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“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)

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)

A new photographic history of the Regiment, containing many previously unpublished images from the Museum archive. Excellent coverage of the Boer, First and Second World Wars, together with an extensive range of images from 1857 to 2000. Superb source for the military historian, army modeller and family historian. 

£9.99 plus UK post and packing £2.50 (other destinations at cost)

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)

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

£1.99 plus UK post and packing 0.60p (other destinations at cost)

Illustrated history of the Regiment

£1.50 plus UK post and packing 50p
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Bernard Adams served as an officer with the 12th and 1st Battalions of the Royal Welch Fusiliers during the First World War. He wrote this vivid description of his life as an infantryman whilst convalescing from wounds received during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. He rejoined the 1st Battalion in February 1917 and was dead within three weeks. An important volume in the Regiment’s Great War literary output.

 £11.95 UK Postage and Packing (other destinations at cost)

Includes the most famous poems written by Sassoon during the First World War, together with later work. 

£16.99 plus UK post and packing £1.50
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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 60p
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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)

One of the best personal accounts of the Great War by a private soldier who served from 1914 to 1918 with 2nd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusilers.
 
 £9.95 plus UK post and packing £1.00 (other destinations at cost)

A personal account of soldiering in India before the 1st World War.
 
 Paperback £11.50 plus UK post and packing £2.00
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Richards' personal account of soldiering in pre-1914 India, in its original 
text but with hundreds of footnotes providing valuable detail.

£25.00 plus UK post and packing £4.50
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Roger Lamb was one of over 50,000 British soldiers who served in the American Revolution. During his eight years in America he served on two major campaigns, was captured twice, and twice escaped from captivity to rejoin the British Army. He served with the 9th and the 23rd Regiments of Foot. After the war, he returned to his native Dublin and wrote of his adventures. His accounts are by far the most extensive and detailed recorded by a British common soldier during this period. 

Price: £12.99 UK Postage and Packing £2.50
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All of the above publications are available via mail order from:
 
The Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum
The Castle, Caernarfon
Gwynedd
LL55 2AY
 
Please make cheques payable to: The Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum  
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