Great War Classic back in print!
“Up to Mametz and Beyond” by Llewelyn Wyn Griffith, edited and annotated by Jonathon Riley. 
Published by Pen & Sword Books Ltd.

Llewelyn Wyn Griffith’s “Up to Mametz” is one of the classic books to come out of the First World War. In it the author describes the transformation of himself and his fellow Royal Welch Fusilier officers from civilians to battle-hardened veterans. The book ends with the horrors of the fighting for Mametz Wood in July 1916.

This new edition contains extra material from Wyn Griffith’s papers in the Royal Welch Fusiliers archive and held by his family, edited and annotated by Jonathon Riley. It takes the story up to the Armistice and covers Wyn Griffith’s experiences as a staff officer.Illustrated with many maps and photographs the volume is an extremely welcome addition to the bibliography of the Great War.

Price £ 15.99 + £4.00 UK postage and packing (other destinations at cost)

“The Very Thing” – The Memoirs of Drummer Richard Bentinck, 
Royal Welch Fusiliers 1807-1823 By Jonathon Crook
With a foreward by Donald E Graves

Published by Frontline Books, LondonRichard Bentinck of the 23rd Regiment (Royal Welch Fusiliers) served for sixteen years and took part in campaigns from Copenhagen to the West Indies, including the Peninsular War and culminating at Waterloo. In 1823 he was discharged from the army with “ill health” but still survived to a fine old age, dying in 1878.

As an old man he was interviewed for a series of newspaper articles about his service, and he also dictated his recollections of a long life. This volume is based on both resources and is the work of Bentinck’s great-great-great-nephew, himself a recently retired army officer. It contains the vivid and compelling first-hand accounts of an enlisted man who endured great privations and injuries during the course of his service. A fine addition to original accounts of the Napoleonic era.

194 pages including maps and photographs.

Price £ 19.99 + £4.00 UK postage and packing (other destinations at cost)

“Incidents in the Life of an Old Fusilier” - The Recollections of Sergeant Richard Roberts of the 23rd Foot.
Edited by Jonathon Crook

Published by Ken Trotman PublishingSergeant Richard Roberts was transferred from the 2nd Battalion of the 23rd Regiment into the 1st Battalion in 1806, in time to serve in the Copenhagen Expedition the following Year. He then took part in the West Indian and Peninsular campaigns. 

Richard Roberts’ reminiscences were originally published in 1862 in a periodical, and Jonathan Crook was made aware of them during his research for “The Memoirs of Drummer Bentinck”. Although not as lengthy as Bentinck’s, Roberts’ memoir makes a fine companion piece, presenting as it does, an honest and accurate account of a very determined enlisted man’s service.

Paperback; 18 pages including copious notes.

Price £ 6.95 including UK postage and packing (other destinations at cost)

“Dragon Rampant” The Royal Welch Fusiliers at War 1793-1815 by Donald E Graves.
Published by Frontline Books, London

In this companion volume to “Fix Bayonets” Donald Graves covers the 23rd Regiment of Foot during the period of the wars against Napoleon. This includes the years when Colonel Sir Henry Walton Ellis was its beloved Commanding Officer. Combining original research with previously unpublished first hand accounts by those who served in the Regiment or fought alongside it, “Dragon Rampant” sees the 23rd in action in three continents, culminating in the Battle of Waterloo. The narrative follows the Regiment through hardship, disease and ration shortages, and into a series of skirmishes, sieges and battles It vividly places the reader in the midst of the action alongside officers, enlisted men and the women who followed them to war.

“Dragon Rampant” is available from the Museum Shop at the special price of £18.00 which includes a bookplate signed by the author.

Price £18.00 + £4.00 UK postage and packing (other destinations at cost)

“The Road to Armageddon” – The life and Letters of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Cadogan RWF (1868-1914)  Edited by Colonel Henry Cadogan RWF

Henry (Hal) Cadogan was the personification of an infantry officer of the late nineteenth century. Commissioned into the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1888 he was trained for the imperial wars of the closing years of Queen Victoria ’s reign and saw action on the North-West Frontier and in China . He came from a large family with whom he regularly corresponded and these letters form the basis of this history, illustrating the life of a young officer, far from home, defending an empire of which he was immensely proud. Eventually he rose to command 1st Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers during the Edwardian years and played a part in many ceremonial and social events whilst the army underwent wholesale changes to prepare it for warfare in the 20th century.

When Europe was plunged into war in August 1914 Hal Cadogan brought his battalion back from garrison duty in Malta and endeavoured to prepare it for the conflict. After a short period of training, his battalion was posted to Belgium with the 7th Division. Although the BEF was regarded as the best-trained force to ever sail from Britain , it was ill-prepared for what awaited it. Fighting the last of the Victorian-style campaigns of movement, it acquitted itself with great distinction against an enemy whose sheer weight of numbers seemed to guarantee victory. Despite this, the BEF managed to halt the German Army long enough to deny it victory in 1914, but for Hal Cadogan and the men under his command the price was high, as the battalion was effectively wiped out.

This fine volume, published on November 11th 2009 , has 280 pages and is profusely illustrated. It also contains a nominal roll of 1st Battalion.

Price £20.00 + £4.00 UK postage and packing (other destinations at cost)

“Afghan Dragon” – 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) Aviation Assault Battle Group in Operation Herrick 11.

Bridge Books 2010.  96 pages.  Large format paperback.
A fine record of the Battalion’s service in Helmand, Afghanistan, during  2009-10, told by the officers and men in their own words and pictures.  The tour included Operation Moshtarak, the largest aviation assault since the First Gulf War and the Battle Group integrated Afghan, French, Estonian, Canadian and American forces to become a truly combined force.  The volume shows how the Welsh Warriors rose to new challenges with characteristic courage, compassion and good humour.

£12.99 plus  £3.50 Postage & Packing  (other destinations at cost)

“Heart of a Dragon”  by W Alister Williams. The VCs of Wales and the Welsh Regiments 1854 to 1902.
Bridge Books 2006.    230 pages. Hardback

An in-depth examination of 39 soldiers  and the actions which won them the Victoria Cross.  Not all were Welshmen, but they were either born in Wales, died in Wales, had Welsh parents or gained the Victoria Cross whilst serving with a regiment associated with Wales.  The first VC awarded to a soldier, was to Luke O’ Connor of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.  His story is told, along with those of Edward Bell, William Sylvester, Robert Shields, Thomas Hackett and George Monger.  The volume  includes soldiers of other regiments including the heroes of Rorkes Drift.

£30.00 plus  £5.00 Postage & Packing  (other destinations at cost)

“Heart of a Dragon”  by W Alister Williams. The VCs of Wales and the Welsh Regiments 1914 to 1982.
Bridge Books 2008.    478 pages. Hardback

The second volume of Alister Williams’ pair covers  44 men and the actions which won them the  Victoria Cross.  It includes the seven Great War VC winners of the Royal Welch Fusiliers – Charles Doughty-Wylie, Frederick Barter, Joseph Davies, Albert Hill, James Davies, Henry Weale and William Waring.

£35.00 plus  £6.00 Postage & Packing  (other destinations at cost)

“THAT ASTONISHING INFANTRY”
The History of The Royal Welch Fusiliers
1689 – 2006
Michael Glover and Jonathon Riley

The original 1998 edition of this acclaimed history of the Regiment has been out of print for many years, yet is still in demand.

In this new edition, based on the late Michael Glover’s work, the story of the Regiment is brought up to March 2006 when the Royal Welch Fusiliers ceased to exist as an independent entity. Lieutenant General J P Riley has edited the work and added a new chapter covering the end of the Cold War to the amalgamation in 2006. This turbulent period includes the Regiment’s service in the Balkans and Iraq. Annexes have been revised and expanded, and the text is enhanced by photographs, many in colour, line drawings, maps and sketches by Kyffin Williams.

Special Introductory Price £20.00 + £5.00 UK Postage and Packing (other destinations at cost)

The Life & Campaigns of General Hughie Stockwell
Jonathon Riley
Pen & Sword Books, 2006. 320 pages Hardback.

General Sir Hugh Charles (Hughie) Stockwell, arguably the most successful and experienced commander of his generation, began his army career with the Royal Welch Fusiliers. His abilities were recognized by meteoric promotion during the Second World War. He was Commandant of the Special Training Centre at Lochailort in 1941 and went on to command a battalion during the Madagascar invasion of 1942, and in Burma, 29 Brigade and later 82nd (West African) Division.

Post war he commanded 6th Airborne Division and by 1956 he was Commander of 1st British Corps in Germany. He then took command of the Anglo-French land forces at Suez. His reputation deservedly survived his involvement in this debacle and he rose to become Adjutant General and Deputy SACEUR. A splendid and long-overdue biography. 
£22.50 plus UK post and packing £4.00 (other destinations at cost)

Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, by ADL Cary, S McCance and CH Dudley Ward, four volumes, 1689-1918, reprinted Naval & Military Press 2007 Hardback, new binding with full colour cover.

The definitive history of the Regiment to the end of the First World War. Volume I (1689-1815), Volume II (1815-1914), Volume III (1914-18 France & Flanders), Volume IV (1915-18 Turkey, Bulgaria, Austria).
“Regimental Records” Volumes I, II, III and IV also available in Paperback. £20.00 per copy + £5.00 UK post and packing (other destinations at cost)Price per Volume

£34.50 plus UK post and packing £6.00 per Volume.
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Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, by Brigadier JP Riley, two volumes, 1945-2000, Wrexham 2000. Hb.

The definitive history of the Regiment from the end of the Second World War to 2000. Volume VI (1945-69) has 489pp, 94 photographs, plus illustrations and maps. Volume VII (1969-2000) has 506pp, 105 photographs, plus illustrations and maps).

£20 each +plus UK post and packing £6.00 per Volume
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Museum Brochure, 2000, 29pp. Sb

Lavishly illustrated guide to the Museum and history of the Regiment.

£2.00 plus UK post and packing £1.25 (other destinations at cost)

Regiment Magazine, Special Number: 
The Royal Welch Fusiliers, 66pp. Sb

Illustrated history of the Regiment

£1.50 plus UK post and packing £1.80
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Letters of Boscawen Trevor Griffith from the Crimea,  ed. Major EL Kirby, 44pp. Sb.

Collection of letters written by a young Lieutenant serving with the Royal Welch Fusiliers during the Crimean War.

£3.50 plus UK post and packing £1.50
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The War the Infantry Knew 1914-19, by Captain JC Dunn, London 2001 (reprint). Pb.

The 2nd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers in the Great War by their Medical Officer. The battalion of Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon. "An outstanding account of an infantry battalion's experience on the Western Front" (Daily Telegraph).

RRP £14.99. Now only £12.99 plus UK post and packing £4.00 (other destinations at cost)