Many famous people have served their countries when the need arose. Here are just a handful of Fusilier soldiers who either left their fame behind to fight, or rose to fame, or infamy, after service.
![Billy Cotton Billy Cotton](https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/assets/object_images/2/65/24562/v0_fus_card.jpg)
Billy Cotton
![Alfred George Alfred George](https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/assets/object_images/0/75/24570/v0_fus_card.jpg)
Alfred George "Baishe" Bower
![Sir Michael Caine Sir Michael Caine](https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/assets/object_images/3/95/24593/v0_fus_card.jpg)
Sir Michael Caine
![Paddy Roy Bates Paddy Roy Bates](https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/assets/object_images/0/06/24600/v0_fus_card.jpg)
Paddy Roy Bates
![The Kray Twins The Kray Twins](https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/assets/object_images/4/06/24604/v0_fus_card.jpg)
The Kray Twins
![David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion](https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/assets/object_images/1/36/24631/v0_fus_card.jpg)
David Ben-Gurion
![Guy du Maurier Guy du Maurier](https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/assets/object_images/1/60/25061/v0_fus_card.jpg)
Guy du Maurier
![Meinertzhagen: Hero or Fraud? Meinertzhagen: Hero or Fraud?](https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/assets/object_images/0/60/25060/v0_fus_card.jpg)
Meinertzhagen: Hero or Fraud?
Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO
![Mrs Cunliffe-Owen Mrs Cunliffe-Owen](https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/assets/object_images/5/80/25085/v0_fus_card.jpg)
Mrs Cunliffe-Owen
Founder of the Sportsman's Battalions