1 May 1916 Siegfried Sassoon includes the poem ‘The Journey’ in his diary.
‘Now I must wander, till my journey cease’

#OTD on 30 April 1921
Major Geoffrey Compton-Smith of the Royal Welch Fusiliers was executed by the IRA.

His final letter said,
'I should like my death to lessen rather than increase the bitterness which exists between England & Ireland'.
#History

Amgueddfa RWF Museum Bosnia, personal opinion, has been hidden compared to all the other conflicts in the last 44 years. I recall the 1st British soldier who died was RWF attached to the Cheshire’s. I also assisted in his repatriation. National service is also deserving of recognition.

Private Hugh Parry Griffiths.

From #Bangor , Caernarfonshire (now Gwynedd), he served with the RWF.

Buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, he died in June 1916 aged 21.

Inscription:

GWYN EU BYD Y RHAI ADDFWYN

(BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO MOURN).

📷Amgueddfa RWF Museum

William Mathews
Royal Welsh Fusiliers/Royal Field Artillery
Died this day 1921 Chester
Footballer Chester City, Brentford

JOB OPPORTUNITY:
The Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum is seeking to appoint a new Museum Director. The Trustees are seeking a museum professional for a full-time appointment.
Closing Date: 1 May 2024

29 April 1917 While convalescing Siegfried Sassoon writes ‘I know I shall be sent out again to go through it all again with added refinements of torture. […] But surely they’ll manage to kill me next time!’

#Archive30 #Futurearchive What archive database should we start next? National Service? Northern Ireland? Iraq? Afghanistan? Bosnia?

#Archive30 #ArchivesForAll
Our aim is to remember every Royal Welch Fusilier. They all deserve to be remembered and our archive is for all of them. See the home page of our website on how you can help populate our databases so that no man is forgotten. youtu.be/yZxYjogqB2E?si…

#Archive30 #ArchiveAdvice

Royal Welch Fusiliers assist in clearing bomb damage in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 7 May 1941.

Everyone in Britain was affected in some way by the war. See more photos of life on the home front: bit.ly/3TF90gd

© IWM (H 9464)

#Gallipoli , today

Private Charles Arthur Harris was born in #Birmingham and served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

He was killed on 19th May 1918.

Laid to rest in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

📷 Amgueddfa RWF Museum

Job vacancy - Amgueddfa RWF Museum is seeking to appoint a new Museum Director. Closing date 1 May: aim-museums.co.uk/vacancies/muse…

Yesterday I attended the Regimental & Corps Museums Conference National Army Museum there were excellent talks by Clare Cunliffe Museum of Liverpool and Nick Lock Amgueddfa RWF Museum armymuseums AIM ICOMAM
The Gurkha Museum The Royal Logistic Corps Museum
Bodmin Keep Household Cavalry Museum
Defence Research Network #musuems

#Archive30 #Sportarchives Bronze Medal Tournament 1928. Touché!

Ahead of ANZAC commemorations, British Embassy Ankara 🇬🇧🇹🇷 Defence Attaché Col Jim Torbet paid his respects to Lt Col Charles Doughty-Wylie, VC, CB, CMG of the Royal Welch Fusiliers who fell at Gallipoli.
Andy Torbet The Royal Welsh

Magnificent Picture of Colonel Francis Lloyd on his promotion to Commander of the 1st Grenadier Guards 1903.

Lloyd was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant into the 33rd (or The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment in 1874. He transferred to his father's regiment,
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