MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | Royal welsh goat 1914.jpg (1200x676) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: Royal welsh goat 1914.jpg en THE KING AS GIVER OF WAR-MASCOTS THE GOAT PRESENTED BY HIS MAJESTY TO THE 7TH ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS The King recently presented the white goat shown in the above photograph to the 7th Battalion Reserve Royal Welsh Fusiliers who since they were raised have been in training at Newtown Montgomeryshire The Welsh Fusiliers have always had a white goat as a mascot drawn from the famous herd of Cashmere goats which also supplied the King's gift The animal given by his Majesty to the new battalion was taken from Windsor to Newtown under escort and was received at the station by two men of the 7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers who stood with fixed bayonets On the left in the photograph are Lady Magdalen Herbert sister of the Earl of Powis and the Earl's young daughter Lady Hermione Herbert On the right are Captains J H Addie and Oswald Davies ”Photo by Griffiths The Illustrated War News Number 15 Nov 18 1914 PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK May 7 2006 EBook 18333 Photo by Griffiths THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS NOV 18 1914 1914-11-18 Project Gutenberg United Kingdom in World War I People with goats Military mascots in World War I Goats in the United Kingdom Royal Welch Fusiliers | ||||
