RWF Battles Remembered - Part One Orders Daily Inserts

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The Battalion was in the firing line continuously from 22 October to 14 November. It was under almost non-stop artillery bombardment and subjected to frequent attacks, mainly at night. It was cold and wet and all the equipment was three miles away washing and shaving was impossible. Four officers and 62 other ranks were killed; details of the wounded are unknown.



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1 RWF at the battle of Vittorio Veneto, 1918

This battle marked the end of the war in Italy with the Austrians asking for an armistice on 4th November. In the opening phase the 7th and 23rd Divisions crossed the Piave
, first seizing the island of Grave di papadopoli, the northern end of which was captured by 1 RWF. With no assault boats available the crossing was made in flat-bottomed boats, rowed by Italian waterman. By the 25th/26th the island had been cleared.


Taken from part 1 orders

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Fox Russel VC MC joined 6 RWF as an officer in 1913. He went to medical school and joined the RAMC. He was attached to 6 RWF at his own request in 1916. At Tel Kuweilfeh in Palestine he went out repeatedly untill he was killed to attend to the wounded under murderous fire from snipers and MGs and in many cases carried them in himself although almost exhausted. He showed the highest possible degree of valour. He was awarded a posthumous VC.

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Fox Russel VC MC joined 6 RWF as an officer in 1913. He went to medical school and joined the RAMC. He was attached to 6 RWF at his own request in 1916. At Tel Kuweilfeh in Palestine he went out repeatedly untill he was killed to attend to the wounded under murderous fire from snipers and MGs and in many cases carried them in himself although almost exhausted. He showed the highest possible degree of valour. He was awarded a posthumous VC.

The Fox Russels were a family of Dr's from the Holyhead area, I believe his name is on the cenotaph at Holyhead, people from Holyhead will know the Victoria surgery which they established, the orginal where Bar 2000 is now. Just a bit of info.

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The armistice in France came into effect at 11 a.m. on the eleventh day of the eleventh month. At the time the Regiment had elevan battalions serving in France. During the war 9,971 Royal Welchman gave there lives for there country, and tens of thousands more were wounded. The youngest to be killed was pte W Chadwick, 2 RWF, AGED 15. The oldest in the Regiment and the second oldest in the army, was Pte W Speight, 13 RWF, aged 62.





SOURCE: Part 1 Orders 1 R Welsh