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Originally Posted by Peter99
Surely, the Royal Fusiliers 7th of Foot, has always been known, and going back well beyond recent amalagamations as the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
I would suggest, going back as far as 1685 the regiment was known as the 'Our Royal Regiment of Fuziliers'.
Ref: 'A companion to the British Army 1660 - 1983' by David Ascoli
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Although in ancient form the 7th Foot was for a period known as the Royal Regiment of Fuzileers (much as the 23rd was known as the Royal Regiment of Welsh Fuzileers), the official title of the regiment was formalised in 1881 as the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and thus fought two World Wars under that name, which was abbreviated to 'RF'. It is the name under which it is most well known as Graham has rightly said. The merger of all the regiments in the Fusilier Brigade in 1968 led to the re-titling as Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (RRF), the name under which it is still known today.
There is a particularly comprehensive website on today's regiment (RRF) and one of its forebears (the RF) that relates specifically to the association with London here:
http://rrflondon.2day.ws/RRFLondon/s...iliers/2934037