses; 0 | Died; ???? | | Amalgamated: | 1968, with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, Royal Fusiliers, and the Lancashire Fusiliers to form The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. | |
| | | | Peninsula War 1808 - 1814 | Military General Service Medal. 1793 - 1814 clasps: | Total Medals | Max clasps | | | | | | | | | 337 | 8 | 60 | 92 | 100 | 17 | 255 | 195 | 107 | 217 | | Battle Honours: Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes. |
| | Granted the "Royal" title in 1832 | | The Kaffir Wars, two campaigns: 1846 - 47 (7th Kaffir War), and 1850-53 (8th Kaffir War). | South Africa Medal 1834-53 | number: | 600 | | | Battle Honours: South Africa 1851-2-3. |
| | Increased to two battalions of regulars 1857 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | South African War 1899 - 1902 or "Boer War" 2nd Battalion (December 1899 -July 1901) also providing Mounted Infantry, plus volunteer companies*. | Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 | Common clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, also encountered: | | | | | MI? | | | | clasp: | | | | | | | number: | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | | | | | | | | Vols & MI? | | | | | | clasp: | | | | | | | number: | uncommon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902 | At least some of the Mounted Infantry served beyond the period of the main battalion and qualified for this medal. | | | Officers | NCOs and Men | KIA & DOW | Wounded | Death from disease | KIA & DOW | Death from disease | Wounded | Missing / POW | 2nd Battalion | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 10 | | *Roll not sighted but Westlake (The Territorial Battalions 1859-1985) records about 125 men of the 1st Vol Btn and 100 of the 2nd Vol Btn served in the Boer war, with the 1st present at "Elandsfontein, Pretoria, Diamond Hill and Belfast." ) | | Battle Honour; South Africa 1899-1902 |
| | | | Somaliland Operations 1902-04 | Africa General Service 1899-1956 | clasp: | | | number: | 20 | 12 | | |
| | | | | | | | The Great War 1914 - 1918 (raised 30 battalions; 17 served overseas:- ) | Generally awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal, most men overseas prior to 1/1/1916 also a 1914 or 1914-15 Star. | Battalion → | 1 | 2* | 1/5 | 1/6 | 1/7 | 1/8 | 2/5 | 2/6 | 2/7 | 2/8 | 9 | 10 | date of first overseas service. (first theatre red x ) | 22/8 1914 | 6/10 1914 | 22/3 1915 | 22/3 1915 | 22/3 1915 | 22/3 1915 | 21/5 1916 | 21/5 1916 | 21/5 1916 | 21/5 1916 | 13/7 1915 | 17/7 1915 | France & Flanders | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | | x | Gallipoli | | | | | | | | | | | x | | Egypt & Palestine | | | | | | | | | | | x | | Mesopotamia | | | | | | | | | | | x | | North Persia | | | | | | | | | | | x | | South Russia | | | | | | | | | | | x | | Italy | | x | x | x | x | x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Star possible ? | 1914 or 1914-15 | x | x | | | | | | | | | | | or 1914-15 only | | | x | x | x | x | | | | | x | x | VCs at a glance | | | | | | | | | | | | | died Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition 137 officers are recorded with 'battalion not shown' ) | 1385 | 1227 | 460 | 623 | 420 | 741 | 247 | 565 | 569 | 179 | 653 | 858 | other ranks only; some officers probably included with 1/x figures | | * The second battalion were in Malta when war broke out and returned first to the UK (19/9/14) | | Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 334 officers and men of the Royal Warwickshire regiment also qualified for this medal. | | | Regular | Territorial Force | New Armies | Garrison. |
|
| | | | The Great War 1914 - 1918 | continued......... | Battalion → | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 1 | | | | | Birmingham City Battalions | Garr. | date of first overseas service. (first theatre red x ) | 30/7 1915 | 21/11 1915 | 21/11 1915 | 21/11 1915 | ?/8 1915 | | | | | France & Flanders | x | x | x | x | | | | | | Malta | | | | | | | | | | Egypt | | | | | x | | | | | Italy | | x | x | x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Star possible ? | 1914 or 1914-15 | | | | | | | | | | or 1914-15 only | x | x | x | x | x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | died Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers Died in the Great War" (consider approximate, in addition 137 officers are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or battalions not shown here ) | 649 | 891 | 777 | 677 | 26 | | | | | | VCs: Amey, Phillips, Vicker, Gribble, Hutt (Gribble's VC was destroyed in a house fire in 1958) | | | Battle Honours: Le Cateau; Marne 1914; Ypres 1914, 1915, 1917; Somme 1916, 1918; Arras 1917, 1918; Lys; Hindenburg Line; Piave; Sari Bair; Baghdad. Retreat from Mons; Aisne 1914, 1918; Armentières 1914; Langemarck 1914, 1917; Gheluvelt; Neuve Chapelle; St Julien; Frezenberg; Bellewaarde; Aubers; Festubert 1915; Loos; Albert 1916, 1918; Bazentin; Delville Wood; Pozières; Guillemont; FlersCourcelette; Morval; Le Transloy; Ancre Heights; Ancre 1916; Vimy 1917; Scarpe 1917, 1918; Arleux; Oppy; Bulle-court; Messines 1917, 1918; Pilckem; Menin Road; Polygon Wood; Broodseinde; Poelcapelle; Passchendaele; Cambrai 1917, 1918; St Quentin; Bapaume 1918; Rosières; Estaires; Hazebrouck; Bailleul; Kemmel; Béthune; Drocourt-Quéant; Epéhy; Canal du Nord; Beaurevoir; Selle; Valenciennes; Sambre; France and Flanders 1914-18; Vittorio Veneto; Italy 1917-18; Suvla; Gallipoli 1915-16; Tigris 1916; Kut al Amara 1917; Mesopotamia 1916-18; Baku; Persia 1918. |
| | | | Operations on the North West Frontier 1936-39 1st Battalion | India General Service Medal 1936-39 | clasp: | North West Frontier 1937-36 |
| North West Frontier 1937-39 |
| numbers: | ? | ? | |
| | | | WW2 1939 - 1945 | Battalion → | 1st | 2nd | 1/7th | 8th | 12th | campaign ↓ | | | | | | France and Belgium 1940 (Dunkirk ) | | | x | x | x | North Africa & Middle East | | | | | | Burma | x | | | | | Sicily / Italy | | | | | | N.W. Europe | | x | x | | | | Notes. | | In India until moving to the Arakan 21/4/45 (under command of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade 26th Indian Infantry Division) Back to India 13/6/45 | D-Day landers: 185th Infantry Brigade for NW Europe campaign | 1940 campaign with 143rd Inf. Bde. | 1940 campaign; GHQ BEF | | | NW Europe 29/6/44 (197th Inf Bde.) | | | WW2 Stars common to the Battalion. (excluding 39-45 star ) Key: A = Africa, P = Pacific, B = Burma, I = Italy, F&G = France and Germany | | B | F&G | F&G | | | | | | | | | | Most also entitled to the 1939-45 War Medal and many the Defence Medal | | Battle Honours: Defence of Escaut; Wormhoudt; Ypres-Comines Canal; Normandy Landing; Caen; Mont Pinçon; Venraij; Bremen; North-West Europe 1940, 1944-5; Burma 1945. Bourguébus Ridge; Falaise; Rhineland; Lingen; Brinkum. |
| | | | | | 1947: Regulars reduced to a single battalion (1st Battalion Disbanded 1947, then 2nd Battalion re-designated the 1st,1948) | | | | | | | | | | The Cyprus Emergency 1955 - 1960 1st Battalion (January - July 1956) | General Service Medal 1918-62 | clasp: | | numbers: | ? | | C.O.; Lt. Col. W. T. Campbell. |
| | | 1963; now designated "Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers" | | | | © This website and its contents are copyright. Images are digitally watermarked. © North East Medals, All Rights Reserved |
|
Selected Links | The Regimental Museum. St John's House Warwick CV34 4NF ( map ) | Not many good sites out there on the Warwickshires?? please email if you know different ! | | | Selected Bibliography; | | Author | Title | Publisher | (Cannon's Historical Records Series) | Historical Record of The Sixth, or Royal First Warwickshire Regiment of Foot, containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in the year 1674, and of its subsequent Services to 1838. 115 pp. | London: Longman, Orme and Co., 1839 | Charles Lethbridge Kingsford | The Story of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (formerly the Sixth Foot). 235 pp. | London: " Country Life," Ltd., 1921 | Marcus Cunliffe. | History of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1919-1955. 200 pp. | London: William Clowes & Sons Ltd., 1956. | Brevet-Col. C. S. Collison. With a Foreword by Major-Gen. Lord Edward Gleichen. | The 11th Royal Warwicks in France, 1915-16. From the Personal Diary of its Commanding Officer. | Birmingham: Cornish Brothers Ltd., 1928. | J. E. B. Fairclough. With Forewords by Gen. Sir R. B. Stephens and Col. G. White Lewis. | The First Birmingham Battalion in the Great War, 1914-1919; being a History of the 14th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 210 pp. | Birmingham: Cornish Brothers Ltd., 1933 | Major C. A. Bill, Foreword by Lieut.-Col. Colin Harding. | The 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (2nd Birmingham Battalion) in the Great War.151 pp. | Birmingham: Cornish Brothers Ltd., 1932 | Lieut. C. E. Carrington | The War Record of the 1/5th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 97 pp. | Birmingham : Cornish Bros. Ltd., 1922 | | History of the 1/6th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 91 pp. | Birmingham: Cornish Bros. Ltd., 1922. | | History of the 2/6th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1914-1919. [With Introductory Note by Lieut.-Col. J. J. Shannessy]. 118 pp. | Birmingham: Cornish Bros. Ltd., 1929. | H. T. Chidgey, an officer of the same Battalion. | Black Square Memories. An Account of the 2/8th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1914-1918. 184 pp. 200 copies printed for sale. | Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1924 | Edited by Sir William H. Bowater. | Birmingham City Battalions Book of Honour. 424 pp 14th, 15th, and 16th Battalions. | London: Sherratt & Hughes. 1919 | | | | | Additional Bibliography for this Page. | | Author/Compiler | Title | Publisher | Officers of the Regiment. | Unpublished rolls in the care of the National Archives; WO 100/ etc. | - | Stiles, Richard G.M.L. | Mayhem in the Med (Cyprus Emergency) | Savannah Pub. London. 2005 | | Additional bibliography same as Northumberland Fusiliers page | | | | | | | | |
|
| | |
|