By Tom Fournier

One of my favourite books is “This Was Montreal in 1814, 1815, 1816 & 1817” by Lawrence M. Wilson.  It is simply a number of excerpts from the Montreal Herald that gives insights as to what life in Montreal might have been like during the Regency era.
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I particularly like the “society pages” type descriptions of the balls.  Two of these I will share in this article.

By Tom Fournier

March 11, 1719 represents the founding of the 41st/Welch Regiment, one of the key lineages in the current Royal Welsh.  This blog looks at the evolutions, integrations and amalgamations as well as some key highlights along their history.

​On March 13, 1719 we have the founding of Colonel Edmund Fielding’s Regiment of Invalids.  They formed from out pensioners from the Royal Hospital at Chelsea.  This was the humble beginnings for the 41st Regiment of Foot (which would go on to become the Welch Regiment, then the Royal Welsh Regiment and ultimately the Royal Welsh).