32-584: Selous is the Anglicised form of the Dutch name Slous. It may refer to: People [ edit ] Andrew Selous (born 1962), British politician Edmund Selous (1857–1934), British ornithologist and writer Frederick Selous (1851–1917), British explorer and big-game hunter Henry Courtney Selous (1803–1890), British painter Other [ edit ] Selous Game Reserve , Tanzania Selous Scouts ,
64-511: A job". Selous subsequently said that he had simply been trying to convey the message that disabled people were valued by employers, and his observation that disabled people often work harder was supported by a spokesperson for Disability Rights UK. Selous chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on Strengthening Couple Relationships, and argues that cross-party efforts to prevent family breakdown can relieve pressure on
96-711: Is an infantry regiment of the British Army , part of the Queen's Division . Currently, the regiment has two battalions : the 1st Battalion, part of the Regular Army, is an armoured infantry battalion based in Tidworth , Wiltshire , and the 5th Battalion, part of the Army Reserve , recruits in the traditional fusilier recruiting areas across England . The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was largely unaffected by
128-500: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Andrew Selous Andrew Edmund Armstrong Selous ( / s ə ˈ l uː / ; born 27 April 1962) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Bedfordshire from 2001 until 2024 , when the constituency was abolished. Selous stood for the new Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency however
160-680: The 5th Battalion , based at the St George's Army Reserve Centre. Officially known as the Band and Corps of Drums , it consists of 30 servicemen who marching in the full dress uniform of the regiment and performs by permission of the Commanding Officer of Fifth Fusiliers. The corps of drums have a role in the band, leading parades and performing their black light show. Until the Strategic Defence Review of 1998
192-560: The Cold War , the regiment saw a massive expansion, expanding from three regular battalions to six battalions in just a few years. Below is a list of those units raised within the regiment during the era: Regulars TAVR (all disbanded in 1967) Volunteers (from 1967) Bands (with battalion assignment after, if needed) The 1st Battalion is an armoured infantry battalion based in Tidworth Camp , Wiltshire . Equipped with
224-662: The London Regiment on 20 April 1993. He moved to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers in January 1996, thereby ending his active service. From 1988 until 1994, he was a director of his family firm CNS Electronics (now CNS Farnell). Then, from 1991 until 2001, he was an underwriter at Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC. Selous was first elected to the House of Commons in 2001, and had previously contested
256-677: The London School of Economics , receiving a BSc in Industry and Trade in 1984. In 1981, Selous joined the Honourable Artillery Company as a soldier. On 1 October 1989, he was commissioned in the Queen's Division , Territorial Army , as a second lieutenant (on probation); he then served with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers . He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 October 1991. He was transferred to
288-810: The Sunderland North seat in 1997. He is a director and prominent member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship . In 2006, Selous was promoted to Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions. In the Coalition government , he was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Iain Duncan Smith , Secretary of State for Work and Pensions , from 28 May 2010 to 16 July 2014. On 16 July 2014, he was appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in
320-553: The Warrior IFV , the battalion is part of the army's 3rd Division and is held at high readiness as part of the army's armoured war-fighting reserve. In 2016, the battalion was the army's Lead Armoured Battlegroup and was held at extremely high readiness in case it was required to deploy anywhere in the world at short notice. The battalion is highly experienced with multiple deployments in the last two decades to Bosnia , Northern Ireland , Iraq and Afghanistan . Many soldiers from
352-529: The 2nd Battalion joined the 1st Battalion on the merger, increasing the operational experience within the ranks. More recently, the 1st Battalion deployed around the world on exercise in places as diverse as Brunei , Kenya , the Baltic States and Canada . The 1st Battalion also regularly works in support of the civil powers in the UK. In 2013, large elements of the battalion were deployed to Wraysbury and
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#1732776496349384-619: The 2nd Battalion were deployed to Afghanistan to support the International Security Assistance Force . Deployed to the town of Now Zad in Helmand Province , they rapidly found themselves fighting off a sustained Taliban attack that lasted for 107 days - the longest siege of British troops since World War II . Over the following years, elements of the regiment deployed on several occasions to Afghanistan and saw heavy fighting. Most recently,
416-526: The Ministry of Justice with responsibility for Prisons and Probation and retained this role following the 2015 general election . However he was asked to step down from the government by Theresa May after she became Prime Minister in July 2016. He attracted criticism in 2014 for reportedly stating at a Centre for Social Justice fringe meeting that "disabled people work harder because they're grateful to have
448-883: The Regiment had two Territorial Army bands: the Northumberland Band of the 6th Battalion and the Warwickshire Band of the 5th Battalion. After the review, the Northumberland Band became the Northumbria Band of the Tyne-Tees Regiment while the Warwickshire Band was removed from the TA establishment and continued as a civilian band. In 2006, it was renamed to the Band of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. The Lancashire Association Band of
480-772: The Regiment has not been allowed one for several years. As a substitute, the Regiment uses an Otterhound called George, who holds the rank of Fusilier and attends all the major parades in which the Regiment is involved. To mark certain Regimental Days, the Fusiliers wear roses in their headdress and bedeck the Battalion Colours with garlands. The tradition comes from their victory at the Battle of Minden , where, according to legend, soldiers marched at dawn to battle through rose fields and so went into action with
512-658: The Regiment. The Regimental title is in gold in a crimson circle within a Union Wreath of roses, thistles and shamrocks. The Regimental title is in gold in a crimson circle within a Union Wreath of roses, thistles and shamrocks. St George within the Garter , which is the centre badge, is on a crimson ground within the circle. The whole is ensigned with St Edward’s Crown . Forty battle honours, 20 in respect of World War I and 20 in respect of World War II , are borne on scrolls in gold in three groups of six honours on each horizontal arm of St George’s Cross and one group of four honours on
544-421: The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is also a volunteer band of the regiment. In April 1968, each of the four regular battalions inherited a battalion band. In November 1969, the 4th battalion band was merged into the other three bands. The regiment chose to form two full size bands in 1984; one being titled as "The Duke of Kent's Band" and the other as "The St George's" Band. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers carries
576-748: The care system. He was opposed to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 , arguing that it was directly contrary to what Jesus said. He served as Second Church Estates Commissioner , responsible for representing the Church Commissioners in Parliament and in the General Synod of the Church of England , from 2020 to 2024. Royal Regiment of Fusiliers The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (often referred to as, "The Fusiliers")
608-622: The entire 1st Battalion deployed to Nahri Saraj District in Helmand in 2013, where they took part in mounted and dismounted infantry operations. The regiment received a reserve battalion, the 5th battalion, through the redesignation of the Tyne-Tees Regiment , on 1 April 2006. In September 2014, the 2nd Battalion was amalgamated with the 1st Battalion under Army 2020 , forming just one regular battalion - an armoured infantry battalion under 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade . During
640-447: The exploits" it commemorated ' (according to legend the original plumes were stained red with the blood of their foes), their plume was differentiated by being made "half red and half white, the red uppermost, instead of the plain white feather worn by the rest of the army per the 1829 order, as a peculiar mark of honour." The combined Victoria Crosses of the Fusiliers and its ancestor regiments total fifty five. Of particular note are
672-667: The first and last Victoria Crosses of the First World War - won by Lt Dease and Pte Godley at Mons in 1914 and Sgt Pearse in North Russia in 1919 - and the famous "Six VCs Before Breakfast" won at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. The regiment's traditional mascot is an Indian Blackbuck Antelope called Bobby, inherited from the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers . However, Indian Blackbuck Antelopes are now protected under animal welfare rules and
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#1732776496349704-592: The four former regiments, are emblazoned on gold scrolls placed on the branches of a large laurel wreath outside the Union Wreath. The Drummer’s Colour (or Wilhelmstahl Colour) is of gosling green silk edged with gold, embroidered with St George and the Dragon in the centre, with red scrolls edged with gold, above and below. The motto of the Northumberland Fusiliers ‘QUO FATA VOCANT’ is, on
736-636: The infantry reforms that were announced in December 2004, but under the Army 2020 reduction in the size of the Army, the 2nd Battalion was merged into the first in 2014. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was formed on 23 April 1968 as part of the reforms of the British Army that saw the creation of ' large infantry regiments ', by the amalgamation of the four English Fusilier regiments: The 3rd Battalion of
768-603: The lower vertical arm of the Cross. Honours are emblazoned in chronological order by theatres across the horizontal arm of the Cross and vertically on the lower arm of the Cross. The fringe is of crimson and gold alternate strands. Honorary distinction badges of the four former regiments are borne in each canton of the Colour: Finally, thirty-eight battle honours, which were borne on the Regimental Colours of
800-522: The regiment saw active service in Iraq during the Gulf War in 1991. All battalions were also deployed to Northern Ireland on Operation Banner multiple times. In 2003, the 1 Fusiliers battlegroup was at the forefront of the coalition invasion of Iraq , ultimately occupying the city of Basra . Over the next decade, the regiment carried out multiple operational tours of Iraq . In 2006, elements of
832-413: The roses adorning their headdress. On St Georges Day , they wear red and white roses. On Minden Day , they wear red and yellow roses. New Fusilier Officers also must eat a rose at their first Minden Dinner on joining the Regiment. The Queen’s Colour of each battalion of the regiment is identical except for the battalion numeral. The field of this Colour is blue which is the same as the facing colour of
864-678: The seat was won by the Labour candidate Alex Mayer . Selous lives in Studham in the constituency of Luton South . A member of the Conservative Party , he served as Minister of State for Prisons from 2014 to 2016 in the government of Prime Minister David Cameron . Selous was born in Marylebone to Gerald and Mary Selous ( née Casey). He was privately educated both at West Downs School and Eton College . He then studied at
896-714: The special forces of the Rhodesian Army Selous, Zimbabwe Selous' mongoose , ( Paracynictis selousi ) Selous' zebra ( Equus quagga selousi ) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Selous . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selous&oldid=937513741 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
928-582: The surrounding area to support the flood relief efforts. The battalion won the Army Boxing Championships in 2016, beating the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment in the final. The 5th Battalion is a Reserve battalion with its headquarters in the northeast of England . As a battalion within the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division , the 5th Battalion specialises in armoured infantry operations and has deployed all over
960-399: The upper scroll, and the word ‘NORTHUMBERLAND’ between V REGT, also in gold, on the lower scroll. A wreath of green laurel with red berries and the ‘slipped’ red and white rose surmounted by a crown in the four corners, makes up the design. This unusual third colour is traditionally carried by the youngest drummer on the annual St George's Day parade. A volunteer regimental band is sported by
992-517: The world on operations and on exercise both as a formed unit and as individual augmentees to the 1st Battalion. The 5th Battalion is now paired with the 1st Battalion and continues to support them in operations and on exercise. 5th Battalion maintains subunits at the following locations: As a Fusilier regiment, the Fusiliers wear a hackle – the red-over-white hackle of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. This distinction
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1024-410: Was originally a white plume which, according to regimental tradition, men of the 5th Regiment of Foot had taken from the headdress of fallen French troops at St. Lucia in December 1778. In 1829, King George IV ordered the white plume to be worn by all infantry regiments, and in order not to take away from the 5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot's peculiar distinction and reflecting the "gallantry of
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