Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 50th Anniversary Parade

Date published: 29 April 2018

The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers paraded through Rochdale to commemorate their 50th anniversary on Saturday (28 April).

Serving Fusiliers from both First and Fifth Fusiliers took part as well as cadets and veterans.

The Mayor and Mayoress, Ian and Christine Duckworth, civic guests and local dignitaries joined Colonel of the Regiment, General Paul Nanson MBE to take the salute.

The parade started on Yorkshire Street and onto The Esplanade with the salute at the Cenotaph followed by a reception in the Town Hall.

The Regiment’s anniversary year goes under the title of Fusilier 50 and to commemorate this major milestone there is a year long programme of events taking place throughout the country in its key recruiting areas.

Colonel James Denny, Regimental Secretary for the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers said: “2018 is a very special year for the regiment so we wanted to mark our 50th anniversary with a series of events that everybody could get involved with. The freedom parades in Bury, Rochdale and Salford will enable members from the wider Fusilier family and the general public to come out in force and join in our special, anniversary celebrations.”

The actual anniversary for the formation of the regiment was 23 April when a special thanksgiving service took place at the Regimental Headquarters in the Tower of London.

The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, known as ‘The Fusiliers’, is an English infantry Regiment in the British Army, formed from four historic Fusilier Regiments in 1968.  Since then, the Fusiliers have seen service across the world in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, the Balkans, the first and second  Gulf wars and Afghanistan. The regiment has two battalions and both adapt readily to challenging scenarios. 

Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 50th Anniversary Parade
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