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The Royal Welsh Fusiliers outside the Cricket Pavilion
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1915 Postcard 6th Welsh Fusiliers in front of the wooden shelter in Spencer Park
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Men of the 6th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers c1915 - Photograph by C.F.Chapman
sent in by Lynda Shaughnessy whose grandfather, Sgt Maj Thomas Owen Ackers is standing far right
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The Rushden Echo, July 9th 1915, transcribed by Kay Collins
Inspection
Yesterday the whole brigade of the R.W.F.’s with two companies of the Herefords stationed at Rushden, were inspected by General Sir Leslie Rundell, commanding the Central Force. The men under the command of Brigadier General Lloyd marched via Bedford-road to the Court Estate, where they awaited the arrival of the inspecting officer. A large number of Rushden and Higham Ferrers residents journeyed outwards by foot, cycle and motor to witness the inspection. The inspecting General and Staff arrived about 1.25p.m. and took up a stand opposite the reservoir. By General Rundell’s special instructions the men went by him at the ‘march easy’, the billy goat mascots accompanying the brigade. As the men marched past the saluting base they presented a decidedly smart appearance, and in addition gave striking exemplification of their vocal powers with such ditties as ‘Here we are again’ and ‘Are we down-hearted? No.’
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The Rushden Echo, July 9th 1915, transcribed by Kay Collins
R.W.F. Signallers met the Rushden Baptists at cricket on Saturday, the Baptists winning easily.
Scores:- R.W.F.: Corpl. Webb, c Wright, b Hilton, 0; R. F. Downing, c Allen, b Hilton, 0; L. Evans, b Hilton, 16; Lance-Corpl. W. Lloyd, b Owen, 9; A. Edwards, c Owen, b Pennington, 5; T. Field, b Owen, 8; A. Holborrow, st Wright, b Pennington, 1; Corpl. Owen, c. Wright, b Pennington, 0; Corpl. Thomas, b Pennington, 1; Webb, not out, 1; A. P. Layer, b Pennington, 0; extras 10; total 51.
Baptist: W. E. Owen, not out, 27; T. Pennington, not out 58, extras 2, total (for no wicket) 87.
A.Ablett, J. Willmott, W. Freeman, S. C. Brightwell, L. Allen, S. H. Wright, T. Hilton, F. H. Linnitt and E. Wright did not bat.
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The Rushden Echo, July 9th 1915, transcribed by Kay Collins
Corpl. Jones, R.W.F., sang “Land of hope and glory” and “The way of heaven” at the service in the Independent Wesleyan Church on Sunday evening. The Rev. C. J. Keeler was the preacher for the day.
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Rushden Echo, 21 April 1916, transcribed by Kay Collins
R.W.F.
Pte Ellis Jones, who was billeted with Mr Hall, grocer, Rushden, is in Manchester Hospital. He has had both feet amputated.
Major Williams, 7th R.W.F., who is home on leave from Egypt, is now staying with Mr and Mrs W W Smith, of Leamington House, with whom he was billeted whilst in Rushden.
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Rushden Echo, 14th July 1916, transcribed by Kay Collins
The Royal Welsh Fusiliers - Formerly Billeted at Rushden & Higham Ferrers
6th R.W.F.
Private William Parry, Carnarvon, who is serving with the 1/6th R.W.F. in Egypt, says:- "It is very hot out here: it is 104 degrees in the shade. I am away from the battalion for a while working on a railway just for a bit of a change. We are by the Suez Canal now. I have been bathing there three or four times. I took a stroll the other night to see the place where the Turks tried to get over. We saw heads, legs and arms lying about. It was dreadful. We had a visitor here the other morning and he managed to drop some pills (I mean bombs). He came pretty close to our camp. All the Carnarvon boys are together".
7th R.W.F.
Pte. George Davis, Newtown, has died from appendicitis at the Prees Heath Camp.
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Rushden Echo, 21st July 1916, transcribed by Kay Collins
Sergt. George Langton, Carnarvon who served in the Gallipoli campaign, and lately in Mesopotamia, where he was wounded, arrived home in Carnarvon this week.
Pte. S.T. Morgan, Portdinorwic, who served throughout the Gallipoli champagne has been invalided home.
7th R.W.F.
Ptes. R. Owen Jones and E. W. Jones (Bala) have qualified as bomb throwers.
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Rushden Echo, Friday 26th October 1917, transcribed by Kay Collins
The R.W.F.—Pte. Chas. Cook (Queen-street, Rushden), of the R.A.M.C. staff, with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, writing from Abbassia, Cairo, says: “I have not met many of the Rushden boys since I have been here, but I have met a good many of the Welsh and Hereford boys who were billeted with us in Rushden about two years ago, and they all speak highly of the hospitality they received in Rushden.”
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