Ken Lees Posted 25 February , 2019 Share Posted 25 February , 2019 Can anyone tell me how to find the War Diary of the 1st Garrison Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers? I have looked on Ancestry, but as a GArrison Battalion, I assume they weren't assigned to a Division, which Ancestry catalogues them under. Is there another way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 29 March , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 March , 2019 Just bumping this post back up in case anyone can advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 (edited) I can't answer your question, but i have seen service records for several men. They were sent to Gibraltar not long after being formed. Edit: It is noted that you have an interest in Charles Cairns (1869-1922) who was part of a batch of older men reenlisted in the South Wales Borderers who were transferred to 1st Garrison Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 11 August 1915 and were renumbered accordingly, his new number being 33621. It is very fortunate that his service records have survived. Edited 2 February by Keith_history_buff Note to self, topic has come up a few times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 Was Gibraltar in a theatre of war? If it wasn't perhaps there was no obligation to keep a war diary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_hughes Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 (edited) Ken, I can only see war diaries listed for 2,4, 6 and 26 Garrison Battalions RWF (and their subsequent retitlings, about 7 diaries in all). I suspect there wasn't one, though you can always ask the RWF Museum people via the Royal Welch Forum? Clive Edited 29 March , 2019 by clive_hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 29 March , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 March , 2019 I'll give that a try, Clive. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulianR Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 Ken, I cannot see anything in PRO for them, which I think Clive has already said Julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 29 March , 2019 Admin Share Posted 29 March , 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said: Was Gibraltar in a theatre of war? If it wasn't perhaps there was no obligation to keep a war diary? Gibraltar was not a theatre of war therefore as you say no requirement to keep a war diary. The Battalion remained there throughout the war (LLT). Syd Tyrrell in "A Countryman's Tale" spent two years there from December 1916 with the RGA he covers his own war service in a couple of sentences. "lovely sunshine by day and at night a blaze of lights on shore with searchlights lighting up the sea for miles around. ...at the time it seemed like hard lines but looking back it takes the form of a very pleasant holiday in another land across the sea.* Ken Edited 30 March , 2019 by kenf48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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