1st Battalion R W F circa 1900

All photos courtesy of Graham Knight



The Goat

Major General The Hon. Sir Savage Lloyd- Mostyn KCB. Colonel R.W.F

The Goats Head Plate

Major General Sir Luke O’Connor V.C. KCB Late of RWF, enlisted in 1849, commanded 1879-85

Captain E. D. Skaife Adjutant 1st RWF

Lieut. Col. H.O.S. Cadogan commanding 1st RWF

Lieut. E.A. Parker, Quarter- Master 1st RWF

Bandmaster S.V.Hays.

Sergt. Major S.Williams.

Quarter–Master Sergt. J.Cottrill.

Serg.Drummer H.F.Chapman.

Pioneers

Band.

Drums

‘A’ Company – Winners of Gymnastic Shield.

• Second in Regimental Football League,
• Second in Regimental Hockey League.

‘B’ Company – Winner of Regimental Football Cup.

• Winners of Regimental Football League.
• Winners of Regimental Hockey League
• Winners of Regimental Cross Country Race.

‘C’ Company

‘D’ Company  - Best Shooting Company.

• Winners of Drill Competition.
• Second in Gymnastic Shield Competition.

‘E’ Company  - Finalists, Regimental Football Cup.

‘F’ Company  - Finalists,  Regimental Tug-of-War.

‘G’  Company  - Best Aggregate in Regimental Sports Meeting.

• Winners of Regimental Relay Race.

‘H’ Company  - Winners, Regimental Cricket Shield.

• Winners, Regimental Tug-of-War 

Alma Day, Windsor 1913. Officers, Past and Present, and their Guests.

Alma Day, Windsor 1913.

Alma Day, Windsor 1913. Colour Party.

Windsor, 1913. The Castle Guard.

Married Families.

Army Athletic Team. Third in Army Championship Relay Race.

Regimental Hockey Team.

‘H’ Company. Winners of Cricket Shield.

‘A’Company.  Winners of Gymnastic Competition.

Sergeants.

Regimental Football Team. Winners, Dorset Senior Cup, 1912-13

Regimental Boxing Team, Winners Command Championship Meeting, 1913

• Second, All Army Championship Meeting 1913.
• Pte.Willis, Featherweight Champion of the Army 1913.
• Sergt. Spalding, Middleweight Champion, Southern Command, 1913

Pekin 1900

All photos courtesy of Graham Knight
The following photos depicting action photos of a detachment of the 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers and the part they took with the 12 allied powers in the Boxer rebellion 1900 and subsequently made close friends with  the U S Marine Corps




Lt Henry Ward

China medal roll 1

China medal roll 2

“G”Company football team.



Tug of war team

Inside the British legation

Main entrance to the British legation

Government house Tientsin

Tientsin railway station


Tientsin railway station in the winter


Weston caught in the act (bogus robbery)
A corner of the Pekin wall.

Cole Hill outside Pekin

Pekin wall breach which troops
entered to relieve Pekin

Monument in front of the main
entrance to commemorate the siege

Hatta main gate

1st gate to the forbidden city

Pekin in winter
Showing a clearer view of upper portion




Summer palace Pekin.



Sir Ernest Tatou and staff British
Ministry Pekin

Repairing the Chein Mien  gate ready
for the Dowager Empress of China

Out side Pekin after the war

Montage showing members of the
Allied forces.

One of several gateways  that bar
entrance to the forbidden city

Lotus lake winter palace


Scene outside Pekin




The Chinese city Pekin


Another gate leading into the
forbidden city




Summer palace Pekin.



Bronze cow Pekin.

Temple just behind the summer palace Pekin

Lt Henry Gerald Weston Corporals room British Legation Pekin.
Note the unusual bearskin head wear worn by the R.W.F men in photo


Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi

Last Meeting of the Burma star Association Aug 2008

League of friends menu card 1974

There are many iconic names at this dinner

Jamaica reunion

Pat on the return home



Pat with Major Barnes father of the Liverpool footballer of the same name who was born in Jamaica