Research

How to carry out research at the Fusilier Museum and other resources

The museum is open to researchers from Monday to Friday 10.00am until 3.00pm. If you wish to research the collection please complete the research enquiries web form.

The museum has a rich archive of uniform plates, photographs, letters and war diaries relating to the Royal Fusiliers. The majority of our collections pertain to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, up to amalgamation into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1968. Ours is a personal archive which cares for the papers of those ex-Fusiliers who have chosen to donate them. We do not hold any complete sets of service records, medal cards, or award citations.

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What we hold:

- Battalion War Diaries 1914-1918

- Enlistment registers for soldiers in service 1919-1939

- 1st Cadet Battalion enlistment forms 1922-23 and 1941-42.

- Transfer registers 1940-1946

- Casualty Lists 1939-1946

- A complete run of the Regimental journal (The Chronicle) 1911-1915 & 1920-1968

- A complete run of the Royal Fusiliers Chronicle Special Wartime Edition (published monthly 1940-1946)

- Some nominal rolls pertaining to specific units (but not a complete set)

What we do not hold (and where to find it):

- We do not hold official deposits or record sets from the Ministry of Defence or the War Office;
- If an individual was discharged before the end of 1963 or has a date of birth before or up to 1st of January 1939 then the file will have now been transferred to the National Archives (TNA) as part of the Defence Records Management Project (DRMP).The most up to date information on the progress of the project and the status of record accessibility can be found at the link provided.
- The National Archive also holds digitized copies of the Battalion war diaries (free to download if you register online).
- Service documents for soldiers discharged to pension pre-1913 can be found at www.findmypast.co.uk.
- Service papers and medal cards for the First World War (1914-1920) are available on www.ancestry.co.uk.
- Many WWI service records records were destroyed in the Blitz. Please be assured the Regimental Archive does not hold copies.
- If an individual was discharged after 1963, papers will still be held by the the Army Personnel Centre in Glasgow. They can be contacted at The Army Personnel Centre, Historic Disclosures, Mailpoint 400, 65 Brown Street, Glasgow, G2 8EX.

If you wish us to undertake research of the collection on your behalf please complete an online research enquiry form by clicking the Research Enquiries box below.

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